Blameless: Parasol Protectorate #3

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emmejo, December 15, 2011 (view all comments by emmejo)
Newly pregnant Alexia Maccon may have been thrown out of her house by her overemotional werewolf husband, but she is not about to let that ruin her, despite the rumors the press is spreading and the loss of her job. While her husband wastes his time getting drunk and leaving others to try and run his pack, she is going to find a way to prove to him that the child is his, even if that means a dangerous dirgible trip to Italy (a very anti-supernatual country) and dealing with the wily Templars. The Templars once bred Soulless people like her to battle the supernatural, and are the closest thing to experts on her odd biology Alexia can find, but they are far from a safe, open group to deal with. Alexia and her companions will have stay sharp and one step ahead of their smart, secretive and heavily armed hosts.

This series may not be great literature, but is sure is fun! Carriger tongue-in-cheek humor sometimes leads this novel almost into the land of parody, and she makes no attempt to hide it, while occasionally flirting with breaking the forth wall. (An example, Alexia's step-father comments during a high drama scene "I have died and gone to the land of bad novels.")

In the first book, I thought Alexia was a thoroughly uninteresting main character, but by this point Ms. Carriger has fleshed her out and used her to guide the series into touching on more serious elements as well as fooling with caricatures and assorted genre tropes. As Carriger expands her universe, no longer is Alexia heavily constrained by the expectation of a single, tight-fisted genre. Another helpful change from the beginning of the series is giving her fascinating sub-characters to interact with, such as Madame Lefoux.

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tmyres77, September 30, 2011 (view all comments by tmyres77)
Another delightful installment in The Parasol Protectorate series! The wit and humor that defined the first two books is back in Blameless, along with the delightful Madam Lefoux and dependable Professor Lyall. Alexia's adventures in France and Italy kept the book moving at a fast pace, and the alternate settings between England and the Continent were handled quite well. I never once felt lost when the story shifted from Europe back to London. All in all, this was a fantastic romp through Victorian England and the Continent replete with fabulous inventions and quirky characters!

With no cliffhanger left dangling at the end of this book, I'm curious to see where Heartless will take Alexia ...

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Product Details

ISBN:

9780316074155

Publisher:

Orbit

Subject:

Romance - Paranormal

Author:

Carriger, Gail

Subject:

Fantasy - General

Subject:

Fantasy - Historical

Subject:

Italy

Subject:

Fantasy fiction

Subject:

Science Fiction and Fantasy-Fantasy-Historical

Series:

Parasol Protectorate

Series Volume:

03

Publication Date:

20100931

Binding:

Mass Market Paperbound

Language:

English

Pages:

374

Dimensions:

6.74x4.26x1.05 in. .40 lbs.