Ink, Iron, and Glass, Gwendolyn Clare
Ink, Iron, and Glass, Gwendolyn Clare
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Ink, Iron, and Glass

Author: Gwendolyn Clare

Narrator: Lauren Fortgang

Unabridged: 9 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/10/2018


Synopsis

Can she write a world gone wrong?

A certain pen, a certain book, and a certain person can craft entirely new worlds through a branch of science called scriptology. Elsa comes from one such world that was written into creation, where her mother—a noted scriptologist—constantly alters and expands their reality.

But when her home is attacked and her mother kidnapped, Elsa is forced to cross into the real world and use her own scriptology gifts to find her. In an alternative Victorian Italy, Elsa finds a secret society of young scientists with a gift for mechanics, alchemy, or scriptology—and meets Leo, a gorgeous mechanist with a smart mouth and tragic past. She recruits the help of these fellow geniuses just as an assassin arrives on their doorstep.

In debut author Gwendolyn Clare's thrilling Ink, Iron, and Glass, worlds collide as Elsa unveils a deep political conspiracy seeking to unlock the most dangerous weapon ever created—and only she can stop it.

An Imprint Book

“This debut novel is fully realized steampunk-fantasy, offering an alternate history that deftly and creatively adopts the politics of 19th-century Italy to create a compellingly unique world.... Exciting and original.” —Kirkus (starred review)

“Clare's debut is built upon an intriguing premise... A solid series starter featuring a competent, flawed heroine that’s built for sf fans.” —Booklist

About Gwendolyn Clare

Gwendolyn Clare teaches college biology in central Pennsylvania, where she lives with too many cats and never enough books. Her short stories can be found in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov’s, Analog, Clarkesworld, and Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Her debut novel was Ink, Iron, and Glass.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Lisa on December 28, 2017

ETA: So glad I picked this up. The action picked up immediately, and I saw new depth with the characters. Plus, wow, some surprises that I'm still reeling from!......more

Goodreads review by Carlos on April 01, 2018

Meh is all I can muster for this book, great idea and a lot of potential but the execution left a lot to be desired, it didn’t work at least for me , I thought the author could have done a lot more to expand the characters and explore the world she created in this book, instead there were moments wh......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on January 22, 2018

**You can see this full review and more at Book Briefs: [URL not allowed]** Ink, Iron, and Glass is the first book in a new duology by the same name from debut novelist Gwendolyn Clare. Ink, Iron, and Glass is a steampunk fantasy duology about a world where a type of science called scriptology e......more

Goodreads review by Jessie Leigh on May 06, 2024

A vibrant creative alternate world with mechanists, alchemists, and scriptologists populating the streets of an alt-Pisa and even stranger worlds beyond (view spoiler)[and in? (hide spoiler)] that. A rich and inventive story; some of the finer magical aspects may be unexplained but the excellent characters and the strong plotting......more

Goodreads review by Rian *fire and books* on June 18, 2020

DNF at 40% Sorry guys but I just COULD NOT get into this. I didn't care about the missing mother, the 'mad people', and honestly the whole thing. I'm sorry. So sorry. I just wanted to love this so profoundly but I just found it so 'meh'. Thank you to Netgalley for the chance to read this and best of......more


Quotes

"This debut novel is fully realized steampunk-fantasy, offering an alternate history that deftly and creatively adopts the politics of 19th-century Italy to create a compellingly unique world...exciting and original." —Kirkus Reviews, starred review

"Clare’s debut is built upon an intriguing premise, and a measured beginning soon gives way to a more action-packed second half. A solid series starter featuring a competent, flawed heroine that’s built for sf fans." —Booklist