Author: Melanie Karsak
Series: The Red Cape Society (Book 1)
Publication: Clockpunk Press (May 8, 2018)
Description: Who’s afraid of the big, bad werewolf?
On the fog-shrouded cobblestone streets of gaslamp London, Agent Clemeny Louvel is the most feared werewolf hunter. Every supernatural creature in Her Majesty’s realm knows the Red Cape Society’s relentless operative dubbed “Little Red.” When the city’s most illustrious alchemists mysteriously disappear, Clemeny is assigned to the case.
To help her get the problem in hand, Queen Victoria appoints Clemeny a temporary partner, Sir Richard Lionheart, a werewolf with a knightly history and a tendency to be far too flirtatious for either of their good.
Can Clemeny trust him to help her chase down the monsters they’re hunting?
From New York Times bestselling author Melanie Karsak, Wolves and Daggers is a retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale set in Victorian England.
My Thoughts: Clemeny Louvel is an agent for the Red Cape society in Queen Victoria's London in this steampunk retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.
The goal of the Red Cape Society is to keep England's preternatural population - werewolves, vampires, goblins, and the occasional fae - in check. Clemeny is one of their best agents. Nicknamed Little Red by the beings she hunts, Clemeny is an orphan who was left on a church doorstep. She was raised by a woman she calls Grand-mere. She doesn't know anything about her parentage.
When werewolves begin kidnapping alchemists, Clemeny and her partner Quinn are called in to find and rescue them. It seems that various packs of werewolves are working together for some fell purpose. Only the Templar pack led by Sir Richard Lionheart has remained loyal to the Queen.
Clemeny finds herself working with the dangerously attractive Lionheart to learn the goal of the other werewolves, rescue the kidnapped scientists, and save the world from werewolf domination.
I enjoyed this story which begins a series. I liked the historical detail and the steampunk embellishments.
I bought this one April 23, 2024. You can buy your copy here.
I bought this one April 23, 2024. You can buy your copy here.
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