Full review at Smart Bitches, Trashy Books 
 Steampunk fans, nerds, comic book fans, and history fans rejoice, for all these things come gloriously together in The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage. Author Sidney Padua combines a non-fiction comic, a fiction comic, and non-fiction prose for your delight and edification. 
 I checked this book out of the library and it's such a great reference and simultaneously a fun lark that it will cause me physical pain to turn it back in (but I will). I love that you have the option to just read the comics and partake in frothy fun (LOVE THE ART), or you can read the footnotes and find yourself with a detailed reference book. The comics are incredibly whimsical and clever and funny and the reference material is also presented in a funny, accessible way. 
 So alas, if you are looking for Babbage/Lovelace romance, you won't find it in these pages. But you will find a partnership and friendship that is just as satisfying, and, in these comics, hilarious. This is a book that is helpful but above all, it's pure, undiluted, chaotic fun. 
 - Carrie S.