Waiting on Wednesday: The Inventor's Secret
Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly event that is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine where she spotlights upcoming releases.
This week I am waiting on. . .
The Inventor's Secret
By: Andrea Cremer
Publisher: Philomel
Release Date: April 22, 2014
Sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees have scraped out an existence on the edge of Britain’s industrial empire. Though they live by the skin of their teeth they have their health (at least when they can find enough food and avoid the Imperial Labor Gatherers) and each other. When a new exile with no memory of his escape from the coastal cities or even his own name seeks shelter in their camp he brings new dangers with him and secrets about the terrible future that awaits all those who have struggled has to live free of the bonds of the empire’s Machineworks.
The Inventor’s Secret is the first book of a YA steampunk series set in an alternate nineteenth-century North America where the Revolutionary War never took place and the British Empire has expanded into a global juggernaut propelled by marvelous and horrible machinery.
The Inventor’s Secret is the first book of a YA steampunk series set in an alternate nineteenth-century North America where the Revolutionary War never took place and the British Empire has expanded into a global juggernaut propelled by marvelous and horrible machinery.
This one sounds very good but also similar to another book I've read whose name is escaping me atm. Nice pick nonetheless.
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Great pick! I am definitely looking forward to this as well :)
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OOh nice pick! I keep debating over this one myself! Loved her Nightshade trilogy though despite it being hit or miss with other readers. Oh well! Will definitely be looking forward to your review on this one!
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