A review by iluvdaddydarkling
My Mechanical Romance by Alexene Farol Follmuth

funny hopeful medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

I loved this book!

Let's start there. It was really cute and after a hard week in my own coding courses it was a really nice refreshing read. I loved the backstory we got about bel's family and how she was feeling about all the recent changes in her life. I loved how we also got to see it from Teo's point of view and how he wasn't a stereotypical a-hole and I just thought he was really well developed overall.

This is a story about discovering what you love, and giving yourself proper credit. Bel showed amazing growth and she was a really amazing main character. I love how Bel is able to realize her mistakes and the way she went about righting them was fantastic.

I also appreciate how the author made me dislike Bel's adversary in the robotics club(Neelam)  for no reason but when I found out why they were adversaries I began to understand her and I love that the author was able to make me think about how I myself treat other people.

The sidecharacters were also sooo good, well fleshed out and pretty funny.

The romance coupled with the angst, robots, and overall relatability as a women in stem myself made this book exactly what I needed after a hectic week programming.

The cover was also adorable. I just love everything about this it was so good.

I recommend this book to literally everyone. If you like romance books you will most likely love this one. The characters are multifaceted and the entire book just had me smiling. I just love this book. It was really good and  you should go and buy it when it comes out. I think we should petition for a movie as well because I would love that!