I also like that they’re not a conventional couple. The poor guy had no idea what he was in for! Even with Eyelet and her total disregard for other people’s privacy or some of the churlish questions that spills out of her mouth, I couldn’t help but find myself amused by the dynamics between these two, as something deeper begins to develop between them. Not far into the story we get to meet Urlick Babbit, the young man who unwittingly rescues our heroine as she escapes capture from her enemies. Jacqueline Garlick made it easy for me to root for her characters by giving them such endearing and energetic personalities. The machine may be her only chance to cure herself, but first she has to find it before her father’s old nemesis gets to it first. Troubled by occasional seizures and desperate to hide her illness from the authorities, Eyelet is determined to hunt down the Illuminator, a fantastical machine that was invented years ago by her brilliant scientist father. What else will I find in this world?įast forward to the first chapter and we see Eyelet as a seventeen-year-old, nine years after that fateful day at the carnival where a mysterious flash lit the skies and changed the world. Right away, I knew I had something good when the prologue opened with an introduction to the heroine Eyelet (what a charming name!) at age eight at the time, looking upon a brass mechanical steam-powered elephant at a carnival. Still, this book’s description drew me in when it was brought to my attention something about the story just struck the right tune with me. Some parts even made me want to give this one a 4.5 or 5 stars, simply because for an independently published Young Adult novel I thought this was really impressive.Īs you know, I’m a pretty picky reader when it comes to the YA category, plus I don’t always jump on board with self-pubs or indies.

I thought Lumière was fantastic, so much so that I read the whole book in a day.

Publisher: Amazemo Books (December 3, 2013)

Lumiere by Jacqueline Garlick