Monday, September 10, 2012

Review: Zelda Pryce: The Razor's Edge

Title - Zelda Pryce: The Razor's Edge
Author - Joss Llewelyn
Series or Standalone - Series Book 1
Genre - Fantasy
Publication May 20th 2012
Goodreads & Amazon
Rating 4 out of 5

Synopsis

Zelda Pryce is the youngest and most unusual security expert in Washington DC. Using her knowledge of arcane mathematics, she builds beautiful machines that defy explanation and allow her to break into any home, bank, or museum with ease (and in style!).

After successfully burgling the Smithsonian, Zelda is hired to test the security at the British Museum in London using her anti-gravity wings and electromagnetic cloak. And that's where everything goes wrong.

The museum didn't really hire her. A thief did. And when Zelda escapes from the London police, the only thing on her mind is tracking down the thief who set her up and nearly destroyed her career.

So she teams up with a charming English riskbender and a daring French alchemist to chase the thief from Paris to Rome, from Castle Frankenstein to the Taj Mahal. Together they must escape all manners of strange traps and creatures, and only their arcane skills and tools will keep them alive.

But if they can't catch the thief in time, every arcane device in the entire world could be destroyed, and thousands of innocent lives could be lost.

This is a world where a Chekhov Gun is a revolver with a mind of its own, a Diogenes Lantern makes people tell the truth, and Occam's Razor is the most dangerous knife in the world. At least it was, until a mad scientist made a sharper one.


Opening Sentence Teaser

"Hey Zel, has anyone else ever robbed the Smithsonian's Museum of Arcane Science Before?"

Review

I received this book in a giveaway from Librarything from the author in return for a honest review. The book is about Zelda Pryce a 19 year old security expert who doesn't use the typical tools of the trade. Zelda breaks into her favorite museum the Smithsonian to take a obtain a few things as a test. She is then hired to break into a British museum but learns that she wasn't hired by the museum but by a thief. Not wanting to ruin her reputation in the security business she sets out to find the real thief.

She teams up with two people on her adventure Clive and Yasmin who each bring something different to the group. The trio travel around Europe chasing after the real thief to clear her name and stop her from changing the future forever. They travel to different countries even visiting the dungeons of Castle Frankenstein in their quest. The book is full of adventure, with a twist of magic along the lines of Arcane Science.

I really enjoyed the story it's fast paced and pull me right in. It sounds like your typical cat and mouse almost but there is the unique added alchemy and Arcane Science which take to a whole new level. I found Zelda very likable because even when things got tough she thought about her sister. I really like her character as a whole, she reminds me of a female bond because of her toys. I like that the book has a little bit of fantasy along with the story. It's a great first book and I can't wait to read the next one.

Teaser 


The cellar. As in, the dungeon. I'm about to go down into the dungeon of Castle Frankenstein. This is either going to be the coolest or the worst night of my life.
My money's on worst.

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