This book was too slow for me

*** I was provided this book by Netgalley and Pelican Book Group for an honest review***
This cover really pulled me in and I felt an instant connection calling me to read this book! The blurb really made me want to love it and to find immerse myself in the world of steampunk!
The action starts with the first page of the book and doesn’t stop! I found myself in chapter 7 before I realized I had been flying through the pages and had to stop and think! The action and the imagery were about the only thing I that I did enjoy in this book.
Charlotte aka Charlie is a naive little girl and I do not care for her! I found myself hoping that the monsters looming in the background would eat her face off! I cannot stand whiny heroines that play the poor pitiful me card at every turn! I also do not like how close minded she to the real happenings of the world around her. Like when she continues to run around the sky city like tyrannical two-year-old thus constantly attracting unwanted attention, only to beg Ashton to continue to help her. I guess it is partly due to the fact that this was set in the 1800’s where women were supposed to act a certain way or that the author was trying to have her play the damsel in distress but either way I hated this aspect of her character. No, I just really hated her entire character!
I did not love the book, but it was not completely terrible. I really enjoyed my first trip into the world of steampunk and imaginative the newly crafted, repurposed items were! I loved the City in the sky and the airships.
I would recommend this story to those who love steampunk and to teenage readers who love YA books with adventure.
Thank you for allowing me to experience my first taste of steampunk! I look forward to reading more books in this genre!

New York late 1800’s. A steampunk dystopian novel about a girl named “Charlie” saving the world from whatever is turning people into Tremblers.
This book was given to me for free from NetGalley for an hones review.

I absolutely loved this book. It was so refreshing to dive into a truly amazing steampunk novel. I'm not talking about fluffy frilly steampunk. This book did a great job capturing the gritty steampunk that I love. The plot was easy to get through and did not get boring at all. The best part of this whole book for me is that Raquel Byrnes put so much thought into everything. The politics were not just thrown together, they were well placed and thoroughly researched, it seems. The characters actually had substance behind them and the world pulled everything together making it so vivid and real. All in all, I would recommend this book to everyone who wants a great read.

'The Tremblers' is a fast-paced steampunk dystopian novel with likable main characters.

I didn't enjoy this book as much as I thought I would of. The synopsis of the book sounded so hood, but I just couldn't get into the plot of it.

Charlotte is a beautiful and talented tinkerer. She lives a life of wealth and privilege beneath the Electric Tesla Dome that protects the survivors of the Great Calamity.

But her father is abducted, and a sickness spreads that turns men into monsters. She discovers that there was never any protection under the dome.

Meanwhile, Ashton Wells has one mission, to secure Colonel Blackburn and deliver his research to the Order of the Sword and Scroll. The plan goes haywire and he ends up with the colonels daughter, Charlotte.

They are labeled as traitors and have to brave the outer sky ports while trying to find Nikola Tesla, who is the only one that can activate the device to save humanity.

If you love all things sci-fi and steampunk this is the book for you. This books plot is so thorough without boring you. There is also excellent world building. Definitely pick yourself up a copy!

It was a good read, but I was not captivated . And I wish there was more romance....

4/5 stars. Steampunk lovers and readers, you're gonna want to pick this book up. The politics in this books are well thought out to drive an interesting plot that holds you tight and keeps you turning the pages until the very end. I am so excited I was able to read this book through NetGalley. So why not a higher rating? The writing style is a bit flawed. It struggles a little with "show don't tell" and at times a sentence reads unnatural and it jots you out of the story at times.