![]() ![]() Werewolves of Noteįor our hero, an oversized scruffy Scottish werewolf, I’m going to deviate from the expected ( Gerard Butler) and pick James Purefoy. I also really love Gina Bellman of Leverage fame. Perhaps Claudia Black might be better suited to running around whacking obstreperous vampires willy-nilly with a parasol, but that girl’s gotta eat about ten cream teas first, then we’ll talk. Visually, I modeled her off of Italian actress Sabrina Impacciatore mixed with celebrity chef Nigella Lawson. I’d settle for a fist-full of unknowns so long as it came out as well as their Cranford adaptation, but my assignment is to cast my ideal film, so here were go… Our Intrepid HeroineĪlexia Tarabotti, London’s only preternatural, is an Italian-looking spinster with no soul, a big mouth and, quite frankly, even bigger nose. With that kind of elevator pitch, you can probably guess I’d skip Hollywood and take less money if I could sell it to the BBC as a mini series. Soulless is a comedic take on the urban fantasy genre set in Victorian London. Consequently, some of my choices may no longer really work, but it’s my fantasy and I am sticking to it! It is clearly apparent that this union is a love match.Gentle Reader, this is a repost of an original article done ten years ago for My Book the Movie website. Alexia and Maccon are married in the epilogue. Peace is reigning and Queen Victoria and her country are safe. He has overcome his natural instinct when he is endangering his love. Lord Maccon has made an excellent hero and lover and taught the reader all about werewolves. Society has been saved and will go back to each group living with the other and respecting each other. Alexia is chosen to keep a balance between the supernatural leaders of the Council. The vampire and werewolf win over the mad scientist.īefore the end of the book, our heroine Alexia Tarabotti has been invited to join the Shadow Council, which is the Council of the supernaturals who advise the Queen. ![]() However, with his unmasking, everything turns to true chaos. ![]() He is holding Maccon, the alpha werewolf. He takes Alexia to see the horrible torture chamber. The scientist has the oldest vampire in his experimenting room. The mad scientist has her in his clutches and is prepared to do all kinds of horrible things to her to understand her power so he can control it. When the full moon occurs, he has vampires set to watch her. He has her watched by members of his pack. There are a couple of attempts made on her life before she is kidnapped. When werewolves and vampires turn up missing, Alexia is determined to discover what is happening. Alexia is a natural detective who sees her moving about in the supernatural culture more than in her own. The lovers save the day and stop the evil from winning in the struggle between good and evil. Both the hero and heroine are strong characters. It is a love story between the preternatural and the alpha werewolf. We also have scientists who hide their devious tricks and horrible experiments to bring London under the power of one man. The werewolves and vampires seem to have the market on the inventions. We have the steam-punk genre that showcases the inventions of the day. The mixed society is involved in the comedy of manners. We also have one preternatural who is a soulless person who can touch a supernatural person and neutralize them. The culture is more than one: werewolves, vampires, ghosts, and the natural humans. Its setting is London, England in Victorian times. Soulless by Gail Carriger is a novel of many genres.
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