Timeless by Gail Carriger

Timeless (Parasol Protectorate, #5)

by Gail Carriger

Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly. Even Ivy Tunstell's acting troupe's latest play, disastrous to say the least, cannot put a dampener on Alexia's enjoyment of her new London lifestyle.

Until, that is, she receives a summons from Alexandria that cannot be ignored. With husband, child and Tunstells in tow, Alexia boards a steamer to cross the Mediterranean. But Egypt may hold more mysteries than even the indomitable Lady Maccon can handle. What does the vampire Queen of the Alexandria Hive really want from her? Why is the God-Breaker Plague suddenly expanding? And how has Ivy Tunstell suddenly become the most popular actress in all the British Empire?

***Also available as a manga adaptation***

Reviewed by MurderByDeath on

5 of 5 stars

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Just excellent. I could not put it down after about 1/3 of the way into the novel. I have loved the characters from the beginning, in Soulless, and watching them all develop in unexpected ways, with unexpected depths, throughout the series has been pure enjoyment. The culmination of several story lines in this book was riveting and there was a moment towards the end when I thought I was going to be *really* unhappy, but the author pulls it all together in the end with the most interesting solution. Ms. Carriger paints an alternative London that is vivid, easily imagined, and jumps off the page, in every book in this series. I'm heartbroken that there are to be no others, but this will be a series I re-read for a long time to come.

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