Waistcoats & Weaponry by Gail Carriger

Sophronia continues her second year at finishing school in style—with a steel-bladed fan secreted in the folds of her ball gown, of course. Such a fashionable choice of weapon comes in handy when Sophronia, her best friend Dimity, sweet sootie Soap, and the charming Lord Felix Mersey stowaway on a train to return their classmate Sidheag to her werewolf pack in Scotland. 

No one suspected what—or who—they would find aboard that suspiciously empty train. Sophronia uncovers a plot that threatens to throw all of London into chaos and she must decide where her loyalties lie, once and for all.

This is book three of the Finishing School Series.  I continue to enjoy these and have already started the fourth and final book.  So far, this is my favorite of the series as the characters are far enough along in their espionage training for some life-altering things to happen to them and around them.  I'm also amused by the techniques the ladies use (like vocal affectations and demure flirting) to manipulate and melt the men around them to learn their secrets.  Some things never change. :)

4/5

320 pages