Quick Review
Picked up Soulless upon recommendation. It definitely felt a lighter read compared to the 700+ page epic fantasy tales I feel like I've been reading. Instead, Victorian England with supernaturals. Reasonably cute, entertaining, and a pretty quick read.
It's a little odd to have characters going on so much about gossip and appearances, fashion and marriage prospects. All that with vampires that are, if anything, more territorial and pack-ish than there werewolves, ghosts that haven't been discussed much, and the rare "preternaturals." The take on super/preternatural souls is an interesting one, though I can't help but wonder if that's the "reality" of the world, or simply the best understanding of the time. And I think the book does contain the most fabulous vampire character I've ever seen.
The whole Victorian era is somewhat interesting to me because it all but didn't exist in my studies. World history classes sort of glossed over/around that, focusing more on major wars. And my state/US history classes had a distinctly western bias, so I heard more about cowboys, settlers and gold than "high society." So in some ways, it feels almost as mythological to me as the steampunk variations of the age.
It's a little odd to have characters going on so much about gossip and appearances, fashion and marriage prospects. All that with vampires that are, if anything, more territorial and pack-ish than there werewolves, ghosts that haven't been discussed much, and the rare "preternaturals." The take on super/preternatural souls is an interesting one, though I can't help but wonder if that's the "reality" of the world, or simply the best understanding of the time. And I think the book does contain the most fabulous vampire character I've ever seen.
The whole Victorian era is somewhat interesting to me because it all but didn't exist in my studies. World history classes sort of glossed over/around that, focusing more on major wars. And my state/US history classes had a distinctly western bias, so I heard more about cowboys, settlers and gold than "high society." So in some ways, it feels almost as mythological to me as the steampunk variations of the age.
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