Review: Curtsies and Conspiracies - Gail Carriger

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Review: Curtsies and Conspiracies - Book #2 Finishing School Series - Gail Carriger - August 2013

Have you ever found yourself starting a book and no matter how hard you try, you just can't get into it ? That was me for Curtsies and Conspiracies , the first time around last year when it was released. I recently after seeing the cover for the third book was inspired to give it another go and this time I made it to the end. I have to admit though that as far as covers go, this series has the most awesome covers and don't you think the cover model looks slightly like Keira Knightley . This series is set in a Finishing school that is in fact something else - it is also a Spy school where they teach Ettiquette and Espionage and now in Book #2 Curtsies and Conspiracies. This book starts off with the 6 monthly test of the new students and it is not surprising that Sophronia gets the highest scores, what is disappointing to her though is that her friends or the people she thought were her friends are snobbing her. Now she must in order to save the school from Vampires and Werewolves who are planning a war against each other as both have secret insider knowledge about the school and the happenings of the new technology. Sophronia must enlist the help of ten year old Vieve and her coal-mining friend Soap to uncover and solve the current mysteries above board their school which we discover is in fact - a floating air steamship. 
Unlike the first book, this one focuses more on the Supernatural side of the Spy world rather than the interactions and actions of Sophronia and her classmates . 
If you are on the lookout for a Spy Steampunk Paranormal teen novel, then look no further with Book #2 in the Finishing School series "Curtsies and Conspiracies".







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