Corsets & Clockwork – Trisha Telep (ed.)
Running Press, 2011
448 pages
RRP: US$9.95 (paperback), US$7.95 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-0762440924

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

Corsets and Clockwork is a collection of thirteen steampunk/romance stories. They range from sweet, gentle love stories with a hint of steampunk about them, to gritty and disturbing tales of power and corruption. Nominally focused at a young-adult audience, the anthology has a much larger appeal to those who enjoy steampunk.

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The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance #2 – Trisha Telep (ed)
Constable & Robinson, 2010
532 pages
RRP: £7.99
ISBN: 978-1-84901-370-3

Reviewed by Liz Grzyb

This collection contains a broad range of short stories loosely bundled into the paranormal romance genre. Some are more real and contemporary than others, with a couple of great reads between these covers. You certainly get bang for your buck – at over 500 pages, this gives a good overview of the genre. Most of the heroines are suitably spunky and interesting, and the situations they are in are varied throughout the book.

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