Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates: The Leaky Battery Sets Sail by Gareth P. Jones

The Leaky Battery Sets Sail (Adventures of the Steampunk Pirates Book 1) by Gareth P. Jones Paperback: 160 pages Publisher: Stripes Publishing (February 1, 2015) Rating 5 out of 5 stars This was a great Middle School level book. I think it would be a great introduction for children to learn about steampunk, or at least the steampunk aesthetic. It really is too much of a good book to give away spoilers for.

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Champion (Legend Book 3) by Marie Lu


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Tarnished Knight (London Steampunk #1.5) by Bec McMaster

Tarnished Knight (London Steampunk Book 1.5) by Bec McMaster Paperback: 120 pages Publisher: Bec McMaster; 1 edition (April 21, 2013) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars This novella is only available as an eBook. Like my review of Kiss of Steel I would say that there's no real steampunk in this story besides a brief mentions of the main character, Rip, having mechanical limb, but it doesn't run on steam as far as I know right now in the series.

I might try one more book in the series, to see if it does evolve into steampunk, but as it is right now it is just a romance series with the typical paranormal vampires and werewolves.


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The Grand Tour Or, The Purloined Coronation Regalia (The Cecelia and Kate Novels Book 2) by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer
The letters continue! The ladies are writing in diaries.

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Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk #1) by Bec McMaster

Kiss of Steel (London Steampunk Book 1) by Bec McMaster Paperback: 448 pages Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca (September 1, 2012) Rating: 3 out of 5 stars This isn't a bad book, but there's very little steampunk in it. I think the most steampunk you get in this book is a brief introduction to a man with a replaced limb, which seems more like a prosthetic as I believe the limb doesn't run on steam. I do wish the differences between vampires and "blue bloods" was explained better.

I would have described this book as paranormal romance, maybe even historical romance, I would not have used the term steampunk to describe it. I might try some more of the series, but from the view point that I am reading a romance story, and not a steampunk story. Not that they need to be exclusive, it's just that at the end of book 1 I haven't seen anything that I would have deemed steampunk.




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Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot (The Cecelia and Kate Novels Book 1) by by Patricia C. Wrede and, Caroline Stevermer
The first of a series of letter books. The characters write back forth to each other about what is happening to them.


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