But she has a good heart so I liked her Shes a strong character but shes certainly not a Mary Sue or made of stoneWhen it comes to the setting I also liked if liking is the right word that the author didnt shy away from the seedier and not so pretty parts of the Victorian era There is racial prejudice and chauvinism galore Not to mention poverty and other dickensian awful going ons. Book shanghai sparrow price But in all the darkness there is hope tooAs I was reading Shanghai Sparrow I kept waiting for romance to happen There were several likely candidates for the role but then I realized just like this story does perfectly fine without inserting a romance so does Evvie She has too many other things to think about to complicate it with getting a love interest. Shanghai Sparrow epub reader There were actually several times when I though to myself Give the poor girl a break Hasnt she been through enough And isnt that what makes a book great when you start to care about their characters and what will become of them That said I really liked Liu He both admires and accepts her for what she is. Science Fiction Fantasy Shanghai sparrow bird Maybe it will make him learn some lessons thoughIf this book has any weakness its that I felt the reasons for the animosity against the Folk was a bit vague as they dont really appear in the book wich causes the threat they are supposedly posing be a bit hard to Believe as its based on what a supporting character states and some powerhungry paranoid officials beliefs. Shanghai Sparrow pdf reader The prologue I am not so sure I liked because of the implications when it comes to the future of Evvie Its not an unhappy ending and I even understand how it came about and that it fits the theme of female empowerment running through the book. Shanghai Sparrow pdffiller Will there be no adventures for Eveline Duchen I hope Gaie Sebold does write hints Gaie Sebold For a historical fantasy that contain Formidable Devices.

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Shanghai Sparrow is a Far Eastern steampunk tale of espionage distant empires and thrilling exploits with a dynamic heroine The British Empire is at war both within and without Eveline Duchen was once a country child living a life of privilege touched by the magic that still clings to the woods and fields of Victorian England Now she is a street urchin in a London where brutal poverty and glittering new inventions exist side by side living as a thief and con artist under the wing of the formidable Ma Pether Caught in an act of deception Eveline is faced with Mr Holmforth a gentleman in the service of Her Majesty s Government who offers her a stark choice Transportation or an education and utter commitment to Her Majesty s Service at Madam Cairngrim s school for female spies The school s regime is harsh Eveline has already learned harder lessons She plans to take advantage of everything they can teach her then go her own way But in the fury of the Opium Wars the British Empire is about to make a devil s bargain Eveline s choices will change the future of her world and reveal the truth about the death of her sister Charlotte Shanghai Sparrow is set in an alternative England and China It contains Formidable Devices Fay Etheric Science Espionage Opium Murder and Bartitsu and may not be suitable for those of a delicate disposition Shanghai Sparrow Gears of Empire 1 I received this Kindle ARC through NetGalley from the publisher Solaris Books. Shanghai sparrow book review This YA steampunk novel was a pleasurable read quick and quirky The storyline interlinks two subplots One is about Eveline a fifteen year old orphan in Victorian England Another is a paranormal tale involving fairies and etheric science what is it fantastic audio machines and feminism colonial attitudes and zeppelins and the omnipotent aloof Folk Perhaps it s too much for one novel but the author is deft enough to weave all those threads together into a smooth and vivid tapestry. EBook Shanghai sparrow hospital Since losing her mother at the age of eight Eveline has survived in the mean streets of London stealing and tricking and cajoling her way always one step ahead of a policeman Until she got unlucky A mysterious Mr Holmforth plucks her off the streets and forcibly installs her in a school for female spies All the students here are bastard daughters of noblemen and have no other place to go and although Eveline is not a bastard she fits right in Like the rest she has no other place to go. Shanghai sparrowt the Of course Holmforth has a secret agenda but Eveline doesn t trust him anyway She would squeeze as much education as she could out of her cryptic patron and deal with his weird demands later With her experience as a con artist and him obviously wanting something from her she should be able to swindle him Or so she thinks The only snag in her plans she can t do it alone She needs to learn to trust people to make friends the skills that her life in the slums had almost eradicated Eveline s inner journey from suspicion to trust from a solitary trickster to a leader and a friend runs deep underneath the surface of this light and galloping adventure story The action is swift the tension mounts consistently and the stakes are impossibly high especially after Holmforth s plans are revealed He wants nothing less than to invade the Fairyland for the good of the Empire of course and neither Eveline nor her friends could allow him to succeed Holmforth is a bit flat as a villain but I don t hold it against the writer Most villains are flat and