This week's book:
Karen Memory
By Elizabeth Bear
This week's was a book to cross off my book challenge. It was a steampunk novel. I will be honest, I didn't really know much about this genre before I started the book. This suggestion came from my sweet brother in law, who happens to be a nerdy boy like my husband, but was strangely at the hottest frat when I was in college. I even met him at a frat party years before my big sister ended up marrying him. My brother in law got this book from Gen Con and the book was even autographed by the author.
It took me two weeks to finish this book. I don't really think it's the book’s fault that it took me as long as it did due to the fact I had a lot of Christmas shopping I had to do, and I kid you not, every quilting/sewing project I have been putting off and still haven't caught up on. Whatever the case, it took me way longer than it should have to finish this book.
The story is about a teenage girl who becomes a lady of the night to save up some money to get a stable full of horses. Along the way she falls for a beautiful, but broken, girl from India. The main character and her band of merry girls have to fight an evil man who uses a machine that brainwashes people so he can take over all the whorehouses in town. I am sure I am doing a very poor job of explaining the plot, but whatever.
If you are into steampunk or Westerns, because there is a touch of that as well, I would recommend the book. It wasn't my cup of tea, but I am glad I tried it. The book challenge is fun because it gets me to read books I would normally not read.
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