![]() This book and series has been described as a cross between Jane Austen and P.G. It is not your Twilight, Anne Rice, or Vampire Academy vampires, or really any other vampire you’d be thinking of I promise you. ![]() Please, please, please I beg you do not let the fact that there are vampires and werewolves in this deter you. It is also a brilliant way to introduce us to this Victorian world where vampires and werewolves exist in everyday society and are just as respectable as the next person. Soulless is our first introduction to Alexia and it is a fantastic introduction. She is sarcastic, she is polite and proper to the point of hilarity, and being soulless she certainly brings a lot of fun and frustration to those around her. This comes in handy when you live in a society with vampires and werewolves. She has no soul which is information she can’t really share with anyone and when she touches someone who is of a supernatural persuasion she cancels out their abilities. The story introduces us to preternatural woman Alexia Tarabotti. I have so much love for this book, this world, this series, and Alexia herself. ![]() Can she figure out what is actually happening to London’s high society? Will her soulless ability to negate supernatural powers prove useful or just plain embarrassing? Finally, who is the real enemy, and do they have treacle tart? With unexpected vampires appearing and expected vampires disappearing, everyone seems to believe Alexia responsible. ![]() Where to go from there? From bad to worse apparently, for Alexia accidentally kills the vampire–and then the appalling Lord Maccon (loud, messy, gorgeous, and werewolf) is sent by Queen Victoria to investigate. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Published: 1st October 2009(print)/26 September 2017 (audio)Īlexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations.įirst, she has no soul. ![]()
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