I really enjoyed this book and plan on finishing the series (I’ve already started the second audiobook on hoopla). 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” (Goodreads Synopsis). 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. 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. “ Sixteen-year-old Charlotte and her fellow refugees have scraped out an existence on the edge of Britain’s industrial empire. Charlotte heard the shallow pulls of his breath, the uneven, heavy pounding of his footfalls” ( The Inventor’s Secret, Sentences 1 & 2).
She grew up roaming the forests and lakeshores of northern Wisconsin, but now lives in New York City where she roams the sidewalks and riverbanks of the concrete jungle she calls home.“Every heartbeat brought the boy closer. in early modern history-a reflection of her fascination with witchcraft and warfare-and taught for years at Macalester College. Despite all of that there’s nothing I’d rather do.Īndrea Cremer is an American writer, best known for the internationally best-selling Nightshade series, which includes Nightshade, Wolfsbane, Bloodrose, Snakeroot, Rift, and Rise. From her website: ‘She went to school until there wasn’t any more school to go to, ending up with a Ph.D. We must need to write because most writers have full-time jobs that are not writing.
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