sandraagee's review against another edition
3.0
This trilogy has been simultaneously aggravating and addicting. For all that, it ended satisfactorily, even if the love triangle was solved (arguably) a bit too easily.
iggyebab's review against another edition
3.0
This was a good finish to a trilogy I enjoyed. There was nothing spectacular but it was satisfying.
yapha's review against another edition
4.0
Fantastic finale to the Inventor's Secret trilogy! Revisionist history meets steampunk where the Americans lost the Revolutionary War. Highly recommended, but you must read the series in order. Grades 6 & up.
lucychafia's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
0.5
The main character girl made me sooo angry. I also got really bored from it so I kept skimming over pages. Felt like the plot didn't do anything for the book and there was only one character (a side character, not even a main character) that i could consider loveable. When I finished, all i felt I'd gained from it was that next time I'm interested in a book, i should read all the ratings very thoroughly before trying it out. This book stunk so bad, i can't begin to explain my distaste for it, this review barely captures how badly I hated this series. I only finished it cause my friend recommended it to me, so i had to finish it. If it hadn't been for that, i would've thrown them away without a second thought. Sorry I'm roasting this book so hard, i just really hated this series, and i needed to talk about it and i can't talk about it to my friend cause she really liked them and I'd feel bad saying i don't like them to her. Yeah, bye!💚⭐🌛💫
librarykate's review against another edition
4.0
This was a good conclusion to the trilogy. Everything was wrapped up very tidily. Yet, you know that if Charlotte had stayed there would certainly have been issues arising with the new government etc.
britrsevc's review
5.0
Amazing! The series just got better and better. I will admit that the first book was my favorite though.
imjustcupcake's review
4.0
This is a review for book three in a series. There may be minor spoilers for the other two books. Consider yourself warned.
Guys! Guys! Ahh! It is finally here! Book 3! Yes!
Pirates, steampunk, alchemy, spies... I mean, what does this book NOT have?! It feels like it has everything! And it is all wrapped up so nicely and entertainingly!
The Turncoat's Gambit, as I have pointed out, is book 3 in The Inventor's Secret series. This makes it the final book for these characters and this world and it makes me sad that we have to say goodbye, but it had to happen sometime. Normally I prolong my farewells and take forever to finish a series, but I couldn't do it with this one. I had to know. I had to finish it. I couldn't put off a book containing pirates and steampunk. I just couldn't.
This third book in the series has us picking up where we left off in book two. On a pirate ship! Jack, Charlotte, Meg, Linette, and Grave are all on the run from both the Empire and the Resistance. Both sides are wanting Grave for their own purposes and Charlotte cannot give him up. She believes Grave deserves a better fate that to be their puppet and science project. So they have employed the pirate, LaChance, to help them escape and get to safety.
Unfortunately for them, there is a turncoat in their midst. But who is it?
And this leads us to all the crazy adventures and happenings our beloved cast of characters must go through in this final book!
Okay, so to be honest with you all, it took me a little bit to get back into this story. However, I think the problem was me, not the book. I just couldn't fully remember who everyone was for a little bit and I have read well over 100 books since reading books 1 and 2 a year ago. Once I finally started remembering though, I found myself fully engrossed and loving the story once again. The pages just started to fly by and I never wanted to put it down.
The characters are just as great as ever. They have definitely grown over the course of the series. I think my favorites have to be Grave, Lachance, and Coe. Though really it is hard to pick. All of them were pretty well written.
And really, I just loved the whole premise behind the trilogy. As you may recall, it is an alternate history story. America lost the Revolutionary War and the British Empire is in charge. This is something that most of us have probably never really thought about, but this book really makes you wonder what it would have been like if we did lose. Would we fight back like our friends in this story have been? Or would we have accepted our fate? I doubt we would have had alchemy and the technology they have, but it still makes you wonder.
I am sad to see this series end, but I am glad I got to know this fabulous cast of characters!
This review is based on an ARC copy provided by the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review. All thoughts and opinions are mine and mine alone.
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sweetheart_seer's review against another edition
2.0
I listened to the third on audio and just could not connect for whatever reason.
This one was the weakest for me and it sort of went downhill.
I was sad because I had really been enjoying the series...oh well. It happens sometimes.
This one was the weakest for me and it sort of went downhill.
I was sad because I had really been enjoying the series...oh well. It happens sometimes.