botanicals's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
ramakn22's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail and Sexual content
Moderate: Violence and Torture
Minor: Classism, Kidnapping, and Bullying
gwensadventure's review against another edition
3.0
If you love this universe, you will like this additional context through Agatha and Pullovers story spanning all the books in the series. I enjoyed it and am really left with the feeling that Ms. Gail Carriger writes her own fanfiction.
echokitsune's review against another edition
5.0
This book, as all Carriger books are, is wonderfully crafted. Witty, smart, but this one was a bit unexpected. This is perhaps the sweetest, saddest, purest love story I’ve read by the author.
_surri_'s review against another edition
5.0
Like catching up with old friends
This may be my favorite one yet.
This may be my favorite one yet.
mischlama's review against another edition
3.0
Ich weiß nicht so genau was ich von dem Buch halten soll. Es ist so ganz anders als die anderen der Serie, weil einfach auch die Geschichte über so lange Zeit erzählt wird. Es ist nett immer wieder Situationen zu erkennen, aber irgendwie habe ich die ganze Zeit auf etwas gewartet, was nicht kam. Ich bin mir nicht sicher ob es mir dadurch schlechter oder besser gefällt.
julieabe89's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
This was such a cute story of a love that spans decades despite space between our two main characters! I love Agatha and Pillover and I love that they get a happy ending. I loved this novella series!
jacob_carae's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
lorialdenholuta's review against another edition
3.0
I highly recommend that you read Gail Carriger's Finishing School series before reading the three stories that make up the Delightfully Deadly series. Having said that, the Delightfully Deadly series can be read in any order.
Ambush or Adore is the third, and at the time of this review, the last book in the series. It focuses on Agatha Woosmoss, one of the students at Mademoiselle Geraldine's finishing school. Her story unfolds through a contemplative review of her life, from childhood to present.
But, since this is a romance novel, there must be someone after her heart. That someone might be Pillover Plumleigh-Teignmott, a professor of ancient languages at Oxford University. Though they've known each other for decades, their professions prevent them from being together except for those rare times when Agatha manages to find her way home.
She's a deft spy, with an expertise in vanishing in plain sight. Pillover has trained himself to spot her where no one else can, but most of the time she's beyond even his reach. How can this possibly be a story of their romance? Well, as the popular saying goes, 'it's complicated'.
While I enjoyed the entire book, I have to say that in the last three chapters Gail Carriger pulled out all the stops, immersing me in absolutely beautiful wordsmithery, perfectly conveyed heartache, wistfulness, longing, acceptance... I really could go on with blathering about it but I'll just add she left me in tears and be done with it.
PS: As a bonus, I very much enjoyed learning more about the backstory of my favorite Parasolverse character, the owner of a certain hat shop!
Ambush or Adore is the third, and at the time of this review, the last book in the series. It focuses on Agatha Woosmoss, one of the students at Mademoiselle Geraldine's finishing school. Her story unfolds through a contemplative review of her life, from childhood to present.
But, since this is a romance novel, there must be someone after her heart. That someone might be Pillover Plumleigh-Teignmott, a professor of ancient languages at Oxford University. Though they've known each other for decades, their professions prevent them from being together except for those rare times when Agatha manages to find her way home.
She's a deft spy, with an expertise in vanishing in plain sight. Pillover has trained himself to spot her where no one else can, but most of the time she's beyond even his reach. How can this possibly be a story of their romance? Well, as the popular saying goes, 'it's complicated'.
While I enjoyed the entire book, I have to say that in the last three chapters Gail Carriger pulled out all the stops, immersing me in absolutely beautiful wordsmithery, perfectly conveyed heartache, wistfulness, longing, acceptance... I really could go on with blathering about it but I'll just add she left me in tears and be done with it.
PS: As a bonus, I very much enjoyed learning more about the backstory of my favorite Parasolverse character, the owner of a certain hat shop!
wetdryvac's review against another edition
5.0
I almost never like books that back-and-fill around other books in a series, but this one did it beautifully, and may be my favorite of Carriger's steampunk era works. Utterly lovely.