{"id":3662,"date":"2013-03-25T12:13:35","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T17:13:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3662"},"modified":"2021-12-16T09:11:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:11:04","slug":"kiss-of-steel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3662","title":{"rendered":"Kiss of Steel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007ZI06FE\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B007ZI06FE&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=randomreading-20\">Kiss of Steel<\/a><\/em> (2012) Bec McMasters<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B007ZI06FE\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B007ZI06FE&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=randomreading-20\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kiss-of-steel.jpg?resize=182%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"kiss-of-steel\" width=\"182\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3663\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kiss-of-steel.jpg?resize=182%2C300&amp;ssl=1 182w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kiss-of-steel.jpg?w=289&amp;ssl=1 289w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 182px) 100vw, 182px\" \/><\/a>Honoria is trying to hold her family together after the murder of her father. But her job doesn&#8217;t pay much, and the medicines they need for her brother are very expensive, and even worse, don&#8217;t seem to be working very well.<\/p>\n<p>To make things worse, she is expected to pay tribute to Blade, the rogue blue blood who owns Whitechapel, the rookery where she lives.<\/p>\n<p>First, here there be boinking. Second, this is an alterate history\/steampunk where blue bloods (half vampires, really) rule England. <\/p>\n<p>It was a fun romp and a good story that I had trouble putting down. A nice distraction from not feeling well.<\/p>\n<p>And quite amusing at times, even if occasionally over-the-top:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Are you decent&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Rarely,&#8221; he said with an ironic drawl.<br \/>\n&#8220;Are you clothed?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Aye.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Not great literature, but a fun distraction.<br \/>\n<strong>Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Published by Sourcebooks Casablanca<br \/>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/avg_rating_widget\/15999312\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kiss of Steel (2012) Bec McMasters Honoria is trying to hold her family together after the murder of her father. But her job doesn&#8217;t pay much, and the medicines they need for her brother are very expensive, and even worse, don&#8217;t seem to be working very well. To make things worse, she is expected to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_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}},"categories":[2,26,28],"tags":[313],"class_list":["post-3662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-romance","category-steam-punk","tag-vampires"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/piQkW-X4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2810,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/2810","url_meta":{"origin":3662,"position":0},"title":"Wilder&#8217;s Mate","author":"Michelle","date":"February 19, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Wilder's Mate (2011) Moira Rogers Satira is the daughter of a whore, who has spent the last several years working for Nathaniel. 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Wild West, except that vampires exist in the wilds, and frontier towns\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fantasy&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Fantasy","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/category\/fantasy"},"img":{"alt_text":"HuntersPrey","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/klishis.com\/reading\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/HuntersPrey-200x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3633,"url":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3633","url_meta":{"origin":3662,"position":3},"title":"Archer&#8217;s Lady","author":"Michelle","date":"March 16, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Archer's Lady (2012) Moira Rogers This is the next book in the Bloodhounds series, and IS A BOINKING BOOK. LOTS OF BOINKING. Just so you know. Why do I keep reading this? Because I find the world she created fascinating. Bloodhounds are humans who were created\/remade\/manipulated to fight vampires. 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