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Clara is not a typical society girl, and when her father is discovered murdered and quite literally heartless, she finds herself doing these very things in order to track his killer. The sinister mystery goes much deeper, however, and Clara realizes she might have to give up more than she ever dreamed.
She might have to give up her heart.
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Toot's Review by Stacy Sabala
Miss Clara
Dietrich is interested in biology and her brother is a genius when it comes to
engineering. Unfortunately being a girl
causes a lot of living in the shadow of her brilliant younger brother. Her father was the one to encourage her love
of science. Unfortunately her father
disappeared four years ago mysteriously.
Now his body has been found and he has left clues for Clara to
follow. Along the way she meets a
mysterious boy named Ben. She loves the
acceptance she receives from being around him.
However her mother has other plans for her. She lets society dictate how Clara’s life
will go. Clara is angry and fights for
the right to choose her life.
Things go
awry when she is almost abducted from a mascaraed party her mother dragged her
too. She knows that these have to be the
people who took her father four years ago.
Her terror is acute as she fights for her life. When she is rescued by another group she
doesn’t know what to think. It seems
that her father was caught up in something mysterious and dangerous. Clara is now a target herself. She works with her father’s friends to stop
the evil things happening in her city.
However
secrets are revealed and sacrifices need to be made. Clara has to make devastating choices about
her life after she almost loses everything.
This story
was interesting. The disappearance and
murder of Clara’s father starts the ball rolling. The steam punk vibe to the story is threaded
throughout as the plot and characters are revealed. It was a pretty fast moving story that had
intrigue, danger and murder. Clara was a
strong character from the beginning limited by her station and her gender. You feel her frustration and anger. Her emotions seemed to jump off the
page. I got into the story quickly and
invested in the characters. When the
final plan was to take place the author threw some unexpected things at
me. I couldn’t believe how the story
ended. I was extremely disappointed in how it ended. It has turned me off from reading more. I am truly sad when that happens. I am frustrated when I’m reading a great
story then get to the end which ends up ruining the whole thing. I give this book a 3 out of 5.
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