A girl, a soldier, a pirate, and an automaton. The story revolves around Karis, an orphan who has been sold to work for the Scriptorium. She has been trying to find her brother who has been separated from her and escape her enslavement. One day she awakens an automaton that was hidden, and his name is Alix. Alix has his own conscience and when he wakes up... its been about 200 years since his creator/father has died and everyone thinks his father is a war criminal. He has no memories and now Karis and Alix go on an adventure along with Karis’s soldier friend Dane and the pirate that helps them Zara, to recover Karis’s brother Matthias and Alix’s memories.... and maybe even fight against the powerful Scriptorium that is controlling the country. The one thing I really enjoyed about the book was that there was an aroace character.... but the story fell flat for me and the plot didn’t hook me as much as I had hoped. It started out fine but dragged and fell flat as it went along. In the end it was just a meh and unmemorable read for me unfortunately. Don’t let my review stop you from giving this a try though, maybe it’ll work for you, but sadly it just didn’t for me.