![]() ![]() ![]() Sometimes the momentum comes from action sequences like airship explosions sometimes it comes from the deceptive quiet of suspense. This means nonstop forward momentum in the book. ![]() ![]() What’s to love about the plot? Well, The Kraken King was originally published as an eight-part serial, so each eighth of the book has a mini plot arc running alongside the main plot arcs (Zenobia and Ariq’s romance, and Krakentown and the assault it is undergoing by mysterious marauders who may or may not also have been after Zenobia). This steampunk-swashbuckling-road-trip-romance-adventure saga crosses oceans and continents and never stumbles in building either the worlds or the relationships. She escapes an airship hijack (her fourth kidnapping attempt of the year) and finds herself rescued by Ariq, the governor of Australia’s Krakentown, the man also often called The Kraken King. Zenobia Fox is the author of the novels starring her adventurer brother Archimedes, but these books have made her a ransom target for people seeking to extort the treasures and riches her brother has uncovered. The Iron Duke is #80 on AAR’s Top 100 Romances (2013), but in my opinion, The Kraken King, the fourth book in the series, is even better. ![]()
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