"Lady Amanda’s brilliant invention, a clockwork spider," In what way is that remotely brilliant? But when this is stolen, instead of saying who gives a shit, she's "forced to ally with a stubborn, grumpy scientist," How many times has this same shit been written already? Grump vs hottie falling in lust? Too many, that's for sure. Another purported steampunk cookie-cutter novel that's got nothing to do with the genre. Yawn.
