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A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure
A Lady's Guide to Marvels and Misadventure | Angela Bell
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When Clara Marie Stanton's ex-fianc� begins to spread rumors that her family suffers from hereditary insanity, it's all Clara can do to protect them from his desperate schemes and society's prejudice. Her family may be eccentric, yes, (…more)
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I really enjoyed this debut historical romance/fantasy with a bit of a steampunk feel and a nice faith-filled atmosphere as well. Taking place in 1860 London, Clara Marie Stanton has always felt responsible for shielding/protecting her lovable but eccentric (some might say insane) family, and she has devoted herself to that end. Her beloved grandfather, a clockmaker and inventor of a flying owl machine, decides to take a flying adventure through🔽

robinb Europe in the hopes of encouraging Clara to step outside of her self-imposed familial duties and search for him via a scavenger hunt. Along with her grandfather‘s new apprentice Theodore and her mother, she sets off on a myriad of adventures and along the way learns more about herself and what she would like out of life. Of course there‘s a villain out to steal the machine to provide some suspense, but the real stars here are the Stanton family 🔽 13mo
robinb and their unique and tight-knit love for each other and all their idiosyncrasies.
Clara and Theodore are charming and lovely and the kind of feel-good characters that you just want to hug and hang out with.

Very well done, and I‘m looking forward to more from this author. 4.5/5⭐️
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julesG Happy Book Birthday! This goes onto #MountTBR right away. 13mo
robinb @julesG Oh good! I loved it. 13mo
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