We gain a better understanding of Alexia’s preternatural abilities and a better look at Lord Maccon’s own supernatural and family history.

The mystery is only one of many things revealed and unravelled in this book. I loved the mystery Carriger has presented because it’s a fascinating exploration of how this society operates and how much the supernatural citizens contribute and rely on the existing structures. We are introduced to new names and faces but the familiar faces remain and the pack becomes an extension of the main characters. This story also brings to light some more of Carriger’s werewolf mythology and we see more intricately how the pack operates. I love how both Alexia and Connall can love each other but be infuriated by one another, more so Connall than Alexia, though now that she is living with the pack there are a few more things to frustrate her. The relationship between Alexia and Connall moves past the frustrated acquaintances and into frustrated newlyweds which feels natural and fitting. I was glad to see Carriger hasn’t lost any of her charm and wit in her writing as this story is just as fabulous as the first. The delightful Alexia is back, now married and now in charge of an entire wolf pack. She might even find time to track down her wayward husband, if she feels like it. So even when her investigations take her to Scotland, the backwater of ugly waistcoats, she is prepared: upending werewolf pack dynamics as only the soulless can. Then he disappears leaving her to deal with a regiment of supernatural soldiers encamped on her doorstep, a plethora of exorcised ghosts, and an angry Queen Victoria.īut Alexia is armed with her trusty parasol, the latest fashions, and an arsenal of biting civility. Alexia Maccon, the Lady Woolsey, awakens in the wee hours of the mid-afternoon to find her husband, who should be decently asleep like any normal werewolf, yelling at the top of his lungs.

Changeless by Gail Carriger