Why-ever did I wait so long!? 
 I simply can't believe that I've waited this long to dive into Soulless because it was hilarious and extremely fun. If you're asking yourself why you haven't read it yet - you should just stop right now and pick up a copy. Personally I already owned the print and so picked up the audiobook when I happened to listen to sample and adored the narrator Emily Gray. So when I couldn't listen I was reading and vice versa. It made this a delightful one day read. 
 There's no freedom like that of being a spinster 
 Miss Alexia Tarabotti is a spinster. Why? Because she's half Italian, and has a stronger nose and darker complexion and sharper tongue then what is considered attractive by London's social elite. And well - when that is the case no aristocratic man will ever want you - so says her mother, sisters and well - just about everyone. But her spinsterhood is a fact that she has quite resigned herself to and actually uses to her advantage. She does what she likes, is friends with whomever she pleases and has the sharpest tongue when she's of a mind not to curb it. Which is frankly never. She even has a very special parasol that she had fashioned for her protection. And then there is the most important thing about her...she is soulless. 
 There is a mystery afoot! 
 Did I neglect to mention Alexia is also frightfully bored? She has been pestering the Lord Maccon the alpha werewolf in London who also happens to be the head of the head of the local Bureau of Unnatural Registry that she should be allowed to work for the Bureau given her special condition. When rogue vampires start showing up and solo vampires and werewolves start going missing Alexia somehow finds herself mixed up in all of it. 
 My dear she doth protest too much 
 Now here's where things get saucy - not too saucy mind you because lets remember the time period this is taking place in. But you remember how sharp tempered I said Alexia is? Well it seems Lord Maccon rather likes that in a woman, along with all the other undesirable traits that the rest of society snubs her for. And eventually against his own personal judgement he lets her know just how desirable he finds her. Reading these two at their cat and mouse...or should I say dog and cat? - was so much fun. I'd have to say that their relationship did make me consider this book closer to being a paranormal romance versus urban fantasy and I enjoyed every minute of it.