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the story was a amazing listen I didn't dislike anything about the story. I would recommend it to people who like thi

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Brilliant done

Listened to this because I LOVE the podcast, and this book did not disappoint. A deeper look into the world of Even Greater London and all of our beloved characters.

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absolutely superb

High Vaultage by Chris & Jen Sugden.

This is utterly, utterly brilliant.

I'm a recent comer to the Victoriocity podcast. only having discovered it from an advert for this book. I listened, I got hooked.

The inclusion of a book into the series is a phenomenal addition, hopefully running in tandem with the podcast because honestly, that's too good to lose to books.

The world is just as alive here & the comedy descriptive passages that can get lost in the interests of plot in the podcast have room to shine & breathe here. I started highlighting my favourite ones but soon realised I'd end up highlighting most of the book. It's pretty much a laugh a page, either from the madness of the world, a fun event or a superb descriptive passage.

The plot itself is well put together, moves briskly along & is tight & engaging. If I had one complaint about it, it'd be that everything is linked in a way that is pretty standard in detective fiction these days but is a personal annoyance to me as being too neat for real life.

One thing I have to mention is one of my favourite things in books, especially comic ones & that's the background action behind a main scene, little insignificant scenes that run through the main plot, micro tales of daily life. I love them, they're here in abundance & they're brilliantly done.

I split this over the kindle & audiobooks (still waiting on my signed copy to turn up!) & my only frustration is with the audiobook. Given that it's a book following on from a audio drama, we know exactly what the characters sound like. A single narrator, no matter how good & through no fault of their own, is incapable of doing the "right" voices & being a one man cast. Just be aware of that if you're planning on listening to this one.

Highly, highly recommended but be aware you'll need to set half a day aside as you'll not be able to put it down.

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Hilarious and exciting!

As a huge fan of the podcast I was very excited to listen to High Vaultage. Despite being linked to the podcast, it's certainly not necessary to have listened to that first to thoroughly enjoy this. The characters and the world are so fully realised, you can picture every scene. It's very funny but the story also drags you at break-neck pace through a good old ripping yarn which is expertly delivered by the narrator. Highly recommended.

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Hilarious and imaginative

Even Greater London is fascinating city to be immersed in, and Fleet and Clara make loveable protagonists.

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Wonderful story in a fantastical world

The story is fast-paced and wonderful bringing in elements of Sherlock Holmes and steampunk. The world-building is elegant and gives enough information to solve all the problems without being overwhelming. The mystery and cunning is only made better by the wit and whimsy displayed throughout all the interactions. Now very interested to go and listen to the podcast Victoriosity.

The narration is great with Peter Wicks masterfully inhabiting most of the diverse charaters.

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So Clever !

Fantastic Book. I was pulled in right in from the start. The writers are so clever and the attention to detail on every storyline is amazing ! I can’t wait first the next in the series !

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Totally bingeable steampunk fantasy

An absolute must-listen for all fans of the Victoriosity podcast and steampunk fans alike. The narrator does an excellent job doing all their voices too.

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The word building

This has bin my gate way in to fiction books. Gud stuff but try to listen to it in a short as possible time frame there is a lot of small details to keep track of.

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I really excellent first novel highly recommended

I think this is a really great start to what I hope is going to be a long series

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