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In this secondary world fantasy alchemically-created Automa have risen and defeated their human creators. In the new Automa-dominated society the tension is between those who think of humans as useful pets and those that wish Automa and humans separated permanently and completely, preferably by extermination of the latter. Lady Crier is the constructed daughter of an Automa leader who is betrothed to a major figure in the movement that would see humans and Automa separated, but she's more apprec
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Characters- I never got to a point where I cared about any of the characters. 1 star.
Story premise: Sounded interesting, of artificial people powered by alchemy, ruling over/oppressing humans and an illicit relationship between the species. Problem is, I kept thinking of the Matrix and various other machine gone bad stories, and couldn’t give the author’s world the attention it needed. 2 stars.
Book’s cover: Gorgeous! 5 stars!
==> 2.5 stars.
Story premise: Sounded interesting, of artificial people powered by alchemy, ruling over/oppressing humans and an illicit relationship between the species. Problem is, I kept thinking of the Matrix and various other machine gone bad stories, and couldn’t give the author’s world the attention it needed. 2 stars.
Book’s cover: Gorgeous! 5 stars!
==> 2.5 stars.
3.5 stars. I enjoyed this quite a bit more the second time around on audio than when I read it last year with my eyes. Looking forward to book 2 now.
Apr 02, 2019
Aqsa
marked it as to-read
Oct 20, 2019
Justine
marked it as to-read
Jun 14, 2021
Emma
marked it as owned-to-read
