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 turned her into a servant in her own home But on her sixteenth birthday, Nicolette discovers a secret workshop in the cellar and begins to dare to imagine a new life for herself Could the mysterious books and tools hidden there and the mechanical menagerie, led by a tiny metal horse named Jules be the key to escaping her dreary existence With a technological exposition and royal ball on the horizon, the timing might just be perfect for Nicolette to earn her freedom at last.Gorgeous prose and themes of social justice and family shine in this richly imagined Cinderella retelling about an indomitable inventor who finds her prince but realizes she doesn t want a fairy tale happy ending after all. Read Mechanica – kino-fada.fr This passage from the book ironically explains the pacing I never expected much of anything to happen, and nothing much did I was in a constant state of waiting for things to begin. There are some good things about this book.1 Strong female character2 Highly feminist book3 Beautiful depiction of friendshipAnd honestly, for me, those are some of the best selling points for any book But then we come to the bad.1 BORING AS FUCKLook, I m sorry The book could have the best, most wonderful non This passage from the book ironically explains the pacing I never expected much of anything to happen, and nothing much did I was in a constant state of waiting for things to begin. There are some good things about this book.1 Strong female character2 Highly feminist book3 Beautiful depiction of friendshipAnd honestly, for me, those are some of the best selling points for any book But then we come to the bad.1 BORING AS FUCKLook, I m sorry The book could have the best, most...Never has a poor execution of a brilliant concept ever hit me so hard Because this book had the potential to be amazing It s the most feminist Cinderella retelling I ve ever read and the message behind it was PERFECT Too bad it was so painfully dull.Let s get it out of the way despite the similar premise, this book is absolutely nothing like Cinder It is not about a cyborg Cinderella, it sof a steampunk Fey book about a genius female mechanic The writing, the setting and the circumst Never has a poor execution of a brilliant concept ever hit me so hard Because this book had the potential to be amazing It s the most feminist Cinderella retelling I ve ever read and the message behind it was PERFECT Too bad it was so painfully dull.Let s get it out of the way despite the similar premise, this book is absolutely nothing like Cinder It is not about a cyborg Cinderella, it sof a steampunk Fey book about a genius female mechanic The writing, the setting and the circumstances do not even remotely resemble Meyer s book.The story is about Nicolette who, like other Cinderellas before her, is an orphan at the mercy of her cruel Stepmother and Stepsisters They treat her as a servant and demand that she do all the household chores What they don t know is that Nicolette has a talent for engineering and keeps her inventions locked away in her mother s old workroom She intends to sell her machines at market and make enough money to get awa...Gorgeous prose and themes of social justice and family shine in this richly imagined Cinderella retelling about an indomitable inventor who finds her princebut realizes she doesn t want a fairy tale happy ending after all.One advice Do take that piece of information seriously Otherwise, you might end up thinking that this is the most awful Cinderella retelling ever written, as I did.Remember the movie Into the Woods Remember how, for the most part, it was beautiful and enchanting and i Gorgeous prose and themes of social justice and family shine in this richly imagined Cinderella retelling about an indomitable inventor who finds her princebut realizes she doesn t want a fairy tale happy ending after all.One advice Do take that piece of information seriously Otherwise, you might end up thinking that this is the most awful Cinderella retelling ever written, as I did.Remember the movie Into the Woods Remember how, for the most part, it was beautiful and enchanting and it made you feel the desire to sing along with the actors until it didn t any That s exactly ...Update August 9, 2018 1.99 on USI loved this book August 17, 2017 2.99 on USI loved this book Previous post I really don t get all the low ratings for this I devoured Mechanica in 24 hours I ve read that people thought it was boring or that the pacing was slow I just didn t have that experience and I am someone who can t stand boring, slow paced books I guess it s just one of those things.So, this is NOTHING like Cinder whatsoever, for those wondering Cinder has a mo Update August 9, 2018 1.99 on USI loved this book August 17, 2017 2.99 on USI loved this book Previous post I really don t get all the low ratings for this I devoured Mechanica in 24 hours I ve read that people thought it was boring or that the pacing was slow I just didn t have that experience and I am someone who can t stand boring, slow paced books I guess it s just one of those things.So, this is NOTHING like Cinder whatsoever, for those wondering Cinder has asci fi vibe to it I adored Cinder and gave it 5 stars also see my review here if you want This book issteampunk fantasy with fae fey magic Nicolette s story starts in