Title: Chasing the Star Garden (The Airship Racing Chronicles #1) Author: Melanie Karsak Genres: Fantasy, Steampunk Published: November 14, 2013 Publisher: Clockpunk Press My Thoughts First, let me say that I have been in love with the cover of Chasing the Star Garden since it was revealed. It is a true work of art. Then, I fell head over heals - AGAIN - when I began reading it. The reason? Because I realized that the cover art is just a sampling of the overall beauty of the novel. "When my mother dumped me at the orphanage before they hauled her off to debtors' prison, she left me with a bouquet of lilies. She hoped it would make the nuns like me. From then on, they called me Lily." Lily Stargazer is sort of an anti-hero with her absinthe and opium addictions, not to mention having multiple lovers. But, at the same time, she is so beautiful, rebellious, and tough that I found it impossible not to love her as much as her lovers and friends love her. Even with a broken and dysfunctional past, she is determined to be strong. "Would my life only consist of an endless string of lovers? Why was I so unable to allow myself to really connect with anyone?" We discover why Lily is feeling not quite whole through perfectly-timed and well executed memories, and I found myself wanting to throw my arms around Lily and comfort her. "It is one thing to be a lover and another thing to be loved." With a beautiful historical London backdrop filled with amazing things like harlequins, quaint tearooms, dim opium dens, terrifying airship pirates, and awe-inspiring airship racers, Chasing the Star Garden is filled with action and adventure, loads of mystery, romance and sex, and of course, alcohol and drugs! Chasing the Star Garden is a work of art, and I am very much looking forward to reading as many books as Melanie Karsak wishes to write in the series, be it three, four ... or even ten! I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Rating: 5/5 About the Author
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