The Friday Society by Adrienne KressMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
In Friday Society we see a new side to the steampunk novel with three feisty heroines, whose lives become intertwined as they end up working together on what begins as a murder mystery. but becomes something much larger. The girls, Cora, Michiko, and Nellie are all apprenticed to different men: Cora, as an intelligent lab assistant to Lord White, an inventor, Michiko a would-be Samurai to the swindler Sir Callum Fielding-Shaw, and Nellie to the magician, the Great Raheem. All are talented in their own way, which comes in handy as they try to solve the terrible crimes that are happening in London beginning with their mutual discovery of the murder of a scientist. The story provides plenty of fun, intrigue, and romance as the girls learn to use their talents working together. There are a lot of anachronistic elements in dialogue and mannerisms for the Edwardian setting, but I doubt the audience of middle school girls and higher will notice them. In fact, middle school girls should really enjoy this fun adventure.
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