colorless both in real life and in fiction That s why they re not heroes Colors are usually reserved for the good guys What I found especially refreshing about this novel Eveline doesn t have any romantic entanglement and doesn t suffer from teenage angst Those two are tired tropes of YA fantasy but Eveline doesn t have the luxury to indulge in either Despite her occasional self doubts she must solve her problems quickly and efficiently If she hesitates or fails she would perish and so would people she cares for In her situation she can t afford any mush and I liked her no nonsense approach This novel has only one serious flaw Most of the action takes place wherever Eveline is It s her story But several snatches of narrative are devoted to either Holmforth or esoteric Fox a creature of the Fairy Court The transitions are too abrupt and the POV snippets of Holmforth and Fox feel like riddles They are not needed and their relevance to Eveline s plotline only becomes apparent close to the end They are just paragraphs of artificial secrets not from Eveline for she doesn t know about them but from the reader I dislike it when a writer keeps secrets from the reader and dropped a star from the rating because of it. Shanghai sparrow book review Otherwise an enjoyable book Recommended Gaie Sebold Good fun I particularly enjoyed reading how Evvie came to be the way she was although I suspect she would have been much badly damaged in reality Gaie Sebold Eveline Duchen is a thief living on the streets of London London is the heart of the British Empire which is bult on the backs of the poor The government man Mr Holmforth has taken an intersest in Eveline She is to play a vital role in his plans to further the Empire s interests But Eveline has never been one to meekly accept the roles others would thrust upon her. Shanghai sparrowt the I would call this story a fantasy with touches of steampunk elements It is dark in nature London of this time is very regimented Most people are poor with little chance to change their life Women are expected to be good wives or housekeepers and very little else The Folk creatures from fairy tales are looked upon as little better than animals Other nationalities are also looked down upon especially the Chinese Basically all of the worst elements of the past are there for your reading enjoyment. Shanghai disneyland jack sparrow This could make Eveline a truly heroic character as she fights her way past these obstacles to bring about a better future at least for herself and her loved ones But she doesn t really rise to that level She is a thief She distrusts everyone She has prejudices She does just enough to get by So she is a flawed hero. Kindle Shanghai sparrows point I kept expecting the story to progress in much different ways The story moved fairly slowly before she was sent to the school At the school it picked up some but I still expected it to either go into detail of her training or to get her to Shanghai Instead we have the story happening in spurts Nothing much would be happening and then lots would happen and back to slower pacing. Shanghai sparrow book review I would read another story in this series if one were to come out Now that Eveline has taken control of her own life the story would hopefully be like what the back of the book suggested Gaie Sebold Enjoyed this good Fantasy Steampunk fun It borders the edge of YA and adult reading but can be easily enjoyed by both. Shanghai Sparrowq quotes In a Victorian type Britain a young thief has to face her past and survive while not knowing who to trust This is a world of airships and weird mechanical machines and the remains of the Folk fairy types that sort of co exist with humans Our young thief is a gutsy young thing trying hard to protect herself while being introduced to things and wonders she could previously have only imagined She is being trained as a spy while her knowledge of sonic influences is being tested And she may be asked to develop a weapon that could destroy everything. Kindle shanghai sparrow price Like the author s previous books it has strong female leads and a sense of pace and fun I hope there are in the series Gaie Sebold When we first meet Eveline Evvie Duchen she is scraping together a living as a pickpocket and con artist on the streets of London Things used to be very different for her she lived in the country in touch with the mysterious Other Folk and fascinated by the Etheric machines her mother built As Gaie Sebold s new novel Shanghai Sparrow continues we slowly find out how exactly Evvie went from her earlier comfortable life to being a street urchin in London. Science Fiction Fantasy Shanghai sparrow bird Then her life changes again when Holmforth an ambitious government agent of the British Empire catches her trying to pull a con and makes her choose get shipped off to the colonies or join a secret boarding school for girls who might become useful to the Empire as spies Read the entire review on my site Far Beyond Reality Gaie Sebold Gaie SeboldGaie s debut novel Babylon Steel site_link was published by Solaris in January 2012 to enthusiastic reviews a pacey fantasy romp The Guardian Ingenious gripping and full of pleasures on every level Exceptional Mike Carey an absolutely wonderful author who should be warmly welcomed alongside those authors pushing fantasy into new directions Fantasy Faction and was also shortlisted for the Compton Crook Award. The sparrow sci fi book Gaie is Gaie SeboldGaie s debut novel Babylon Steel site_link was published by Solaris in January 2012 to