From the cover:
"Can she write a world gone wrong?
A certain pen, a certain book, and a certain person can craft entirely new worlds through a branch of science called scriptology. Elsa comes from one such world that was written into creation, where her mother―a noted scriptologist―constantly alters and expands their reality.
But when her home is attacked and her mother kidnapped, Elsa is forced to cross into the real world and use her own scriptology gifts to find her. In an alternative Victorian Italy, Elsa finds a secret society of young scientists with a gift for mechanics, alchemy, or scriptology―and meets Leo, a gorgeous mechanist with a smart mouth and tragic past. She recruits the help of these fellow geniuses just as an assassin arrives on their doorstep.
In this thrilling debut, worlds collide as Elsa unveils a deep political conspiracy seeking to unlock the most dangerous weapon ever created―and only she can stop it."
Before we get into the book, I've got to shout out the gorgeous cover of this book. I had a pile of books waiting for me to read, and I'm not going to lie, the main reason I chose this one over the others was the cover.
We first meet Elsa in the scripted world where she lives with her mother, Jumi, a gifted scriptologist. Very shortly after the two are introduced, Elsa and Jumi are attacked, and Elsa is left unconscious. When she wakes up, Jumi is gone. Elsa follows the attackers to the home of her world's creator, where she finds that he has been murdered and his house set on fire. Alone and unfamiliar with customs in Europe, Elsa goes to her mother's closest friend for aid, who takes her to a home for some of the most gifted young scientists in the real world. Left there alone, worried about the fate of her mother, Elsa is forced to decide if she can put her trust in the young strangers she now lives with or if she must forge ahead and attempt to find and rescue her mother alone.
I felt the story got off to a slow start, I was intrigued with the premise, and the second half was dynamite. Also, while I found the relationship between Elsa an Leo a bit force, I loved the dynamic between the foursome as they unraveled the mystery of what happened to Elsa's mom and worked to save her, and the ending left me dying for more. I can't wait for the next book!
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We first meet Elsa in the scripted world where she lives with her mother, Jumi, a gifted scriptologist. Very shortly after the two are introduced, Elsa and Jumi are attacked, and Elsa is left unconscious. When she wakes up, Jumi is gone. Elsa follows the attackers to the home of her world's creator, where she finds that he has been murdered and his house set on fire. Alone and unfamiliar with customs in Europe, Elsa goes to her mother's closest friend for aid, who takes her to a home for some of the most gifted young scientists in the real world. Left there alone, worried about the fate of her mother, Elsa is forced to decide if she can put her trust in the young strangers she now lives with or if she must forge ahead and attempt to find and rescue her mother alone.
I felt the story got off to a slow start, I was intrigued with the premise, and the second half was dynamite. Also, while I found the relationship between Elsa an Leo a bit force, I loved the dynamic between the foursome as they unraveled the mystery of what happened to Elsa's mom and worked to save her, and the ending left me dying for more. I can't wait for the next book!
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