• Paperback: 352 pages
• List Price: $7.99 US/$9.99 CDN
• Publisher: Signet; Original edition (February 2, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451229312
• ISBN-13: 978-0451229311

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When one of Jack Fletcher’s nanoelectromechanical system experiments is jostled in his lab, the resulting explosion sends him into the world of his favorite novel-a seemingly Victorian-era world of steampower, aether guns, corsets, and goggles. A world where the lovely and intrepid Octavia Pye captains her airship straight into his heart…

Jack Fletcher and his sister Hallie are in Jack’s office when they have a workplace accident. They end up on Captain Octavia Pye’s airship in a “steampunk” world, though it’s the 2010 there as well. Jack is a huge Steampunk fan, as well as a Quaker (I still don’t understand why that was mentioned a lot) and he’s extremely excited to have landed in a Steampunk fantasy. His sister, not so much. Jack and Octavia end up falling for each-other, among wars between the revolutionaries and a band of pirates.

This is Katie MacAlister’s first book in her Steampunk Romance series and I have to tell you, it leaves a lot to be desired. The point of view alternates between Octavia and Jack at the drop of a dime, which is sometimes confusing though it reads okay. Jack is a Quaker, yet he drinks, swears and is a ladies man in his office. I have no idea why he was a Quaker, but it was mentioned many times through-out the story.

There were some really cheesey lines: “Your mind says no, but your body says yes” that really had me rolling my eyes. There were way too many references to Steampunk which made me feel like Ms. MacAlister was trying hard to let us all in on the fact that the book is Steampunk.

Overall it was an okay read, I enjoy Ms. MacAlister’s writing but if you are a true Steampunk fan this book isn’t going to do it for you. Just because it’s set in a Steampunk world and things are run by steam, doesn’t make it Steampunk.