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Loading... The Conjurer's Riddle (edition 2015)by Andrea R. Cremer (Author), Leslie Bellair (Narrator)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. So this book picks up right where the last one left off. This is good, because it also is filling in some details I'd forgotten, however, it still suffers from middle book syndrome. The story line advances slowly, and you wonder why you didn't just jump to the third act already. I've always liked that the main character of this series is a plucky 16 year old girl who belies the times. She's a scout and a fighter, instead of a cook or some other role as would be suggested in the time period this happens. That said, I dislike that the author seems to think the girl would be so easily distracted by Coe and Jack. If she's a strong woman, they'd be afterthoughts. The sense of her uncertainty when leading is well done with this book. Charlotte does offer the sense that she'd rather be a second than a first, but has the chops to be a first. GAH! The love triangle is back. I thought this dealt with. Dang it all to hades. And ... we end on a cliff hanger. Good enough book I want to read the last one, but so a second book in a trilogy,,, The adventure continued in the second installment of this steampunk alternate-history of the Revolutionary War. But, alas, so did the love triangle. Plus, there was a nagging feeling that I wanted to know more about the side characters than I did the main one. I'm not yet sure if I will be reading the final installment — I want to know how all the action ends, but...if the heroine actually ENDS UP with one of the two asses pursuing her... This is the second book in a trilogy and sees Charlotte, with her friends, fleeing the destruction of their hideout and heading across the country to New Orleans to join with the Resistance. Along with her other friends is Grave who is an unusual character who was made from the body of a mad inventor's dead son. Grave now has powers and skills that make him very valuable to whatever side in the revolution manages to take control of him. He has also excited various religious orders who seem to feel that he is an abomination to be destroyed. Charlotte is determined to protect her friend Grave and not let anyone - no matter what side they are on - use him as if he were not human. Charlotte and her group are aided by Linnet and Lord Ott who also have their own agendas. She also reunites with Meg who was her brother's girlfriend and who has been hiding major fighting skills. New Orleans is a fascinating city where all the inhabitants and visitors are required to wear masks. It is also guarded by a massive and very steampunk sea wall. But, best of all, there are pirates. I can't wait for the third book to read more of Charlotte's adventures as she protects Grave and likely has to deal with her two suitors again. no reviews | add a review
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"Charlotte leads her friends to New Orleans, where the resistance against the Empire is based. There, she must figure out where her true loyalties lie"-- No library descriptions found. |
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I was all set to suspend my scepticism about their miraculous and timely rescue but that little exchange just tossed me out of the story on my rear. It's the tiny details that you aren't supposed to notice that make a story real, sweep you along and make you accept the fantasy as reality. This story just lost me. I'm going to finish for the sake of the plot but I hope there aren't anymore holes.