(Steampunk)
The Aeronaut's Windlass by Jim Butcher
(The Cinder Spires)
I've been a fan of Butcher's Dresden Files for quite a while now.
Since I've read all of that series I've been kindof starved for more
of Harry Dresden. So I have read all of Kat Richardson's Greywalker
series (which I love), and Kevin Hearne's Iron Druid series
(which I also love but seems to be getting repetitive now) to fill
the gap. Butcher has written the Furies of Calderon series but
I have only read the first volume so far and I'm not ready to form an
opinion on it yet. I am an easily distracted book lover and keep
getting sidetracked into reading other stuff, but I do have more
books from the Furies of Calderon series occupying space on my
bookshelves and plan to read them soon.
I purchased this steampunk offering (Windlass-hardcover) about 6
months ago on a trip. I realized I didn't have room for it in my
suitcase so I gave it to my daughter to read until at such a time
when I visited her again and took it back with a less crammed
suitcase. Well last week I came home from visiting my daughter with
my book, I had started reading it at her house. My suitcase was still
too full so I carried it onto the plane and continued reading it on
the trip home. I have been happily satisfied with the results and am
now just over halfway through the book. This book has reminded me why
I enjoy Jim Butcher as an author, he really does have a way with
words and a great imagination, along with a good sense of humor- this
all gets rolled up into one of his books! I am loving The
Aeronaut's Windlass! I really like the characters and the
setting is very unique. I am not quite sure why the people are living
in cities in the sky, or what happened to earth, if there is even an
earth somewhere in this universe, but small tidbits of information
have been sown among the action in the story that might lead to an
explanation. I think Rowl the cat and his person Bridget are my
favorite characters so far, Folly the Etheriel apprentice, is also
pretty intriguing.
Book Quotes:
The Aeronaut's Windlass, page 214.
“Gwendolyn Lancaster looked around Predator
with what she felt was well-earned skepticism. It seemed that in
following the orders of the Spirearch, she had fallen in with
scoundrels.”
(The Spirearch is the name for the leader of the city/'spire' in
which Gwen lives.)
Another quote from page 92, that I thought was quite timely during
this election year in the USA right now.
“Politics is the purview of scoundrels, tyrants, and fools.”
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