Boneshaker, a mini-review

I finished "Boneshaker" by Cherie Priest the other day and really enjoyed it.  I've never considered myself much of a steampunk-reading type of gal, but maybe I need to change that self-opinion.  Boneshaker was a fun romp of a story, even though it was filled with dangerous encounters, a mother on a desperate search to save her teenage, impetuous son who thinks he knows everything, the city of Seattle walled up and filled with blight gas which turns people into zombies, and an odd assortment of scallywags and airship captains who just may or may not be truly evil or truly good.  The story was told from alternating viewpoints of both the mother and son, and I loved how the author kept the tension up by having them come in close proximity to the other several times.  I kept hoping they'd stay put long enough for the other to find them, and wondering who was going to rescue whom.  It was a great adventure story.  The only thing I was unhappy with was the color of the typeface.  They used a lighter color to make it seem old-timey-sepia, but I found it hard on the eyes, especially at night with a book light, which is how I do most of my reading. 

For those of you playing the "How's-Pam-doing-today game" I am somewhat better.  But hubby got worse after 3 days, so not counting eggs here yet.