Ahoy there mateys! This is a steampunk alternate history involving vampires. Made it to 85% before abandonment. The world building was fun. It takes place “in a world where the sun never set on the British Empire, where Holland finally ceded New Amsterdam to the English only during the Napoleonic wars, and where the expansion of the American colonies was halted by the war magic of the Iroquois.” I like the vampire Sebastien de Ulloa who is 900 years old. I loved Abigail Irene Garrett who is a forensic scientist. I even got used to the short story format as the connections between the characters began to materialize. The problem in this book started when Sebastien forms his “court” and they start to be jealous of each other. Then some other stuff happened that kinda bored me. And I couldn’t finish it despite multiple attempts. So that be that.