All it did was slow the book down, and didn’t add any laughs. It didn’t work, and this nonsense was… uh… nonsense. Ivy’s over-the-top silliness and fashion faux pas were OK in SOULLESS, but this book’s focus was different. Standard middle book fare.įirst off, we feel we need to get this off our chests: The majority of the book is pretty much setup. Like we said earlier the plot (less of a romance, more of a mystery) was more fun than the first book, if slowed down by all the forced silliness. With less attention on the world however, our attention was pushed to the characters and plot. The expansion on the setting–in the form of the Werewolf politics–was intriguing and entertaining. We really do love the world Gail has created. We did love the return to the awesome Alexia-verse.
This led to the great idea for the story feeling unfocused. We thought the plot basis in Book 2 was much more interesting than the first book, but it was slowed waaaaay down by the dialog and interchange between characters. You see, all the cute things that worked FOR Gail in Book 1 (SOULLESS), started to work against her here in CHANGELESS.
It just didn’t match our expectations following her excellent first effort. It’s possible most of what we didn’t like about CHANGELESS comes from a comparison to SOULLESS ( EBR Review). As much as it pains us, because we love Gail Carriger, we were a bit disappointed when we finished CHANGELESS ( Amazon), book two in The Parasol Protectorate.
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