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Waistcoats & Weaponry


A Young Adult Fantasy Novel


Book 3 of the Finishing School Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Steampunk,
  • Magic School,
  • Werewolves,
  • Found Family,
  • Victorian London
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Boarding school adventures with secret weapons and etiquette lessons
  • Steampunk train heists featuring werewolves and dirigible chases
  • Friend groups facing danger with wit and unconventional skills
Publisher Description

Class is back in session in this glorious steampunk series by bestselling author Gail Carriger. Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style--with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course.

Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey hijack a suspiciously empty train to return their chum Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland.

But when Sophronia discovers they are being trailed by a dirigible of Picklemen and flywaymen, she unearths a plot that threatens to throw all of London into chaos. With her friends in mortal danger, Sophronia must sacrifice what she holds most dear--her freedom.

Gather your poison, your steel-tipped quill, and the rest of your school supplies and join Mademoiselle Geraldine's proper young killing machines in the third rousing installment in the New York Times bestselling Finishing School series.

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