Blameless by Gail Carriger (book 3 in the Parasol Protectorate series). 355 p.
A fun entry in this light-hearted series. Alexia travels from England to Italy with some friends in an attempt to find out more about her strange preternatural condition. Along the way they deal with killer clockwork ladybugs, an ornithopter, and Templars. There's also a bunch of werewolf/vampire intrigue in England, which includes Alexia's husband being awesome despite the fact that he's drunk (and broken-hearted) for much of the book. The couple finally reunite at the end, although I think she should have made him grovel a bit more.... I was pleased that Alexia seemed less like a knock-off of Amelia Peabody (the Elizabeth Peters character) in this one. I look forward to seeing more stories in this setting.
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