Mechanica
Nicolette’s awful stepsisters call her “Mechanica” to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother’s knee. Her mom is gone now, though, and the Steps have pushed her into a life of dreary servitude. When she discovers a secret workshop in the cellar on her...
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Nicolette’s awful stepsisters call her “Mechanica” to demean her, but the nickname fits: she learned to be an inventor at her mother’s knee. Her mom is gone now, though, and the Steps have pushed her into a life of dreary servitude. When she discovers a secret workshop in the cellar on her sixteenth birthday—and befriends Jules, a tiny magical metal horse—Nicolette starts
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780547927718 (0547927711)
ASIN: 547927711
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
A steampunk retelling of Cinderella as an artificer. I was kind of surprised by how . . . young this felt. It's marketed as YA, but seemed rather better suited to a younger audience. The plotting is fairly straight forward, the deviations from the popular version of the story line, while interesting...
[I received a copy of this book through NetGalley and Edelweiss, in exchange for an honest review.]An interesting retelling of "Cinderella", in that it veers away from the traditional Happy Ever After being brough by Finding True Love. Not that love isn't nice, but I've always found it a bit... lack...
First of all, let me start by reiterating something that all the other reviewers have been saying ad infinitum... This has nothing to do with Cinder, people! More than a mechanic, Nicolette is actually an inventor. Also, she has all her limbs... Yes, in this story our main character lives a ver...
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