Blameless

Blameless (2010) Gail Carriger

I loved Soulless, the first book in this series. I thought Changeless was good with the exclusion of the ending, which I despised, so I had mixed feelings about starting Blameless.

Alexia is pregnant, and Lord Maccon–who is a werewolf and an immortal–has thrown her out, believing that the child cannot possibly be his and she has been untrue to his. Thus Alexia must determine just how she has managed to get pregnant when it is common knowledge that werewolves cannot sire children.

Adding to the unpleasantness, once word is out the Alexia is pregnant, the vampires abandon all subtlety in their attempts to kill her. Even her stalwart friend Lord Akeldama who has offered her shelter has disappeared leaving her no place safe to hide.

All in all, I found Blameless disappointing. Most of the characters were flat, the bad guys were one dimensional, and there seemed to be a lack of logic in the way she was treated in Italy.

SPOILER (rot 13)

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Even Ivy seemed flat, more a caricature of herself. I have a hard time believing that she would have been quite as… enthusiastic… about her change in station as she was. Accepting I can believe, but she didn’t seem true to her character or a woman of her times.

It wasn’t a bad book, it was just soundly disappointing. So unless I hear things have changed significantly, I’ll most likely pass on the rest of this series.
Rating: 5/10

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