This is book one of the Steel Roots series. Even telling you that up front won't stop
you from being annoyed when the book stops abruptly. I enjoyed the book but I wish the author
would have coasted to a stop rather than doing a tuck and roll out the window
and having the story just stop. Abby is
a teenager thrust into an intolerable situation when her father disappears, her
main caretaker grandmother is incarcerated and she is pursued by an evil
landlord.
Ms. Mulvihill did a nice job creating a steam punk
world. She postulates early industrial
age job bondage accompanied by a big brother presence. Abby shows a lot of character development as
the story progresses. It is a coming of
age personal study of Abby and hints at future responsibilities.
A smidge of the occult comes in toward the end of the
book. The sweat shop setting is
reminiscent of the industrial revolution knitting mills in New
England . The occasional
mention of steam engines, large and somewhat improbably small (sewing machine)
seems to the main connection to the steam punk genre.
I enjoyed the book and await impatiently for the follow up.
This book may have been received free of charge from a publisher or a publicist. That will NEVER have a bearing on my recommendations.
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