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    Moonlight & Mechanicals

    By Cindy Spencer Pape

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    London, 1859

    Engineer Winifred "Wink" Hadrian has been in love with Inspector Liam McCullough for years, but is beginning to lose hope when he swears to be a lifelong bachelor. Faced with a proposal from a Knight of the Round Table and one of her closest friends, Wink reluctantly agrees to consider him instead.

    Because of his dark werewolf past, Liam tries to keep his distance, but can't say no when Wink asks him to help find her friend's missing son. They soon discover that London's poorest are disappearing at an alarming rate, after encounters with mysterious "mechanical" men. Even more alarming is the connection the missing people may have with a conspiracy against the Queen.

    Fighting against timeand their escalating feelings for each otherWink and Liam must work together to find the missing people and save the monarchy before it's too late...

    74,000 words
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarina Press
    Release dateOct 22, 2012
    ISBN9781426894527
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    Cindy Spencer Pape

    Cindy Spencer Pape firmly believes in happily-ever-after. Married for more than twenty-five years to her own, sometimes-kilted hero, she lives in southern Michigan with him and two grown sons, along with an ever-changing menagerie of pets. Award-winning author of more than 40 books, Cindy has been, among other things, a banker, a teacher, and an elected politician, but mostly an environmental educator, though now she is lucky enough to write full-time.

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    • 3/5
      **3.5**
      The best in the series fo far.
      This is a romance after all, but it has more actual plot than the previous books. Liam is channeling Cyrano de Bergerac trying to get Connor to marry Wink since he is convinced that he is too violent and not good enough for her. Anyone who has read previous books know that when Wink wants something, she isn't shy to get that herself.
      There are some minor things which aren't resolved: Wink never found out that the mechanical toys, presents and a visit to carneval were Liam's ideas. Next, Jamie had a vision of Connor and a beautiful woman in his arms, but nobody except Liam actually talked to Connor about his love life. Still, those are minor issues.
    • 3/5
      Moonlight and Mechanicals is the 4th book in the Gaslight Chronicles Series and features the Hadrian family once again. Wink, who is our protagonist, is now a grown woman, but still independent-minded and a genius mechanical engineer. The Steampunk touches in this series are very clever, as is the London backdrop. The extraordinary Hadrian family and friends consist of various paranormal types and contrast nicely with polite human Society. The plot was a bit plodding and the mystery drawn out until the last third of the book. The author spends a good bit of time resolving the romance between Wink and Liam. Perhaps I'm finding the author's work is turning slightly stale at this point in the series as it just didn't fill me with as much delight as the first couple of books. I suppose I will continue with the series in future, but I won't rush right onto the next book.
    • 2/5
      I loved Steam and Sorcery, so when I saw this on Netgalley I requested it on the spot. Unfortunately, this book was a huge disappointment for me. I honestly if I hadn't been reading it for review, I probably wouldn't have finished itI enjoyed revisiting the London that Cindy Spencer Pape has created. A lot of the things that she described felt believable. From the bad air quality, and the clever technical adaptations they used. There were other things that I could believe were happening. From the tension between merchants and nobles, and how the power were gradually shifting, to the rumbles among the working classes. This takes place in background as Liam and Wink struggled to solve the two mysteries. The plot was well written and intriguing. The stakes gradually rose they delved deeper into the murky waters of grumbling nobles. Despite all the things I liked with this book I had one big problem: I didn't care what happened to the characters, particularly Wink and Liam. Maybe it was because of the way Liam encouraged Wink's other suitor, which felt really, really odd. Mostly, the romance between Wink and Liam felt forced.
    • 4/5
      This is the fourth story in the Gaslight Chronicles and the second full length book. This book follows Wink, one of the orphans from the first book in this series. This is what I thought this series was going to be when I finished book 1. I loved following Wink and her adventures and watching her and Liam work together. I listened to this on audiobook and the audiobook was very well narrated. All the books in this series have had excellent narration.This book does draw in a lot of characters both from book 1 and the interem novellas. I do wish however that the novellas had been labeled as just that (novella additions to supplement the series) rather than separate books. This makes a great second book to the series. I enjoyed it a lot. The characters are well done, I loved the mystery around the missing people and the mechanical men. Mostly I just loved getting to read about the Hadrian family again.Overall this book was good enough the keep me slogging through the mediocre novellas to get to the next full length third book. I really love reading about the Hadrian family and hope future novels in this series follow those children as they find their place in life and find their perfect match.
    • 4/5
      Normally, I don't read this genre, but I was captivated with Wink. With her street rats, they were adopted by royalty. Wink had a crush on inspector Liam McCullogh since she was taken in by her new parents buy he still saw her as a child! At twenty-four she was a whiz at fixing any kind of machine. I liked that Liam fought his desire for Wink because he thought he wasn't good enough for her and he even schooled Connor on how to woo her but Wink only thought of him as a brother. In less than three months over twenty people went missing. Now the two fought against their desires and worked together to find the missing. Could a shifter and a human love each other?
    • 4/5
      I found this book interesting, in that I feel like it elaborated the Steampunk concept more than anything I've previously read on the subject. Granted I've only read three other books of that genre, this book stands out for me. The author's implement of the book's backstory was done well, because without having to read the previous books, I knew what was going on. Wink's character is likable as she is independent and a hard worker. She's ahead of her time and wants to get London to move along with her strategies to incorporate a cleaner, breathable environment. Her love interest, Liam is a werewolf moonlighting as an inspector, and has to fight his inner conflicts to break his barriers and fall in love.

      "'Yes. Something is afoot in Wapping, Inspector. I hope to heaven you can find out what, and put an end to it before more good people disappear.'" (loc. 782)

      I liked the action of the overall mystery with the Ascot society and the Royals. With a romantic tinge, and a revolutionary feel, this book was very enjoyable and I would absolutely love to find and read the author's previous Gaslight Chronicle books!

      First Line: "Winifred Carter, almost sixteen, barely dared to breath for fear that something would ruin the moment as a bury dark man and a fair-haired faerie-tale princess said their wedding vows in the garden of a duke." (loc. 40)

      Last Line: "Life among this family was never going to be dull." (loc. 2949)
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      Quotes

      "Every day, Londoners too poor to employ air filters in their homes died of black lung, and other respiratory illnesses as if they were coal miners. Couldn't the blighters in the Royal Society see the urgency of the problem or the elegance of the solution? Electrical power was the stuff of the future." (loc. 146)

      "'If you want to woo Winifred, don't talk about her beauty or grace. She couldn't care a fig about those. Think, man. What makes her unique? What makes her the woman you want to marry? Praise her brains, her strength with a sword, her ability to fix any machine that's ever been made. Let her know you see her for who she is, not just the pretty social façade she's forced herself to cultivate for her family's sake.'" (loc.345)

      "'Only you can make that decision, darling. But there are so many different kinds of love. Make sure you choose the one that's right for you.'" (loc. 641)

      Galley provided by Carina Press via NetGalley
    • 5/5
      Great read! Bought the rest of the series!Absolutely enjoyed this foray in the steam punk, paranormal world of the Gaslight Chronicles by Cindy Spencer Pape.There’s a dastardly plot afoot! The queen is in danger! On the streets of Wapping animals, and people between the ages of 15 and 30, are disappearing. But it’s Wapping. Who’s going to notice? Well, Wink does.Once more the Knights of the Order are called into action. Are the circumstances, animals and people missing, linked?This is Wink and Liam’s story. The stories that began with Steam & Sorcery continue.I loved this title so much that I bought the rest of the series!A NetGalley ARC