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thedreamwriters's review
3.0
I still have very mixed feelings about this anthology. Some of it's more romance, some is more steampunk. And some of the romance veers toward erotic. It's interesting, though and the stories are fascinating because there are a lot of chromatic characters and the one about the characters with mental health challenges was surprising in that while it used a lot of fitting clinical/time-bound sensibilities, still came out as a recovery story of sorts.
corrie's review
4.0
Steam Powered was a mixed bag for me. There were some stories that were really poignant and will stay with me for quite awhile. And then there were a few of a more esoteric and dreamlike nature that did not grab me as much. What I did love about Steam Powered was the ethnic diversity and exotic locations (the South American jungle, Egypt, India).
All stories were very well written and varied and always with interesting women as the main character (YES!), something we don't always see in the Steam Punk genre.
My favorites were The Effluent Engine, Brilliant, Owl Song, Steel Rider, Where the Ocean Meets the Sky, Suffer Water, and Copper for Trickster.
4.5 stars!
All stories were very well written and varied and always with interesting women as the main character (YES!), something we don't always see in the Steam Punk genre.
My favorites were The Effluent Engine, Brilliant, Owl Song, Steel Rider, Where the Ocean Meets the Sky, Suffer Water, and Copper for Trickster.
4.5 stars!
allprologue's review
3.0
The ones that were good were really really good, but the ones that were bad were horrid.
veganemelda's review
4.0
SO GOOD! I would give it 4.5 stars if I could. Maybe even 5 if I hadn't felt like the last three stories dragged a bit. Queer ladies doin' steampunk-y things (and each other)! The only improvement I thought could happen while reading it was if there have been a butch-on-butch story. I was very happy with the variety of stories, and the mostly women of color characters!
crayolabee's review
4.0
Some stories were beautiful and perfect and wonderful. Others, meh. A few more I found irksome for various reasons -- mostly conforming to stereotypical storytelling where one half (or both) of a girl/girl relationship dies or is incapacitated or is otherwise unable to achieve HEA.
But still very much worth reading for the highlights.
But still very much worth reading for the highlights.
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