My Mechanical Romance: An Opposites-attract YA Romance from the Bestselling Author of The Atlas Six

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he also realised how easy it is for him in the robots field because of him being a man and became more aware of not always supporting that.

I think the fact that it’s about a pretty niche hobby and the fact that everyone besides Bel takes it so seriously is hilarious. Some say 12-18 years old while others say 18-24 years old which is a drastic age difference between the two sets. 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. This is a moving and funny debut novel set in a quirky coastal community you will be desperate to visit after reading. I know this is fiction, but I just know that this book would be precisely 70 pages (I marked it) if I were the main character.It only got better closer to the end, after some initial character introductions and adding some various settings. From 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. By that I mean he clearly treats his son like he’s a full grown 40 year old CEO of a company not a teenager with hormones.

I taped it where it supposed te be, but I still think this is bad, because this was a pricier book since it just came out. Alexene/Olivie portrayed the way girls are treated in a world/workspace/study space dominated by men in its majory, and I totally liked it. And that's why I think they were perfect for each other because they understood each other so well whether it's robotics or life. While she was yelling at me her cheeks were flushed and her eyes were wide and she was like, actually alive, which is the version of her I find way more interesting than this one. I did like the messages said throughout this story: Women could also succeed in STEM and they were also smart, and it wasn't just men.

Opposites attract in this battle-robot-building YA romance from the NYT best-selling author of The Atlas Six. I am so glad that I loved this book with my whole heart because at the beginning I was really skeptical of the story but Alexene Farol Follmuth aka Olivie Blake definitely did not disappoint.

This was my first book by Alexene (I didn't knew Alexene was Olivie Blake's pen name for YA contemporary romance books 😭). That leads me to my next point which is the focus on women in stem and how they are often not trusted and how their ideas are ignored.

the excuse of not being able to get together with teammates was pathetic bc it doesn’t justify how they didn’t communicate. This is a truly heart-warming story of loss, recovery and above all, of community' Bernie McGill, author of The Watch House. I enjoyed how the book talked about how getting into the best school is NOT ALL that matters, and you can be really smart while choosing something else, because it is YOUR education no one else's.

The main characters are seniors who get ready to go to college and talk about having AP and harder classes often. And while it can sometimes be … problematic … to portray women as being in conflict with each other (especially since the ‘evil other woman’ trope still looms over us a bit) I actually think it’s also important to allow women characters to be specific individuals who experience unique interpersonal dynamics with other people (including other women). Yet sadly, Naleem was never accepted by Mateo and she had to endure being dismissed for 3 fucking years before Bel arrived. Farol Follmuth is exceptional at characters and I enjoy how in both of her books I’ve read the romance is really a vehicle for in-depth character studies of rather intellectual leads that pauses to reflect on issues of interpersonal frustrations, mental health and personality.As well, both characters had their own lives outside of the relationship, and I really enjoyed how the relationship was not just all about each other. She has to change to schools due to her parents’ complicated divorce and, once her talent for engineering is spotted by a well-meaning teacher (a genuinely well-meaning teacher, I hasten to add) she ends up joining the school’s robotics club. Like there’s some sort of unstoppable tide of existence and you’re part of it, even for just a second. Even Neelam, the only other girl on the team, is instantly hostile to Bel in a way that seems to indicate underlying issues of internalized misogyny that pit women against each other by seeing the other as a threat. This was such a sweet and fun rom-com about first love, figuring out what you love and learning to collaborate as a team.