A review by shanny1366
The Nine Pound Hammer: Book 1 of the Clockwork Dark by John Claude Bemis

4.0

I'm not sure whether or not this qualifies as steampunk, but I'm really starting to enjoy this kind of book. It reminded me of a more mature version of The League of Seven. The characters are all multi-dimensional and very interesting, which is a nice change from a lot of children's books. I love that this author doesn't underestimate his audience just because they are young. A lot of the "surprises" I did see coming, but I still really enjoyed the journey that this book takes readers through. The ending was exciting, although since it's the first in a trilogy I did not expect things to wrap up the way that they did. I will be interested to see where the author takes the next two books.