Book Review: Although the stage in Heartless doesn't leave the Victorian environs of London and Alexia is heavily gravid throughout, it may be the most action-packed installment yet. Bigger roles for Professor Lyall, Felicity, and ghosts, and the appearance of deadly porcupines give the story more variety, and women's suffrage even makes a brief appearance. Both Ivy and Alexia separately go undercover, and the English capital suffers significant damage. Additionally, the pseudonymous Gail Carriger seems to have done research to provide Heartless with more local and temporal color, so if you enjoyed the previous iterations, this should tickle your funny bone as well. It's still steampunk, humor, mystery, vampires, bustles, tea, aristocrats, and werewolves. By the end much of the social order has been turned upside down and much is left unresolved (tho Carriger's obsession with a well-tied cravat remains the same as ever). Even so, little has changed and Heartless is another enjoyable, fun, and entertaining episode in the Parasol Protectorate (now formally named) series. Timeless is the next and final book in the series; I'm on page two. [3 Stars]
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