Search - Steamed: A Steampunk Romance

I read the first book in the Aisling Grey series from Katie MacAlister and loved it. So when I went to the store and saw this one I took a chance. I didnt like it. I just kept wishing I could hurry up and finish reading this book. There is alot of background and some of the stuff I didnt understand. I was dissapointed in the book. I guess there maybe more to the series because some of the questions were not answered. Like How are they going to get home?

The book was kinda funny but the ending really fell flat. I love Katie as an author and was very surprised that this book was very disappointing.

As always Katie's books capture my attention from page one and keep me turning pages til the last. Steamed is a little different than what you think it will be, but the adventure keeps you riveted to the book. Loaded with action, secrets and passion. A must read for any Katie MacAlister fan!!

This is a romance with a steampunk theme. Jack Fletcher and his Sister Hallelujah or Hallie are arguing in a lab and there’s an explosion and some how they’re thrown into another reality where it’s exactly the same time, but steampunked. They land on an air ship and of course the captain is a very attractive woman by the name of Octavia Pye. She has more than a few secrets up her sleeve. It all makes for a very cute and fun romance.

I generally love Katie MacAlister’s books. I loved the premise of this book, the characters , and the romance. However, I didn’t love this book. I thoroughly did not enjoy it at all. And I was forewarned but it was in my TBR pile and I picked it up and tried it anyway. I didn’t like how it was told from first person POV, first from Jack and then from Octavia. I was constantly going back to the chapter’s beginning to figure out who was speaking. Very jarring. I never for a minute got lost in the story and forgot I was reading a book, which for me is the whole pleasure of reading. The secondary characters were just blah. True this was the first Steam-punk I’d read but I was really looking forward to this new genre. It didn’t completely turn me against this genre but definitely has me backing away from it.

I have read other books by Katie MacAlister, and this was truly a disappointment. After having read the Aisling Grey books, this was truly not what I expected. The romance itself is fine, although the whole "steampunk" element is very foreign to me, and did not add to the storyline in the least. I do not know what Katie MacAlister was thinking writing this book. Maybe she was trying to find and harness the "next big thing" in romance writing. However, my advice to her would be to stick with the paranormal stuff she does so well. Unless you like the steampunk genre, I'd skip this one altogether.