4 out of 5 stars
I have a GR friend who is always suggesting new books to me, we shall call him, Sir Lancer. I have this wonderful habit of adding said books to my TBR pile, or even purchasing them outright based on his suggestion. This wonderful habit evolves into myself not reading them for quite sometime, despite the recommendation. So this past week, I decided that it was time to break my own habits and crack open a Sir Lancer novel!
I am most pleased with that decision.
If you find these things fun: steampunk, swords, guns, cannons, smuggling, piracy, rebellion, daemonism, golems, people with mechanical body parts, airships, sky battles, and alcohol just to name a few things; then you should quit reading this and sign yourself up for adventure immediately!
The crew of the Ketty Jay are a mixed bag of nuts. All hiding from their pasts, all keeping their secrets to themselves, all while attempting to function as a decent crew.
But when they take a job that ends in unintended massacre, set up by an unknown enemy, they must come together quickly to clear their names for neither side in this brewing war believes them.
For most of the book, I enjoyed the other characters more than the MC. However, towards the end even the Cap’n was growing on me. The entire book was entertaining, spunky and at parts hilarious. If you happen to be stuck in a book rut, like I was when I picked this up, it will easily turn the tide for you.
Mighty fine suggestion Sir Lancer.
cupcakesandmachetes 
I hadn’t heard of this but it definitely sounds like it’s for me!💁🏻😊
What an awesome combination of tropes 😀
Wow, that’s quite the list of things! All of them are clearly appealing to anyone with taste (hahaha), particularly swords, piracy, and alcohol. In that order, of course! 😉
I hadn’t heard of this book before, but it’s definitely going on the TBR now!
Yay!
I had heard of this one and fancied reading it – I actually got a copy from the library but didn’t get a chance to read it and somebody else had it on order – so it had to go back. I will just have to pick up another copy. It sounds like my kind of book.
Lynn 😀