Pages:
322
Publisher:
Atom
Release
Date: 3rd
November
Edition:
UK paperback,
purchased copy
Other
Titles by this Author: Soulless, Changeless, Blameless,
Heartless, Timeless, Etiquette
& Espionage, Curtsies
& Conspiracies, Waistcoats
& Weaponry, Prudence
Are
you ready to graduate from Finishing School?
Espionage
lessons aboard Mademoiselle Geraldine’s floating dirigible have become tedious
without Sophronia’s sweet sootie Soap nearby. She would much rather be using
her skills to thwart the dastardly Picklemen, yet her concerns about their
wicked intentions are ignored, and now she's not sure whom to trust. What does
the brusque werewolf dewan know? On whose side is the fashionable vampire Lord
Akeldama? Only one thing is certain: a large-scale plot is under way, and when
it comes to fruition, Sophronia must be ready to save her friends, her school,
and all of London from disaster – in a decidedly dramatic fashion, of course.
What
will become of our proper young heroine when she puts her years of training to
the test?
I went into Manners & Mutiny with a bittersweet excitement. I was both
excited to see how Sophronia and the gang’s adventures would conclude, but I
was also really sad to be seeing them go.
After the dramatic ending of Waistcoats & Weaponry, *spoiler for book three coming up!* Agatha
is in Scotland with the werewolves and Sophronia’s has bargained for Soap’s
life with her own and Soap is now a dashing young werewolf and Sophronia’s
finding it harder than ever to resist him. *spoiler
over!* The dynamics between Sophronia
and Soap have changed, but Sophronia is still scared of admitting her feelings
and adjusting to the fact that a relationship with Soap would go against social
expectations. Their relationship really came into focus in Manners & Mutiny and it was nice to see that other side of
Sophronia.
Sophronia, Dimity and Agatha have
a rather big mission on their hands for their final adventure at Mademoiselle
Geraldine’s. The Picklemen are up to something, something bigger and more dastardly
than ever before and as the teachers refuse to listen to Sophronia, she has to
take it on herself. This is definitely Sophronia’s biggest moment and she
pulled together everything she learned at Finishing School to save her friends,
her teachers, and maybe even England itself. The finale of this final battle takes
the whole final third of the novel, and while that might usually get on my
nerves, Carriger retained the humour, charm, wit and brilliant danger that I've
come to love from this series so I was happy!
Manners
& Mutiny had
one of my very favourite things: a well-rounded, fun and satisfying epilogue. It
catches up with Sophronia a while after the final battle and we find out where
everyone is and what they’re up to. I love a flash forward, especially when it
retains everything I've loved about a novel or series and I think Carriger did
it perfectly here.
This was a wonderful ending to a
wonderful series and I’m glad I’ve got a whole other series of Carriger’s still
to read.
Sophie
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