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Originally Posted by Hampshire Nanny
I enjoyed the Magnificent Devices books. I picked up the freebie of Lady of Devices and enjoyed it enough to buy the omnibus of the 1st four books. My niece flew through those 4 and quickly bought #5 & #6. I read the rest of the omnibus, still enjoying the series, and have queued up #5 (A Lady of Resources) for next week's Bout of Books read-a-thon.
I will point out that the protagonist is a 19-20 year old girl. She teams up with a gang of teen-agers. I think it may appeal more to young adults or to people who frequently read YA fiction.
I haven't read The Clockwork Scarab, so I can't compare it to the books that I have read and enjoyed. Based on the description at Amazon, you may find that your reaction to the Magnificent Devices series is much the same.
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Thanks! I can't remember exactly but I think the girls in The Clockwork Scarab were about 16 years old, or thereabout. I'm not a big YA reader and I have to admit to an instinctive negative bias. I'll read YA but only on recommendation. And it didn't help that the character development never really took off, IMO.
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Originally Posted by ApK
But steampunk is also a visual style and aesthetic. Part of the visual style involves Victorian materials and design elements applied to technology far out of the reach of the Victorian era.
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When I first read about steampunk and saw book covers, this was the element that made the strongest impression on me, and made me want to try it out. And this was also my major source of disappointment in The Clockwork Scarab. It being my first steampunk read, I'm in no position to judge, but the mechanics (no pun intended) of the world didn't feel authentic to me.