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Blaine Harvey casualblaine — If there's an heir to the sainted John D's Travis McGee on the mystery shelves today, it's surely the two-fisted vodka connoisseur and knight errant Sam Acquillo, the hero of Chris Knopf's series set in the Hamptons.

Benny Zhao bennyrice — This book was thoroughly enjoyable! As my first, but certainly not last, foray into the Steampunk genre, I was a tad nervous. Plus, it's not just Steampunk but Paranormal Steampunk with vampires and werewolves and ghosts (oh, my!). But I never found the individual elements that were thrown together and blended at high speed distracting. Rather they compliment one another surprisingly well! Alexia is a wonderful romantic heroine who has no expectation or inclination toward romance or love due to the fact that she's a little older than the girls about her (firmly on the shelf at 25, thank you very much). In fact, all she seems to want to get her hands on is a nice serving of tea and biscuits. But fate, and her preternatural (read Soulless) status, seem to thwart her at every turn. That and the fact that her family are woefully lacking in the brains department are enough to make any young lady crabby (which she is, much to the reader's delight). Then add into the mix that her favorite, verbal sparing partner (a peer of the realm AND a werewolf) has begun to act strangely around her and you can see why Alexia is driven to distraction. And then, of course, there's the fact that Alexia finds herself embroiled in a mystery after inadvertently killing a vampire and as she unravels it, she finds herself drawn more and more to Lord Maccon (the aforementioned werewolf/snark target). But she doesn't have much time to contemplate what her emotions for the man may be since vampires and werewolves are disappearing and things just get progressively more complex. I loved the interplay between Alexia and Lord Maccon. I loved the twisted historical setting. And I adored the side characters, from Alexia's best friend, Ivy, and her spectacularly horrid hats, to her outrageously gay vampire friend, Lord Akeldama. This read was fantastic and I'm definitely looking forward to reading the remaining books in the series. But I still don't get what was up with the octopuses....