enthusiastic reviews a pacey fantasy romp The Guardian Ingenious gripping and full of pleasures on every level Exceptional Mike Carey an absolutely wonderful author who should be warmly welcomed alongside those authors pushing fantasy into new directions Fantasy Faction and was also shortlisted for the Compton Crook Award. Shanghai sparrow pdf download Gaie was born in the US and lives in London She has worked as a cleaner secretary till monkey stage tour manager editor and charity administrator She now writes full time and runs occasional writing workshops She is an obsessive reader enthusiastic gardener and has been known to run around in woods hitting people with latex swords and to declaim poetry in public though not usually at the same time She also has the standard cat apparently issued to most fantasy writers site_link Exceeds expectations This book is just pure fun Eveline Duchen has been orphaned and left to fend for herself on London s gritty streets She s made a life for herself of sorts but that s abruptly turned on its head when a grasping government agent plucks her out of her situation and places her in a school for female spies Of course he s got an agenda He believes that her uncle was a researcher into the use of Etheric sciences and that Evvie might ve inherited an ability that can be harnessed for the use of the British Empire Little does he know that the real researcher was Evvie s mother and that Eveline has no mechanical or magical ability to speak of However she s got plenty of smarts and with the help of her new friend Beth she might even be able to figure out who if anyone she can trust. Shanghai Sparrow pdf drive K Hobson This book is a must for her fans as well as fans of Gail Carriger Leanna Hieber and even Kage Baker s Nell Gwynne stories It s got fast paced action some good twists and turns and although it s got a super attractive enigmatic Chinese tutor it avoids tired romance tropes Like I said it s a fun quick read with a bit of the feminism and anti colonialist sentiment that s de rigueur for any entry into the steampunk genre. Book Shanghai sparrow bird My one quibble from the title I expected a Chinese setting We don t get to China until 87% of the way through the book and it s only a very brief visit speedy airship travel is convenient There aren t even any well developed regular Chinese characters in the book Maybe this aspect will be further expanded on in some sequels it s a nice opening but as it stands in no way was the Chinese trip necessary to the plot and the brief scene in Shanghai felt quickly sketched out. Book shanghai sparrows However the London setting felt vivid the characters voices were convincing and even the villains were reasonably well drawn with believable motivations always a good thing I d definitely like to seek out Sebold s two previous books. EBook Shanghai sparrow hospital Copy provided by NetGalley Solaris books in return for an honest review Gaie Sebold Review to come Maybe Gaie Sebold With this book if you ve read one steampunky book with a plucky young protagonist who goes to spy school you ve read them all including this It reminded me of Gail Carriger s work with less romance and humour That s not a bad thing even though this sounds like damning with faint praise it s a fun book and the crossover with faerie lore is fascinating steampunk plus fox spirits and fairy courts who spirit away humans. Book shanghai sparrows It s reasonably predictable but it moves along at a pretty good pace apart from one interlude which delves into the main character s past and rather stalls the narrative It s enjoyable that it s mostly not about romance and that one of the main character s preoccupations is actually slight spoiler ahead finding her mother who she thought was dead The ending felt a little easy in that you had the characters all tangled up in spy school and people s plans and then suddenly they just manage to walk free. Shanghai sparrowq qi This book takes place in a Victorian era world where steamships soar the skies over London and where a young woman called Evvie the sparrow works for Ma Pether think like a female Fagin. 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Shanghai sparrow book review His fate at the end of the book was really sad Fay Etheric Science Espionage Opium Murder and Bartitsu exciting stuff it was restrained Blech Fantasy is supposed to be fantastic not restrained I found the book lacking in many ways the charactersI liked Eveline from the start She was clever and wisely distrustful She didn t let the bad guys break her composure She didn t need anyone to tell her how much danger she was in She knew when she was being bullshited and knew how to bullshit back In short she had a functional brain unlike the many YA main characters I have read recently Cress The Seers Cold Fury The Pirate s Wish and Altered to name a few. Shanghai sparrow science fiction fantasy lyrics I had only one gripe with Eveline and it s really of a grip with the plot than with the heroine I didn t expect her to succeed at every turn but at the climax I wished she had the upper hand I wished it was pure wit that saved the good guys not by convenient luck and improvisation I wanted Eveline to be the heroine in her full glory but instead she got nudged out of the limelight. Kindle Shanghai sparrows point I also liked Beth Eveline s friend Usually the geek sidekick is a guy but it was Beth instead and I found it very refreshing the geek sidekick was a girl for a change Along with Madeleine I loved how there were women scientists