Bloody brilliant. Steel Corset is one of the best novels I've read this year. I love the story and I adore Cross's steampunk elements. What's scary is how similar parts of it are to Cassandra Clare's Infernal Devices, but both series are fun and amazing in completely different ways at all. Steel Corset sated my desire for Victorian adventure as I'm currently going through TID withdrawal, but it only served to whet my appetite for the next part of the Steampunk Chronicles. 
 My complaints about Steel Corset are few and rather picky. Some parts seem to be relayed in almost excruciating detail, while other scenes or details are slim or too fast paced. Also, I found it rather distracting that Cross used quotation marks to "educate" the reader on little "facts" from the Victorian era. I learned quite a bit (about the origins of Listerine, for example), but I think the quotes only served to pull me out of the narration in an obnoxious fashion. But I'll live because over all, Steel Corset is a magnificent story with wonderful characters, exciting action, and a great story. Plus the handsome and dangerously mysterious Jack Dandy. Hope he's in #2!