If Eyelet hadn’t warmed up to him it would have been more surprising.
Though, I don’t think anyone would ever have the ability to not like Urlick when he has the personality of an adorable puppy. Urlick’s and Eyelet’s relationship evolved so wonderfully from caution and suspicion to true companionship.
The world was an intriguing blend of science and magic, as steampunk so often is, and presented its own challenges throughout the adventure for the dynamic duo. I felt its strengths far outweighed its weaknesses, and even if there were a few scenes I thought could have gone differently it didn’t make the story any less enjoyable. For the most part, I truly enjoyed reading Lumiere. In a community where such defects are warrant enough to have someone locked away in an asylum for the rest of their life, or worse hung by the neck at the gallows under the suspicion of witchery, the pair has their work cut out for them. Unfortunately, their search is made harder due to the fact that they’re both considered social outcasts, Urlick for the discoloration around his face due to complications at birth, and Eyelet for the violent seizures she suffers from. They aren’t the only ones searching though, and it isn’t long before it becomes a race to keep the machine out of the wrong hands. The story follows its two main characters, Eyelet and Urlick, as they search for the Illuminator: an invention they both hold close ties to that has the power to heal and destroy. As promised I’ve returned with a review of Jacqueline Garlick’s Lumiere, the first book in The Illumination Paradox, a young adult trilogy started back in 2013.
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