and how they played a big role towards the end What I did not love were how the scientists were passive particularly at the rising action If Eveline was absent Beth and Madeleine were up the creek without a paddle. Shanghai sparrow ebook free download Speaking of helpless female characters there were too many for my liking For a book eulogizing women s empowerment it seemed to love the damsel in distress trope Thankfully the plot lines for Treadwell and Charlotte wrapped up quickly and kept the angst down. Book shanghai sparrow price I hated Holmforth s viewpoint He was a big sack of self loathing and prejudices Being in his head even though it was only 3rd person pushed my limit for the foul character I had to skim his viewpoint to salvage my enjoyment with the book Thankfully his viewpoint ebbed towards the middle of the book and didn t rise back till the rising action Just like how the heroine was nudged out of the limelight so too was Holmforth in his role as the main bad As a result his comeuppance did not feel as satisfactory as it should have been It was like an afterthought really As for Liu I wanted to like him but the guy was too mysterious Mysterious Liu is mysterious I recognized that was the intention but it really impeded me from getting to know him I couldn t get any sense of him other than the fact that he wasn t an enemy of Eveline s At least not intentionally Plus it didn t help that he was around Eveline s age I kept thinking of him as her love interest You know you read too many YA when you automatically assign any boy whom the heroine immoderately interacts with as the heroine s love interest Finally it bothered me that the one important Asian character in the entire book and he was mysterious and exoticized. Shanghai sparrowu ue The only characters who were mysterious than Liu were the Folks which the book called the faeries And they weren t mysterious as they didn t have any character development Throwing out a couple ubiquitous details such as how the Folks have magic and how they re immortal does not constitute character development Despite what a big deal they were the Folks were never than hazy shadowy background characters the plot I hated the long ass flashback at the third of the book Seriously it was really long It fucking took up 16% of the book Yes I counted I liked Eveline but I did not need to learn in minute detail how she lost her bourgeois family and became a hardened street urchin I wanted Eveline s backstory but I did not want it in one constipated infodump of a giant sob story No Just no In regard to the setting the sense of England was strong but the sense of China was pitifully weak Even though the setting alternated between England and China it was set in England like 80 90% of the time The few scenes that did take place in China honestly felt like they could have taken place anywhere else The book would have been better off set entirely in England and in a Chinatown of England Far Eastern steampunk my ass Well at least there was steampunk because there was not much of anything else The espionage was underwhelming The etheric science was nebulous The historical side was thin It s like expecting real fruit juice but receiving some carbonated shit made with 10% real juice This reader was highly disappointed. Shanghai sparrowos ConclusionI rate Shanghai Sparrow 2 stars for it was okay The book was a classic case of all that glitters was not gold The only thing the book got right was the dynamic heroine On the bright side this book was still better than the Spiritwalker trilogy by Kate Elliott beginning with the fact that the book isn t a dragged out trilogy Gaie Sebold

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And despite being the villain I think it was a bit harsh: EBook Shanghai sparrow hospital The chapters with the folk Empress could have been cut out for all the impact they had on the story: Shanghai sparrowu union Shanghai Sparrow site_link the first in the Gears of Empire steampunk series was published in 2014 and Sparrow Falling site_link in 2016, Kindle Shanghai sparrows point Shanghai Sparrow site_link the first in the Gears of Empire steampunk series was published in 2014 and Sparrow Falling site_link in 2016: Shanghai sparrown name Gaie is an accomplished short story writer and poet her stories have appeared in a number of anthologies, Kindle Shanghai sparrows point The tale mixes magic and faerie lore with steampunk elements in a way that I found reminiscent of M, Epub shanghai sparrow pdf I m not desperate to read the second book but I had fun Sometimes that s what you need. Pdf shanghai sparrow pdf Reviewed for The Bibliophibian Gaie Sebold 45 I recieved this ARC from Netgalley and this is my honest Review of it. Kindle shanghai sparrow review Stealing runningconfidence games and keeping out from the eyes of the law are the essentials in her profession even if there are hints that once her Life once was very different, EBook Shanghai sparrow hospital But Evvie prefers not to think too much about her past and instead focus on the present wich is hard enough. Shanghai Sparrow kindle store She agrees to this even if she and we the reader both know that he has ulterior motives. Shanghai Sparrow kindle store So Evvie finds herself shipped off to the strict boarding school Britannia run by stern Ms Cairngrim aptly nicknamed Miss Grim by her students, Book Shanghai sparrows furniture Another character describes her perfectlyWith spoiler hidden you are an respectable young lady[1]

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