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 to imagine a new life for herself. And the timing may be perfect: There's a technological exposition and a royal ball on the horizon. Determined to invent her own happily-ever-after, Mechanica seeks to wow the prince and eager entrepreneurs alike.
First of all i have to say that i picked this book cause that cover is just gorgeous i can;t wait to see on a book shelf in real life. I am happy to say that the book totally fit the cover. Ok i totally loved this book and am sad now that i look at goodreads all the negative bashing about how it a cinder retelling. Why bash the poor author taking a concept and making it her own. Everyone oh and ahhing over all the other retelling that are out their why is this one being bashed so horribly.
I for one loved this book, i love how Mechanica not only comes to realize that her circumstances are not what she is, but have made into who she is. If she had ran away right after she became a slave to the steps she never would of discovered all the joys that were to be found in her mothers workshop, nor would she have learned to hone her mechanical talents that she inherited from her mother. I love all the little twists at the end of the story that i did not see coming. I also love this author take on the glass slipper and the carriage that Mechanica takes to the ball. It was very nicely done and i for one thoroughly enjoyed it.
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