Book Review: Twits Abroad: A Steampunk Distraction
Twits Abroad: A Steampunk Distraction by Tom Alan Robbins
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
While book 2 of The Twits Chronicles still remains my favorite of the series (and probably will always be), book 3 is certainly no slouch. We are introduced to a new character, the memory-impaired, unfortunately available and marriageable, Euphonia Gumboot. Her name alone is enough to send me into gigglefits every time I read it.
In this latest adventure, a dirigible bound for New York City is filled with twits and an assortment of relatives, servants, and of course – let me stifle myself – Miss Euphonia Gumboot. Drat, I giggled in spite of my precautions.
It’s a fun, fast-reading romp of course, as a Steampunk Distraction should be. I absolutely adored the mockery of social media, performed in a manner only twits would attempt. The wordsmithery is, as always, above average. I read the story in one gulp and then returned to my comparatively humdrum life. I’m already thinking about when I’ll be able to settle in with book 4.
Lori Alden Holuta
Lori Alden Holuta lives between the cornfields of Mid-Michigan, where she grows vegetables and herbs when she’s not writing, editing, or playing games with a cat named Chives.