a pretty typical Cinderella manner The adored mother dies and the father re marries to a monster of a step mother with two equally horrendous daughters The father also dies and the Steps take over Nicolette s home and make her the servant What I ADORED about this re telling is that the mother was a genius mechanic ...More often than not, when a book annoys the fuck out of me, I a Tell the characters to stuff it b Roll my eyes every five minutes andc Throw my book Kindle across the room and onto my bed no way I m destroying my babies.I unfortunately did all three when reading Mechanica I m not even sure I have a legitim...Don t get me wrong despite my three star rating, this has got to be the most refreshing Cinderella reimagination I ve read.I ve always wantedfairy tale retellings in a Steampunk setting It s new, it s unique, and visualizing all the gears and machines around characters who are based on our favorite tales from childhood simply gives me the warm fuzzies All the possibilities All the unique things our character can do with herself and with her surroundings In that aspect, this book certa Don t get me wrong despite my three star rating, this has got to be the most refreshing Cinderella reimagination I ve read.I ve always wantedfairy tale retellings in a Steampunk setting It s new, it s unique, and visualizing all the gears and machines around characters who are based on our favorite tales from childhood simply gives me the warm fuzzies All the possibilities All the unique things our character can do with herself and with her surroundings In that aspect, this book certainly delivered.Do you remember how Disney portrayed our favorite fairy tale heroines in the early 90s and well before that as ladies who needed a man in order to be happy Remember how romance was the be all end all to their Happy Ever Afters Well, Mechanica takes all that and throws it out the window.I love how feminist this book was I love how Nicolette was brought up loving engineering and making things out of gears and machines and little trinkets She was independent, str...Source I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read to review basis Thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and EdelweissI went to the cellar to check on my shoes The glass had been cooling for hours now, but I still wasn t sure if they d be ready in timeMaybe it was just because of that pretty cover, but I expected so muchfrom this book.I didn t really like Nicolette in this story, not only did not come across the way I would expect Cinderella to come across, but she s Source I received a digital copy of this book for free on a read to review basis Thanks to Houghton Mifflin Harcourt and EdelweissI went to the cellar to check on my shoes The glass had been cooling for hours now, but I still wasn t sure if they d be ready in timeMaybe it was just because of that pretty cover, but I expected so muchfrom this book.I didn t really like Nicolette in this story, not only did not come across the way I would expect Cinderella to come across, but she seemed to careabout her mechanical creations than real life people, including the prince She also seemed to be a bit violent, and wasn t even all that bothered about ...I loved this book right from the beginning I found it to be fairly close to the Disney version and I actually really liked that It feltlike a classic fairy tale then some crazy retelling I loved how this book focused on friendship and not romance It really wasabout Nicolette finding her self and developing friendships than anything else And I loved that I read this book in pretty much one sitting and I was so content with this story I loved the writing style and the characters I loved this book right from the beginning I found it to be fairly close to the Disney version and I actually really liked that It feltlike a classic fairy tale then some crazy retelling I loved how this book focused on friendship and not romance It really wasabout Nicolette finding her self and developing friendships than anything else And I loved t...Hello, pretty coverpats book This looks extremely interesting, but realyyy close to Cinder Maybe too close Anyhoo, the only concern I have about it is a part of the synopsis that bugged me Determined to invent her own happily ever after, Mechanica seeks to wow the prin...www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comI totally loved the book I must say when I first saw it, I had one of those, choose a book by it s cover moments I read the blurb and promptly put it on pre order, got it today and read the whole thing This is an awesome rendition of a Cinderella steampunk novel But this isn t the fairy tale ending you are used to so if your going for that, it s not going to happen You have Nicolette, Nick for short, who is learning to make mechanical animals, bugs etc fr www.melissa413readsalot.blogspot.comI totally loved the book I must say when I first saw it, I had one of those, choose a book by it s cover moments I read the blurb and promptly put it on pre order, got it today and read the whole thing This is an awesome rendition of a Cinderella steampunk novel But this isn t the fairy tale ending you are used to so if your going for that, it s not going to happen You have Nicole...
- English
- 21 March 2017 Betsy Cornwell
- Kindle Edition
- 323 pages
- Betsy Cornwell
- Mechanica