{"id":3304,"date":"2012-11-25T11:50:32","date_gmt":"2012-11-25T16:50:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3304"},"modified":"2012-11-26T13:56:49","modified_gmt":"2012-11-26T18:56:49","slug":"lady-of-devices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3304","title":{"rendered":"Lady of Devices"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lady of Devices<\/a><\/em> (2011) Shelley Adina<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Lady<\/a>I really liked the idea of this story, but the execution just didn’t work for me.<\/p>\n

Claire Trevelyan is a young lady, ready to graduate from school and be presented to Society. Her mother wants her to find a husband, but Claire wants to go to University, where she can learn more about the engines that fascinate her.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, disaster is soon to strike, and Claire must make her own future.<\/p>\n

I wanted to like this story, but many of the situations in which she found herself were… implausible I suppose is the kindest way to put it. Additionally, the ending is more of a chapter pause than a clean book ending, which I never like.<\/p>\n

I ended up skimming to find out what happened, and ended being disappointed at the lack of a clean ending as well as the execution of what could have been an excellent story.
\nRating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Shelley Adina<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lady of Devices (2011) Shelley Adina I really liked the idea of this story, but the execution just didn’t work for me. Claire Trevelyan is a young lady, ready to graduate from school and be presented to Society. Her mother wants her to find a husband, but Claire wants to go to University, where she […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3304","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-steam-punk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-Ri","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":24126,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/24126","url_meta":{"origin":3304,"position":0},"title":"Nearly a Lady","author":"Michelle","date":"December 12, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Nearly a Lady (2011) Alissa Johnson (Haverston Family #1) Set in England during the Napoleonic wars She pushed forward again, into the noise and smell and great wall of people. 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