Prudence (Custard Protocol Series #1)
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780594747642 |
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| Publisher: | Orbit |
| Publication date: | 02/02/2016 |
| Series: | Custard Protocol Series , #1 |
| Pages: | 400 |
| Sales rank: | 52,079 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.40(w) x 8.20(h) x 1.20(d) |
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Prudence
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Carriger delivered with this spin-off and this twist on the next generation of adventures will be loved by anyone who loved the Parasol series. Pru is even more daring then her mother and Carriger weaves in the Maccon and Akeldama family bonds and loyalties wonderfully into the story. I can't wait for the next book.
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Gail Carriger delivers again. A wonderful steampunk frolic. I love the extension of characters from her previous books which can stand on their own.
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Love this series better than the last group. I am a fan of givibg us a look at Pru.
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Gail Carriger continues to manage to combine humor, social conventions and the needling there of, great adventure and daring do, all with a delightfully strong (-willed) main character.
Continuing the legacy of the Parasol Protectorate series and The Finishing School series, she has me thoroughly captivated, once again.
Consider the challenges of a young woman who can change shape but needs clothing when changing back!
And a young French man who thinks she is in need of rescuing, even when she is not.
And a dirigible crew to lead.
Exotic locations and "people".
Well, the story has it all and then some!
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Steampunk at its wittiest. Our favorite skin-stealer is now adventuring.
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It's Witty and charming. I love to see this group on adventures.
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I received Prudence by Gail Carriger through a goodreads giveaway. Set in Victorian times and full of appropriate banter for the era, this story about Prudence is a steampunk adventure of exploration and humor. Prudence’s parentage causes some confusion at first, but then it’s explained that she’s a werewolf with a vampire mother and an adoptive vampire father and a werewolf birth father; I think I’ve got that right. Prudence (Rue) receives a dirigible and a mission to fly to India to procure tea, so she can be gainfully employed, become more independent and stay out of trouble due to boredom. Prudence takes a talented crew along for the job and gets more than any of them bargained for. A fun supernatural steampunk adventure, 4 stars!
* I received this book as a goodreads giveaway and all opinions and thoughts are my own.
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Little Rue is all grown up and following in her mother's footsteps plus tea! Yes tea is very important.
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I love this world ?
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Love it
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This is a wonderful little book written with a whimsey, campy spirit. The characters are all memorable and two dimensional in the best way. A rollicking adventure with the flair the best victorian writers and the energy and pace of Jules Verne. All this plus frocks and and the perfect cup of tea.
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I love reading books by Gail. The story is great with all the twist and turns.
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I love the world Gail Carriger has crafted and I'm a fan of her characters in The Parasol Protectorate and the Finishing School series. So I'm a bit confused as to why Rue is not a compelling character that makes me want to keep reading. In this book, I am more interested in the tidbits about characters in the previous series.
I've just started the next book and feel it gets more interesting. I chalk the first book up to character building.
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Easy casual read
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Gail Carriger has created a world that is unlike any other writer. Her characters dress in Victorian steampunk style, travel in dirigibles, fight paranormal battles, while still adhering to social niceties and rules. Yes, tea is promptly at 4 o'clock with biscuits and such, and the correct etiquette is used while raising that teacup and dodging arrows simultaneously. Seriously, I don't mean to make light of this novel at all. The style of the characters meld completely with the storyline, that it all seems completely believable, in a rather fantastic way. Prue and her crew, travel to India on what they thought was a journey on behalf of Prue's adopted father, on a tea trade mission, but it is in fact a mission of a different nature. It is her first undercover spy mission, and she shows a natural inclination to figuring out the mystery, and pacifying all parties involved, all while remaining very ladylike. Or as ladylike as you can be when you are a preternatural being who with a touch turns into the paranormal being you've touched.
If you have never read a book by Gail Carriger, I would start with the book Soulless in the Parasol Protectorate series, which is about Prudence's birth mother and father and really sets the stage for this world, and everyone in it. If you like Paranormal, then you will love these books, and Prudence, was also very enjoyable...Indeed!
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Good plot. Good characters. Good read.
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This review was first published on Kurt's Frontier.
Synopsis:
Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama (Rue to her friends) is a socialite in the steampunk alternative universe of Victorian London. She is also something of a wellborn scamp. When she is given a dirigible as a surprise gift, she names it the Spotted Custard. She is then given a mission to pursue the perfect cup of tea. In India, she finds herself in the midst of a brewing crisis. Local dissidents have kidnapped the local army commander’s wife.
Rue is far from helpless, however. She is a metanatural, able to steal other supernatural creatures powers. Risking the loss of her bloomers when she changes shape, she must solve the mystery of the brigadier’s wife and prevent a war.
Review:
The Custard Protocol is set in the same universe as the Parasol Protectorate series. (It should be noted that the reviewer is has yet to read the Parasol Protectorate series.) Prudence is a mortal protagonist in a world dominated by various immortal creatures such as vampires and werewolves. She possesses one advantage from being related to such beings by birth. She has a rare “metanatural” power. She can steal the powers from an immortal. Of course she may have to sacrifice whatever she’s wearing if she takes the powers of a were-creature, leaving her embarrassingly exposed.
The first thing one must realize about this book is it is written “tongue-in-cheek.” The characters are stereotypical in their Victorian mannerisms. This leads to some amusing situations. The story is episodic instead of plotted. This weakens the story, but not terribly. The setup is long with the action taking place in the second half of the story. While not quite a page turner, the story is witty and fun to read.
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A truly delightful steampunk book. I very much enjoyed the wonderful characterization as well as the amazing descriptions of the places and modes of travel. The plot moved along at a fast pace.
I have not yet read the Parasol Protectorate, but I know that I now will. This book had me laughing out loud several times and scaring the heck out of my cat. A wonderful, enjoyable ride. The relationships felt very real to me and the chemistry between all of the various characters worked well.
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The younger generation from the Parasol Protectorate comes of age and carries on the adventurous ways in a style all their own
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