Now this was wonderful! It had airships, mars colonies, aliens, a young woman masquerading as a man, pirats and so much adventure. It also had wonderful and creative worldbuilding. As always the regency era is an interesting backdrop and no less in this strange steampunky version. I really love how detailed it was and that we got quite a bit of day to day life in the story, without it ever being dull. 
 It did take a bit to get into gear but once it did I was hypnotized.