A review by dlsmall
The Girl in the Clockwork Tower by Lou Wilham

3.0

I’m a few months away from teaching, and reading much YA, but this is fine for the genre. The world building and magic system here is pretty solid. I do have a few quibbles…the Rapunzel analogy isn’t that strong in my opinion…I mean beyond a tower/dormitory, and a girl with some curls. Persinette’s agreement to work for the Uprising and the inevitable romance with the young captain happens way too quickly. Lotsa giggling. Manu is a bit of a fop and all, but he seems like a good guy…a good guy who cares for his (not that huge of a) crew would know their names…especially those he plays cards with. Finally, sometimes, it seems that sometimes the inspiration to get into steampunk is to write genre fiction, but stir in way more corsets and camisoles.

Thanks to BookSirens for the opportunity to read this ARC.