1/16/2024 0 Comments Etiquette and espionage![]() 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. It is her first young adult novel, and is set in the same universe as her bestselling Parasol Protectorate adult series. ![]() Children and Young Adult Literature portalĮtiquette & Espionage is a young adult steampunk novel by Gail Carriger. ![]() It was like the perfect steampunk version of Harry Potter. I wish I could attend a school as fun as this finishing academy, with its host of endearing, headstrong characters. “Absolutely charming, comical, and full of whimsy. “Of course, as with much YA fiction these days, the book’s appeal crosses generations Carriger’s whimsical sense of humor and lightness of touch is entertaining regardless of age.” “Blending intrigue and elements of the school story, Carriger introduces teen readers to a supernatural-meets-steampunk world full of action and wit.” “.delightful.a brisk romp about the value of knowing the rules, so that you can subvert them.here the gears and steam feel like so much wallpaper rather than grafted-on decorations and signal flags.” It’s fun, fresh, witty, exciting, and is full of dastardly doings and an easy absurdity that leaves a smile on your face.” “Gail Carriger has the deft storytelling of Jones and the whimsy of Jasper Fforde. “Somewhere between Steampunk, Oz, and Jane Austen, you can find the world of Gail Carriger’s wonderful new young adult series.” “Readers will love the well-developed characters and the quirky charm imbued into every page, and will eagerly await the sequel.” Looking for content & trigger warnings for this book? Please check StoryGraph. Check out Sophronia’s character design boardĮtiquette & Espionage was a New York Times and Locus bestseller, was nominated for the Sakura Medal (Japan – 2015) and a Goodreads Choice Award (2013), made YALSA’s Best Fiction for Young Adults list (2014), the ALA’s Notable Books for Children List (2014), top 10 YALSA’s Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults List (2014), and won the Prix Elbakin Award (France- 2014).Gail’s articles, thoughts & tidbits on E&E.Want more YA from Gail? Try the Tinkered Starsong trilogy.īehind the Scenes of Etiquette & Espionage: Like this series? Want to know what happened to Geraldine’s Girls all grown up? Try the Delightfully Deadly series. However, Gail occasionally has excess stock which she offers to her newsletter subscribers only. The hardcover editions of the Finishing School series are no longer in print. Sophronia and her friends are in for a rousing first year’s education. Certainly, they learn the fine arts of dance, dress, and etiquette, but the also learn to deal out death, diversion, and espionage–in the politest possible ways, of course. At Mademoiselle Geraldine’s, young ladies learn to finish…everything. So she enrolls Sophronia in Mademoiselle Geraldine’s Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality.īut Sophronia soon realizes the school is not quite what her mother might have hoped. Temminnick is desperate for her daughter to become a proper lady. Sophronia is more interested in dismantling clocks and climbing trees than proper manners–and the family can only hope that company never sees her atrocious curtsy. Welcome to Finishing School.įourteen-year-old Sophronia is a great trial to her poor mother. It’s quite another to learn to curtsy and throw a knife at the same time. It’s one thing to learn to curtsy properly.
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