The Lady in the Coppergate Tower

**Special thanks to Shadow Mountain Publishing and the author for generously providing an early review copy in exchange for my honest thoughts and opinions. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 4 STARS I wanted to read this book because I love all the Proper Romance books that I have read before and the idea of Steampunk genre intrigued me. I also am a fan of fairytale retellings, so I thought this would be right up my ally, and it was. However, I did not know much about Steampunk before reading this and I really wish I would have. I was a little confused with the world/setting in the beginning, but I think this had more to do with my lack of Steampunk knowledge more than anything. It seems that Steampunk is quite a mix of genres, and I never would have known if I hadn't read this book. Its a fantasy, historical fiction, and sci-fi book mixed along with the romance which I found to be enjoyable and unique. This book can be read as a standalone (which is how I read it), but I really wish I would have read the previous two books in the series beforehand so that I would have had a clearer understanding of the genre. Overall The Lady in the Coppergate Tower was a good book. I liked the writing and it was a light and easy read. There was a time in the middle when it dragged slightly, but they were on the submersible for a very large portion of the book, and I believe that to be the reason. I liked the will-they/won't-they romance, but I did wish there was more romance to the book. It honestly felt more like a thriller/mystery with a sprinkle of romance thrown in. I don't have any problem with the other genres, so it didn't bother me, but seeing as it is labeled as a romance, I did expect there to be more of it. If you are a fan of Steampunk, then I highly recommend this book. It was well written with a good fairytale retelling storyline.

(3.5 stars) Blog | Twitter | Instagram | Review also found here in participation of the blog tour. As always, a copy of this book was provided by the publisher or author in exchange for participating in the blog tour/my honest review. This does not effect my opinion in any way. Retellings can always be a bit of a mixed bag. Especially retellings that bend genres. I think that my personal favourites, when it comes to re imaginings, are the ones that full on embrace new tropes or genre types. Which is why The Lady in the Coppergate Tower was so intriguing to me--described as part dystopian, part Steampunk--from the start. This proper romance felt like the right fit, due to its uniqueness. The good news is, it definitely lived up to my expectations of it. The Lady in the Coppergate Tower is lush and unlike any of the retellings I've read in 2019 thus far. Deeply imaginative, high paced and utterly captivating, I was unable to put this book down. Nancy Campbell Allen pens a classic romance that will surely leave its audience on the edge of their seat and with a lasting fondness. Mixed with a mesmerizing amount of worldbuilding, mythology and familiar steampunk elements, The Lady in the Coppergate Tower is a dazzling and romantic romp of its own caliber. Pages into it, readers will be able to visualize everything in Nancy Campbell Allen's vivid prose. This novel is certainly for the romantic at heart. If you love love, if you love fantasy, if you love fairy-tales, The Lady in the Coppergate Tower will be engrossing as can be for you. Although there were some things in it that I wasn't keen on (nothing worth noting in the review, because my feelings towards it are positive) during the novel, it proved to be entertaining and I genuinely had a good time reading it. Up until The Lady in the Coppergate Tower, I'd not familiarized myself with the series it originates from. It can be, after-all, read as a standalone. Although now, I certainly have it on my TBR and will gladly be picking up more novels by the author in the future.