Soulless

Title: Soulless by Gail Carriger
Genre: Fiction, Paranormal, Romance, Steampunk
Rating: 4/5

In a Victorian London populated with werewolves, vampires and ghosts, there is only one being that can negate their supernatural powers. Alexia Tarabotti is a preternatural, a person without a soul, and when she accidentally kills a newly turned vampire, she becomes embroiled in the investigation of the mysterious appearances and disappearances of other vampires. And she must face an enemy crueler than she can imagine.

Soulless is the best paranormal novel I've read in ages. It was nice to read something a little different after all the recent paranormal novels set in modern-day. The writing was a little rough for the first thirty pages or so while Carriger figured out her characters and style, but after that I couldn't put it down. The combination of the paranormal, steampunk and Victorian romance genres was intriguing. I especially enjoyed the idea that the success of the British Empire was due in large part to the accepted presence of werewolves and vampires in society. Soulless is a book that I'd recommend to a variety of readers. And I can't wait to read the sequel, Changeless, which is out on March 31.