I've been wanting to read this book for a long time, and finally got around to it. I've read really good things about it, and let me say that it's true. The story takes place in an alternate London with Police Inspector Mine Wentworth inspecting a dead body that was "dropped" onto the Duke's property. 
 Meljean Brook does a great job with this steampunk universe. She does a great job creating this world. Every detail is so imaginative and thought out. Yet even with the "modern conveniences" the etiquette of the day still stands. 
 From the moment Mina is sent to investigate the body at the Iron Duke's estate, the book runs in a quick pace and the sparks fly between our two main characters almost from the beginning, but Broom does a good job of not making it feel formulatic or forced. 
 Mina is a very strong female character, as were all the female characters in the book in one way or another. It was nice to see it as such because certainly truly at this time, women were less independent. 
 I really enjoyed the world that Meljean Brook created and I can't wait to continue on with the series. I know that the novels will follow a different pair each time, and that's not a bad thing because Brook created so many interesting characters in this story that I look forward to learning more about them too. Until Then!