This is definitely a hit the ground running sort of book. The first pages are very confusing. There are terms like blunders and buggers thrown at you and you are expected to know what's going on. You do EVENTUALLY piece together the fantastical world and it's wars and it's worth it. I almost put the book aside from the frustration. Don't. Stick with it. After the first few chapters, the story is quite gripping, even without the romantic element. You get nanites and airships, pirates and adventure, and you even get zombies. All described with just enough detail to form beautiful mental pictures and not too much that u get bored.
There is mystery and you think some resolution, monster fights and lots of danger and a nice twist I didn't see coming.
As someone who doesn't read a lot of Steampunk books, this novel definitely intrigues and fascinates.i would love to visit this world again. I love the adventure element. I very much enjoyed it and would love to see a series spawned so I can keep playing in its mechanical world.
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