Cremer, Andrea The Inventor’s Secret, 370 pgs. Philomel Books, 2014. $18.99
Content: Language: PG-13 (11 swears); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence:
PG-13.
Charlotte lives in the Catacombs
and helps gather supplies with her brother Ash and his annoying friend
Jack. They are waiting until they are
old enough to join the adults as part of the Resistance and fight against the
British who have won the Revolutionary War.
In an attempt to advance their cause they masquerade Charlotte as a new
debutante in high society and try to find sympathizers.
Weaved throughout the main story is romance,
mystery and steampunk inventions. Charlotte
is a likable character and the story line has potential, but it gets bogged down
with details of their every action. I
felt like the main motivation of the characters was lost and the world in which
they lived was hard to imagine. The
violence was gruesome and included people dying.
MS, HS – OPTIONAL. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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