You know what would be exciting? If you are a young girl in steampunk Victorian England getting whisked away to finishing school, only to discover that it's actually a spy school for girls!!! ..... Except that the author wrote next to nothing about the school or classes. Nothing about what the MC was learning... maybe two or three classes. There is no character development at all, and the plot was weak and uninteresting. It's not even resolved by the end of the book.... I know it's a series, but seriously? You're not going to tell me what the prototype is? I couldn't care less about it, then! The only redeeming features of this book were two great action scenes, one at the beginning, and one at the end. Unfortunately, they were not enough to keep this book afloat. My mom says that the next in the series is better and features more character development, and I may give it a try when I have nothing better to read.