A review by kandicez
Competence by Gail Carriger
4.0
These books are so much fun! I began this as an audio and didn't care for the reader. The plan was to give her half of the book and then switch to the page. I ended up sticking it out and I'm very glad I did. She grew on me. I attended a panel with Gail Carriger at ComicCon one year and she talked about how new authors get no say in who will read their audiobooks. Her first audio was full of mispronunciations and she was sorely disappointed. As she became more successful she was able to choose the reader and I should have trusted her. She made a good choice, I just had to acclimate.
The Spotted Custard and it's accompaniment is on another adventure which is really just a ruse for a romance. Well, a few romances. Carriger grew up in San Francisco and never learned that any love was wrong. Love was love, in all it's forms and glory. Of course that's right, but not everyone knows. I think she uses her books to teach her readers that lesson. Not in a heavy handed, this is a morality story kind of way, but in a teaching by example way. I love it!
The end of the tale has Rue making a shocking announcement that I simply cannot wait to explore in the next installment.
The Spotted Custard and it's accompaniment is on another adventure which is really just a ruse for a romance. Well, a few romances. Carriger grew up in San Francisco and never learned that any love was wrong. Love was love, in all it's forms and glory. Of course that's right, but not everyone knows. I think she uses her books to teach her readers that lesson. Not in a heavy handed, this is a morality story kind of way, but in a teaching by example way. I love it!
The end of the tale has Rue making a shocking announcement that I simply cannot wait to explore in the next installment.