Gail Carriger

Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, heads off to Egypt with her husband, her supernaturally precocious daughter Prudence, and her actress friend Ivy Tunstell, in order to answer the summons of the vampire Queen of the Alexandria Hive.

Timeless

Sarah Sammis

Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly. Even Ivy Tunstell's acting troupe's latest play, disastrous to say the least, cannot put a dampener on Alexia's enjoyment of her new London lifestyle. Until, that is, she receives a summons from Alexandria that cannot be ignored. With husband, child and Tunstells in tow, Alexia boards a steamer to cross the Mediterranean. But Egypt may hold more mysteries than even the indomitable Lady Maccon can handle. What does the vampire Queen of the Alexandria Hive really want from her? Why is the God-Breaker Plague suddenly expanding? And how has Ivy Tunstell suddenly become the most popular actress in all the British Empire? ***Also available as a manga adaptation***

Book 5 of The Parasol Protectorate

Rebecca C Wright

Another pager turner that will make you want to call in sick just to stay home and find out how Alexia manages to solve the mystery with style and panache:)

Sadly the last in this amazing series but luckily we can read them all over and over as well as look forward to Miss Carriger's next series.

Alexia Tarabotti, Lady Maccon, has settled into domestic bliss. Of course, being Alexia, such bliss involves integrating werewolves into London High society, living in a vampire's second best closet, and coping with a precocious toddler who is prone to turning supernatural willy-nilly. Until, that is, she receives a summons that cannot be ignored. With husband, child, and Tunstells in tow, Alexia boards a steamer to cross the Mediterranean. But Egypt may hold more mysteries than even the indomitable Lady Maccon can handle. What does the vampire Queen of the Alexandria Hive really want from her? Why is the God-Breaker Plague suddenly expanding? And how has Ivy Tunstell suddenly become the most popular actress in all the British Empire? Timeless is the final book of the Parasol Protectorate series: a comedy of manners set in Victorian London, full of werewolves, vampires, dirigibles, and tea-drinking.

Denaiir

SO funny, as usual, and the narrator is truly amazing!
I can't get enough of those characters, and even though the plot was not my favorite (I didn't care for the Egyptian setting that much) I loved the book as always!

Sarah Escorsa

I really enjoyed the other instalments in the Parasol Protectorate series but Timeless just didn't do it for me. It is really weak compared to the other books, lacks humour and feels quite dull. A disappointing ending to an enjoyable series.

Sheila

Erin Russell

4 stars. This one was better than Heartless to me. I loved that it took the story outside of England again like in earlier books. I was at first put off by how absent my number one character in this series was (I'll just tell you it's Genevieve Lefoux). She's there but not really that important at all throughout the entire book. I missed the camaraderie that Alexia and her had, that's pretty much gone. But the trade off is that I love baby Prudence. I appreciated that she's not some miracle over powered prodigy child. Just like Alexia, her "powers" are pretty limited, and need to be applied with wit for them to be of any use. I love Gail Carrigers writing and plan on reading all of her books!

Katrina White

My first book finished in 2021! This was a perfectly fine entry into this series. It was witty and quick paced. Packed with werewolves, vampires, British dandies, a bit of steampunk, paranormal babies, and a trip to Egypt! These books are like fast food for me. No real nutritional (I always forget what happened almost immediately after reading) value but a treat nonetheless!

Lisa Collins

Anastaciya

by the fifth book I realized that the whole series could've had a completely different direction after the first book, and honestly, I'm a bit upset... still a funny and enjoyable read.

Chelsea Breher

I fully appreciate how well this series tied up its loose ends, this novel was a wonderful ending.

So many shenanigans through the story, as well as plot and character development. It was a great ending to the series.

Timeless

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