The release date for the English version of 'My Mechanical Romance' by
Alexene Farol Follmuth is May 2022. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
In this YA romance featuring combat robots, written by the NYT bestselling author of The Atlas Six, it seems that opposites do attract.
Bel would rather not to ponder about the future than to die. Applications for colleges? You're witty. Outside interests? Not at all. However, she is essentially coerced into joining the robotics club when she unintentionally displays an aptitude for engineering at school. Worse still? The only other female on the squad, Neelam, doesn't appear to like Bel either, and all the lads avoid her.
Mateo Luna, the team captain, steps in and sees Bel as a potential asset. That is, until they start to argue. Teo cares too much about the Nationals, whereas Bel doesn't care at all. However, as the number of after-school work hours increases, Bel and Teo come to the realization that they have improved the team as a whole as well as themselves in addition to creating a robot that is ready for battle. Since women have a place in STEM.
Author of The Atlas Six (writing under the pen name Olivie Blake) Alexene Farol Follmuth makes her YA debut by frank and wittyly examining the vulnerabilities of first love as well as the obstacles that girls of color experience in STEM fields. My Mechanical relationship is swoon-worthy perfection, with phrases that demand to be read aloud and an endearing, opposites-attract relationship at its core.
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