![]() ![]() For someone supposedly obsessed with mechanical devices, Viola certainly thinks about them very little. ![]() I want to know exactly what's alternate about it! The steampunk feels pasted on, and it works like magic, not science. All historical details are kept very vague, which is frustrating to someone like me when reading an alternate history. Judging from Ada Lovelace's age, it should be 1882, but it never felt like it, not even close. The world building is odd-I could never tell exactly when it was supposed to take place. It's a bit like Twelfth Night mixed up in a blender with the Importance of Being Ernest, except without the transversive sexual tension of the first or the humor of either. Meanwhile, one of Viola's fellow students plans to take over the world! While she and the Duke battle their attraction for each other (he assuming she's a boy, she wanting to focus on her inventions), the Duke's ward Cecily falls in love with Viola. While there, she runs into wacky professors, sinister clockwork automatons, and the far-too-sexy-for-her-good Duke. ![]() Illyria only accepts male students, so of course she masquerades as a boy to attend. Viola Adams has a gift for invention, and the best way to hone her skills is by attending the prestigious Illyria College. ![]()
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