Review of Angel Maker
Sep. 11th, 2025 11:41 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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Angel Maker by Elizabeth BearMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Elizabeth Bear is a prolific writer of fantasy and science fiction. Angel Maker is the third in a series of steampunk / alternate history novels set in the 1870s in an alternate version of Seattle. Don't let the series tag scare you - this book can be read as a standalone novel.
The narrator, Karen Memery, is a former prostitute who, with her girlfriend Priya, has bought a small ranch outside of town. Money is tight, so when the two of them get an opportunity to work as crew on a silent movie, they jump at it. What they don't know is that the movie crew isn't in town for the weather (which is typical Pacific Northwest rainy).
The novel is both a mystery and and action thriller, told by and containing engaging characters. Well worth your time.
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