Murder by Death

Ahh... the last book.  Sephronia's last year at Madame Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality (Quali-tay).  She's become quite the intelligencer and rather deadly to boot.

The book wraps up the over-all series arc and shares a few surprises too.  There's a bit of romance in this one and I like that it's as daring (for the times/universe) as Sephronia herself is.

I enjoyed the book, but I didn't love it; it lacked the 'oomph' of Carriger's Parasol Protectorate series – and even the first two books of this series.  Still, it was entertaining and the writing, if not necessarily the plotting, is full of razor-sharp wit and humour.  I never thought I'd say it, but I love the steampunkiness of her books and I look forward to reading the first of her newest series: The Custard Protocol - Prudence.