The Finishing School Series
1850s Young Adult Completed Series
Sophronia is recruited to a finishing school for spies located in a dirigible. Set in Gail's Parasolverse these 4 YA books are full of steampunk etiquette, well-dressed espionage, and flying food.
Etiquette & Espionage
Book 1Curtsies & Conspiracies
Book 2Waistcoats & Weaponry
Book 3Manners & Mutiny
Book 4Finishing School Educator’s Guide
Books 1-4The Finishing School books were all New York Times Bestsellers. Individually, they have been Locus bestsellers; Goodreads Choice, Teen Choice, Locus Award, and Sakura Medal nominees; received starred reviews in Publisher's Weekly and Booklist; been honored as YALSA Amazing Audiobooks; and received the Steampunk Chronicle’s Reader’s Choice and Elbakin Awards.
Praise for The Finishing School
“...cleverly Victorian methods of espionage, witty banter, lighthearted silliness, and a ship full of intriguingly quirky people.”
Booklist, starred review (Etiquette & Espionage)
“This genre-bender will introduce fans of Ally Carter’s Gallagher Girls and Jennifer Lynn Barnes’ The Squad to a world of mechanical maids and flying machines while bringing a spy-school romp to readers of the weightier worlds of Cassandra Clare and Scott Westerfield.”
Kirkus, starred review (Etiquette & Espionage)
“Carriger deploys laugh-out-loud bon mots on nearly every page… Amid all the fun, the author works in commentary on race and class in a sparkling start to the Finishing School series.”
~ Publishers Weekly, starred review (Etiquette & Espionage)
“If spunky Lady Sybil from Downton Abbey happened onto a steampunk set, she might look a lot like Sophronia Angelina Temminnick...Carriger delivers a grand mix of etiquette and espionage with a dash of humor and enough subterfuge to spring some surprises.”
Shelf Awareness, starred review (Etiquette & Espionage)