My Mechanical Romance
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4.0 • 3 Ratings
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
From Alexene Farol Follmuth the globally bestselling, TikTok viral author of The Atlas Six (under the penname Olivie Blake) comes My Mechanical Romance, an adorable opposites-attract YA romance that explores the vulnerability of first love.
Nerds are so hot.
Especially battle-robot-building nerds.
When Bel accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she's forced into joining the robotics club.
Enter Mateo Luna, perfect on paper - captain of the football team and the robotics club - who recognizes Bel as a potential asset, even if they couldn't be more different. And as the nights of after-school work grow longer, Bel and Teo realize they've made more than just a combat-ready robot for the championship: they've made a connection themselves.
But with graduation approaching, their differences and what they want for their futures, threatens what they've built together.
Can they survive Nationals without breaking their robots - or their hearts?
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Seventeen-year-old Bel Maier, who is half-Filipino and half-white, doesn't know what she wants to do with her life. She has been avoiding college applications, but her knack for engineering and love of building things lands her a spot on her private Los Angeles high school's robotics team after a teacher encourages her to audition. Bel's initial disinterest in math and sciences and her unorthodox approach to projects causes friction within the team, however, and she butts heads with intense club leader Mateo "Teo" Luna, who is half-Mexican and half-white, and Indian American Neelam Dasari, the only other girl on the team. When Bel and Teo fall for each other, they must navigate a relationship amid the boys' club atmosphere of high school robotics, even as a cutthroat competition and uncertainty about their post-high school futures work against them. Follmuth's humorous debut lightly addresses discrimination faced by women of color in STEM, as well as issues of privilege and resource accessibility, set within an upbeat romantic comedy populated by a sympathetic and inclusive cast. The characters' struggles are realistic, and the romantic chemistry is palpable, making this a joyful read. Ages 12–up.
