Prudence : The Custard Protocol by Gail Garriger357 Pages
"Introducing the Custard Protocol series, in which Alexia Maccon's daughter Prudence travels to India on behalf of Queen, country...and the perfect pot of tea. When Prudence Alessandra Maccon Akeldama ("Rue" to her friends) is bequeathed an unexpected dirigible, she does what any sensible female under similar circumstances would do -- she christens it the Spotted Custard and floats off to India. Soon, she stumbles upon a plot involving local dissidents, a kidnapped brigadier's wife, and some awfully familiar Scottish werewolves. Faced with a dire crisis (and an embarrassing lack of bloomers), Rue must rely on her good breeding -- and her metanatural abilities -- to get to the bottom of it all..."
So I have liked Carriger's series up to this point but I found this book to be awful with a lot of blather about bloomers and hats and very little character development. I think Carriger is under the impression that she can just create new characters and let the world she created in the previous books carry the show. Rue and her friends are shallow images without motivations or humanity.
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