I like the adventure promised by the steampunk genre but I admit I'm a romance reader at heart, so I prefer ones with at least a romance thread through them. The more "historical" the steampunk the better. The heavily sci fi steampunks aren't really for me although I've loved the Dr Who episodes where he goes into a Victorian-like world but it has a steampunk twist to it. I love anything with humor in it too and I think steampunk lends itself to that - most don't take themselves too seriously. I guess it boils down to how well it's written, does it promise an adventure, are the characters likeable and do they grow.
I don't ask for much, do I?
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