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A review by hurls298
A Conspiracy of Alchemists: Chronicles of Light and Shadow by Liesel Schwarz
3.0
Too similar to many others
While some parts of the book were enjoyable there was too much that seemed formulaic, contrived, or derived from other, better, steampunk work. For example, the love interest being across class boundaries, pirates who are incompetent,both have, in my opinion, been better handled by authors like Gail Carriger.
I also found many of the characters were too archetypical, for example the evil overlord and his histrionics, the housekeeper who dispersed good food and advice, etc. etc.
I doubt I will read more from this author.
While some parts of the book were enjoyable there was too much that seemed formulaic, contrived, or derived from other, better, steampunk work. For example, the love interest being across class boundaries, pirates who are incompetent,both have, in my opinion, been better handled by authors like Gail Carriger.
I also found many of the characters were too archetypical, for example the evil overlord and his histrionics, the housekeeper who dispersed good food and advice, etc. etc.
I doubt I will read more from this author.