Nerves Of Steel

Do you sometimes wonder if some authors in the modern world like to 'pinch' ideas from one another?

Recently, I finished the book 'The Girl In The Steel Corset' by Kady Cross and don't get me wrong, it was a spectacular piece of fiction. Its everything you could wish for in a Teen book; romance, action and a sprinkling of magic. There is only one problem, it may have too many parallels to the Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare.

As my favourite book series, it seems almost to me, as if Cross has copied some of Clare's ideas such as the setting of the Victorian streets of London, automatons, evil nemesis without the magic of the main characters, a love triangle and a young girl being accepted into a wealthy home in comparison to her otherwise common working class upbringing. 

On the contrary, there are still some differences between the two series to give the Steampunk Series a stamp of identity. One is alternate ideas to the beginning of life on Earth, whilst supporting the Theory of Evolution in a new way, a punk-ass steel corset and two handsome young men, one of which could be said to be devilishly handsome, with the beauty of Lucifer.

All I have to say is that I believe Kady Cross must have nerves of steel if she has been inspired by Queen Fantasy Cassandra Clare to adopt some ideas from the Infernal Devices.