In 2013, as a promotion for Curtsies & Conspiracies, Carriger released a music video based on the series. The Finishing School series consists of four books: Other reviewers noted that Carriger successfully subverts the 'action girl' young adult trope, and that she successfully appeals to both age groups (adults and teens) without talking down to her young adult audience. Publishers Weekly praised Carriger's ability to weave in commentary about race and class amidst the lighthearted fun of the book. Sophronia examined the windlass machine at the top. The dumbwaiter disagreed with the whole idea of stopping at the ground floor, and instead kept on goingup all four stories. Kirkus Reviews noted that the book is lighter on romance than is typical in YA, but praises the silliness and genre-blending. So she had pressed the dumbwaiter into the service of espionage. It earned four starred reviews and hit The New York Times Best Seller list its first week on sale. But Sophronia finds out that this is not an ordinary finishing school in addition to dance, dress, and etiquette, she and her classmates are also trained in the fine arts of espionage and assassination.Įtiquette & Espionage was well received. The protagonist is 14-year-old Sophronia, who enrolls in Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality. Like the Parasol Protectorate books, Etiquette & Espionage is set in an alternate history version of Victorian era Britain where supernatural creatures such as vampires and werewolves are part of society. It is her first young adult novel, and is set in the same universe as her bestselling Parasol Protectorate adult series. Children and Young Adult Literature portalĮtiquette & Espionage is a young adult steampunk novel by Gail Carriger.

Etiquette and espionage