His allies spent the spring raising money, launching a super PAC, building out a national campaign and enlisting supporters so that when he enters the race, it won’t be from a traditional day one. Are he and his advisers concerned that all that attention has not translated to a stronger position in GOP primary polls?ĬONTORNO: Inside DeSantis’ insular orbit, his campaign is largely on schedule. WOLF: More than any other Republican, DeSantis has generated national media scrutiny and buzz that he could be the candidate best positioned to challenge Trump. Our conversation, conducted by email, is below. DeSantis tests his retail politics in Iowa as bad weather keeps Trump out of Hawkeye State.If, like me, you love that book, then you’ll probably want to read this one too. If you haven’t read The Watchmaker of Filigree Street yet then I’d recommend reading that novel first, as this novel builds upon what happens there.
The steampunk elements are super fun too. As always, I love how she blends fantasy with historical fiction, exploring what could (or might?) have happened. Pulley does a fantastic job of integrating her research, cultural and linguistic knowledge into the story. That said, the glimpses into Mori’s life in Meiji-era Japan prior to meeting Thaniel were fascinating to read. Mori’s background also felt a tiny bit muddled in places, but that may have been intentional (or maybe I didn’t read those parts closely enough). There are more viewpoint characters in this novel, and the narrative jumps between settings a bit more than it did in the first book. This may have been, in part, due to the complexity of the story itself. Overall, I enjoyed this book a lot, though I didn’t feel that the narrative pulled together quite as coherently as it did in the earlier stories. I loved spending time with Thaniel, Mori and Six in Pulley’s richly re-imagined Victorian London.
Book is propped against a green houseplant.Īfter reading both The Watchmaker of Filigree Street and Natasha Pulley’s related short story “The Eel Singers” (from the collection The Haunting Season, Ghostly Tales for Long Winter Nights), I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this. Cover is lime green with gold-embossed dragonflies flying around an octopus which is inside of a lightbulb. Photo of The Lost Future of Pepperharrow book by Natasha Pulley.
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