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Reviewed by Katelyn Hensel for Readers' Favorite
I have to admit that I am a LONG time Gail Carriger fan. I have three copies of her Parasol Protectorate series, and was thrilled to get a chance to review the latest in her young adult series, Curtsies and Conspiracies. We re-join Sophronia on her floating school (yes, it IS on an airship, thank you for asking....) She and her pack of assassins and debutantes have really evolved since the last time we were with them. They've delved deep into their studies and are now as adept at murdering with thousands of different poisons as they are at pouring tea without spilling a drop. Sophronia's got mysteries to solve and boys to dispute about, all while working on her latest gadget. Curtsies and Conspiracies is a funny, fleeting look into an alternate Victorian England and it's one you won't want to miss.
Gail Carriger is an absolutely brilliant author. She writes with such a skill for the comedy of errors that exist in Victorian England that you can't help but crack up the entire time that you are reading any of her works. The plot in this one was as twisty as they come, with lots of red herrings. Curtsies and Conspiracies is supposed to be Young Adult, but it reads as an older Young Adult. There is no dumbing down the plot, and lots of action, adventure, and romance involved really make this a transitional piece between a teenage book and an adult book while still maintaining a silly and fun atmosphere.
