“If spunky Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey happened onto a steampunk set, she might look a lot like Sophronia Angelina Temminnick.Carriger delivers a grand mix of etiquette and espionage with a dash of humor and enough subterfuge to spring some surprises. ~ Publishers Weekly, starred review ( Etiquette & Espionage) “Carriger deploys laugh-out-loud bon mots on nearly every page… Amid all the fun, the author works in commentary on race and class in a sparkling start to the Finishing School series.”
Kirkus, starred review ( Etiquette & Espionage) “This genre-bender will introduce fans of Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls and Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ The Squad to a world of mechanical maids and flying machines while bringing a spy-school romp to readers of the weightier worlds of Cassandra Clare and Scott Westerfield.” “.cleverly Victorian methods of espionage, witty banter, lighthearted silliness, and a ship full of intriguingly quirky people.”īooklist, starred review ( Etiquette & Espionage) Individually, they have been Locus bestsellers Goodreads Choice, Teen Choice, Locus Award, and Sakura Medal nominees received starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly and Booklist been honored as YALSA Amazing Audiobooks and received the Steampunk Chronicle’s Reader’s Choice and Elbakin Awards. In 2013, as a promotion for Curtsies & Conspiracies, Carriger released a music video based on the series.The Finishing School books were all New York Times Bestsellers. The Finishing School series consists of four books: Other reviewers noted that Carriger successfully subverts the "action girl" young adult trope, and that she successfully appeals to both age groups (adults and teens) without talking down to her young adult audience. Publishers Weekly praised Carriger's ability to weave in commentary about race and class amidst the lighthearted fun of the book. Kirkus Reviews noted that the book is lighter on romance than is typical in YA, but praises the silliness and genre-blending. It earned four starred reviews and hit The New York Times Best Seller list its first week on sale. But Sophronia finds out that this is not an ordinary finishing school in addition to dance, dress, and etiquette, she and her classmates are also trained in the fine arts of espionage and assassination.Įtiquette & Espionage was well received.
The protagonist is 14-year-old Sophronia, who enrolls in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. Like the Parasol Protectorate books, Etiquette & Espionage is set in an alternate history version of Victorian era Britain where supernatural creatures such as vampires and werewolves are part of society. Set in Gails Parasolverse these four YA books are full of steampunk etiquette, well-dressed espionage, and flying food. It is her first young adult novel, and is set in the same universe as her bestselling Parasol Protectorate adult series.
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