![]() There are parties to unwrap Egyptian mummies and long-standing werewolf feuds up the Highlands of Scotland. ![]() ![]() There is a hatshop that is more than it seems and a cross-dressing French milliner who makes Alexia’s skin tingle in the most surprising way. There are big, hairy Scottish men in pretty tartan skirts. There is an ancient curse that afflicts only the supernatural. There is rumbustious, satisfying and frequent marital sex, above and beyond the call of duty. Gail Carriger uses this transformation to continue to twist steampunk Victorian tropes into something new and wryly amusing while still fundamentally human and engaging (even if the “humans” are, for the most part, werewolves and vampires). Alexia Tarabotti has moved from the social wilderness her spinsterhood, unfortunately dark complexion (courtesy of her Italian father), her overly-endowed figure and her status as a preternatural (also know as curse-breaker or soul-sucker) had condemned her to, to the centre of society by her transformation into Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, wife to the most powerful werewolf in England. ![]()
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