Brilliant Devices: A steampunk adventure novel (Magnificent Devices), by Shelley Adina
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Book four in the Magnificent Devices steampunk series! A lady of resources has the power to change the world-if she can stay alive long enough to do it. Lady Claire Trevelyan had been looking forward to glittering balls, congenial society, and relief from pursuit during her stay with Lord and Lady Dunsmuir in the Canadas. Well, perhaps not entirely. Being pursued by a handsome airship captain is rather diverting, especially when it appears her erstwhile employer, Andrew Malvern, is becoming much too distracted by a certain blond mechanic. But a shot fired in the night puts an end to such diversions, and instead plunges her and her orphaned band of children into a fight for their very survival. Between secret conversations at the highest levels of society and skullduggery in the diamond mines, Claire must discover who is behind a series of alarming attempts on her friends' lives-before her mother is compelled to make funeral arrangements yet again. "I have a big grin on my face which is my Magnificent Devices grin-it's impossible not to smile your way through this book. It's such swashbucklingly good fun. The tone has that wonderful lightness of humour and joy that keeps up in even the direst of situations. At the same time it wonderfully maintains the sense of time and place-the Victorian feel, the language, the class, the clothing, the attitudes are all extremely vivid, carefully maintained and, at times, gloriously lampooned." -Fangs for the Fantasy, on Brilliant Devices
Brilliant Devices: A steampunk adventure novel (Magnificent Devices), by Shelley Adina- Published on: 2015-10-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.99" h x .73" w x 5.24" l, .83 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 328 pages
About the Author RITA Award® winning author and Christy finalist Shelley Adina wrote her first novel when she was 13. The literary publisher to whom it was sent rejected it, but he did say she knew how to tell a story. That was enough to keep her going through the rest of her adolescence, a career, a move to another country, an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction, and countless manuscript pages. Shelley is the author of twenty-four novels published by Harlequin, Time/Warner, and Hachette Book Group, and several more published by Moonshell Books, Inc., her own independent press. Shelley is a world traveler who loves to imagine what might have been. Between books, she loves playing the piano and Celtic harp, making period costumes, quilting, and spoiling her flock of rescued chickens.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Brilliant Devices (by Shelley Adina)-- A short review by John M. Portley By John Portley Book four of the Magnificent Devices series continues the adventures of the Lady Claire Trevelyan, her orphaned charges, and their chicken of personality, Rosie. As this is a structured series, I recommend starting with the first book and reading all of the previous books, which will make this book much richer for the reader. There is a full history that brought this make-shift family to this point.The book starts with the usual for the clan--problems. But that is something that they know how to handle well...with invention, loyalty to each other, and perseverance. Each family member contributes to the set of solutions that gets them out of the challenges that they face...and a good part of the enjoyment of the book comes from seeing their creative wheels spin out answers to difficult problems. Another joy is seeing the theme repeated that children are young adults in the making, and are capable of responsibility and self-reliance, and deserving of respect (after all, how can one expect children to develop responsible behavior without according them the regard that should accompany said handling of duty)...even the eleven year old Mopsies provide great assistance to the group's predicaments. This theme alone makes this a very good young adult series.A sea of conflicted emotions becomes part of the tension when romantic feelings develop among the charming Captain Hollys and Claire, which compete with the attractions between airship captain-engineer Alice Chalmers and scientist-engineer Andrew Malvern...upsetting the progression of feelings between Claire and Andrew that have been growing, in a stuttering way, throughout the series.Though not related by blood, this family of the heart endures through multiple tense situations, with a nicely developed action pace through 95% of the book, perhaps the best of the series. I did feel let down a bit at the end when we and the characters are told the consequences of their last actions, instead of participating in the resolutions. Yet, as the bows were being tied on the action `off-camera', Claire's future decidedly became brighter, providing an emotional resolution to her life to this point.The ending was followed by an author's note that the Mopsies, aged five years more than the time in this book, would star in a book to be released late this year. I look forward to reading about the interactions between the twins, and how this unique pair deal with this steampunk world set in interesting times. I am sure that the world does not know what is about to be unleashed.This book is a feel-good, brisk read with a number of subtle twists. So rearrange your free time to catch up with this friendly `flock', and join the family is a bit of adventure.Three and a half spectacles out of five. Good story, pacing, humor, and themes for the whole family.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful. All the elements of a great steampunk tale! By Prof. Centennius Alternative history? CheckSteam driven machines? CheckClockwork devices? CheckUse of human level engineering? CheckTrevelyanYoung characters having to get old characters out of trouble? CheckA tale of high adventure, dark conspiracies, and hairbreath escapes? Check"Brilliant Devices", the 4th episode in Shelley Adina's "Magnificent Devices" stories about the adventures of Lady Claire Trevelyan has all of the elements of a great steampunk tale, and more.This time Claire travels from the American (or the Colonies) Southwest to the wilds of Canada. Claire, having escapes the dastardly clutches of Lord James Selwyn, goes north to meet up with Earl Dunsmuir and family with Alice Chalmers, Adrew Malvern, and her wards Maggie and Lizzy, known together as the Mopsies. Alice has her own purpose in going to Edmonton where the Dunsmuir family have a large diamond mining operation. She is looking for her father, whom she suspects is involved in the enterprise, though under mysterious circumstances.While there, they all uncover a plot against Count Zepplin, a brilliant creator of dirigible airships. And we discover more about the growing attraction between Claire and Andrew. Claire learns a good deal about herself in the process.Lovers of the Steampunk genre will find all elements of what we have come to enjoy about these stories, plus Adina has created some memorable characters about whom I hope she continues to write.
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Nice continuation of the series By Christopher Macy If you enjoyed the earlier books, you will enjoy this one as well. However, if you haven't read the previous ones, you will probably feel a bit lost at times. There are references to previous characters and gadgets that you won't understand or fully-appreciate if you haven't. Fast-paced and I still got to refer to my dictionary often. Steampunk vocabulary is not the same as modern. Strong characters, airships, steam, and mechanical marvels set in an alternate reality version of North America.
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