At the age of fourteen, Sophronia’a mother wants
to send her to finishing school to learn how to become a proper lady and wife. The
school is Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of
Quality. As soon as Sophronia gets
there, she sees something totally different.
The academy floats by steam-powered machinery. The academy teaches how
to use poisons, knives, defense skills, diversion, acts of espionage and
etiquette. Sophronia meets Dimity, Pillover, Soap, Vieve
and a Bumbersnoot. Monique, a classmate
steals and hides an important prototype.
Sophronia and her friends need to retrieve the prototype before it falls
into the wrong hands. It is at her
sister’s coming out ball that Sophronia uses her skills from finishing school to
get it prototype delivered safely to Mademoiselle’s hands.
I really enjoyed this steampunk novel. It was the first one that I read. It was a magical read imagining a floating
Academy, vampires as teachers, robots, werewolves and a touch of vintage with
mystery. I am definitely putting this
series on the must read list for the summer.
Check out this cool website about the finishing schools: http://finishingschoolbooks.com/.
No comments:
Post a Comment