Etiquette & Espionage by Gail Carriger, 307 pages

Gail Carriger is the author of the Parasol Protectorate series, and this book in the first in a teen series set in the same world. Sophronia is 14-years-old and the despair of her family due to her interest in mechanical things, her penchant for climbing and her inability to curtsey. So, they ship her off to finishing school but within hours, Sophronia discovers that Mademoiselle Geraldine's Finishing Academy for Young Ladies of Quality isn't your normal finishing school. Instead of being taught to be proper young ladies of society, they also seem to be learning skills better suited to spies and assassins. Sophronia quickly finds herself involved in an intrigue that could be more than she could handle.
This was a really fun book, and a great read. I love Gail Carriger's books and was really sad when the Parasol Protectorate series ended. At least this way I get some more of that universe, and set with some really hilarious characters.