The plague has taken its toll on Alice. She finds herself
caring for her ailing father. They are running out of money
and her only hope is to wed but having the plague touch her
family and add in her interest in automatons and you have an
unlikely match. So much is working against Alice and now the
zombies have come! What will she do? How can she live the
life she is meant to? Will she end up sacrificing love in
order to pay her families debts?
An unexpected disappearance of her aunt Edwina gives Alice
the answer she is looking for in more ways than one. Alice
must now rescue Gavin who has been trapped for weeks in a
tower after being stranded in London when the airship he was
on was attacked by privateers. The two come to the attention
of the Third Ward, each for different reasons. On their
journey Alice and Gavin discover secrets and must make some
hard choices.
THE DOOMSDAY VAULT: A NOVEL OF THE CLOCKWORK EMPIRE is an
adventure full of twists and turns that keep the readers
interest. Alice and Gavin are likable characters that go
through many struggles in this book. I enjoyed watching the
two find their way through it all. They must deal with many
things including the Third Ward, zombies and their own
budding romance. I was also intrigued by the idea of the
plague and what it does to the people it comes in contact
with.
Although this is not a genre that I read very often I found
myself immersed in Alice and Gavin's world and wanting to
find out just what would happen next with these two. Fast
paced and action packed this book was an interesting start
to the series and I hope that the books that follow continue
to be just as interesting.
In a clockwork Brittania, Alice's prospects are slim. At 21, her age and her unladylike interest in automatons have sealed her fate as an undesirable marriage prospect. But a devastating plague sends Alice off in a direction beyond the pale-towards a clandestine organization, mad inventors, life-altering secrets, and into the arms of an intrepid fiddle-playing airship pilot.
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