A review by therearenobadbooks
The Hatmakers by Tamzin Merchant

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted mysterious medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love this series and the characters. 
The author is the perfect narrator for her series and makes the audiobooks an amazing experience as well. (I listened to the audiobooks so forgive me if I misspelled the names) 

Cor's father is missing, but she doesn't believe that he is dead, only lost at sea, and what is lost can be found. She will do whatever she can to make sure she can rescue him even if it means saving their land (parallel London with magic) and the royal family. In this world, the makers are families dedicated to creating pieces of garments such as hats, boots, gloves, clocks, watches... under the rule of doing no harm. 
Cor thinks that she can wield this magic too without bad consequences, but she learns that some breaking of the rules can harm. Determined to get a boat to save her father, she unites strength with Sam, Goose (the son of a rival family and her best friend) to uncover villains, punish them, and save the day. 
Unfortunately, she doesn't save her father just yet, but she gets a new clue. 
I love Hugo he is such a fun character and actor. 
(Princess survives dead attempt, but Shakespeare was butchered,  ahahahah )

Got the audiobooks with librofm.