Will read more

Interesting premise, good world building although book takes places in small area. The characters were involving and the pace good. ( )

I really enjoyed Ms. Buroker's Emperor’s Edge series, so I thought I’d try another of her offerings. I wasn’t disappointed! Balanced on the Blade’s Edge is a solid steampunk fantasy with a strong romantic subplot. It has everything I’ve come to love about Ms. Buroker’s writing - creative worldbuilding, intriguing characters, and some great action sequences. I finished it in a day. As long as Ms. Buroker continues writing stories this entertaining, I’ll keep reading them. I’m already looking forward to the next book in the series. ( )

I began this book with probably more excitement than I had ever begun a book before. I had been basically reading all of Lindsay's books that I could get my hands on. For me this was a new genre and I was loving it, although I cannot speak for the genre at whole as I have only read steampunk by this author. I had been reading her books and posting reviews on Goodreads. One day I found in my inbox an email FROM THE AUTHOR!!! Whoohoo...this was completely new to me. She was willing to feed me free pre-release books as long as I would write an unbiased review and publish it on places such as Goodreads, Amazon, etc. Really! I get to do what I love more than anything else for FREE?!?! My response probably sounded a bit juvenile as I was seriously jumping up and down in my chair mentally.

Another thing you should probably understand is that I see authors as more than normal people. You see they are a set apart group of super-gifted and imaginative people that are mind-blowingly amazing to me. There is no way that these are normal people...nope. They are high on my pedestal. After all, they have been taking me to new lands, introducing me to new ideas, making my imagination soar for decades. Authors are better than Superman! So to have an email from an author...yup....wow! I know I know, I sound like I am twelve and I am far far too removed from there but still...exciting.

I look back at my original review that I posted on Goodreads on April 3, 2014 and I am just really grateful that there is an edit feature which I should probably employ. Not my best work ever but for the sake of "keeping it real" I am going to post the review as originally posted with only very minimal changes. Here goes:

Lindsay Buroker has done it again! I don't know how she can write a mediocre book in two weeks let alone a great one but this is a GREAT one! I truly enjoyed this book.

As a pastor's wife I always feel the need to specify a few things...this one has some sex in it folks. You don't have to read the details...skip those portions. There is some foul language as well but it is relatively minor. Overall, I don't feel compromised for having read the story.

I didn't write much about the story. So to add a bit...I can tell you that if you like a quirky cast of characters dishing out quite a bit of ribald humor, a fantasy world where magical meets steam engines, a book where the action is fast paced and of the nature that you don't want to set it down, then this is the book for you. I highly recommend it but only for the grownups.

I received an advanced reader copy (ARC) in exchange for my honest and unbiased review. My thanks to Lindsay Buroker.

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Unwittingly playing Sleeping Beauty after enemies blow up a major fortress of her people, a sorceress wakes up three hundred years later to the antithesis of a kiss by Prince Charming. She finds the place turned into a prison, and a mine from which top secret power sources critical to an ongoing war are dug up by the descendants of the people who attacked hers, and must now try to somehow fit in and reach her own goals.

Certainly doesn't revolutionizes the genre, and I don't think I will find the plot or characters very memorable in the long run, but this was well-crafted fluff and a series I certainly won't mind picking up future instalments of when looking for a light read. ( )

Fun introduction to Buroker. This short novel has an engaging protagonist and an interesting situation to deal with. I liked the way it reminded me of her other books without relying on them. This would be a great travel book -- short enough to read on a plane ride, simple enough to read even if tired, but engaging, suspenseful and optimistic to keep you charged. ( )