I had pretty reasonable hopes going into this book, but I was disillusioned pretty quickly — although the premise was fascinating (I do love historical fiction, and steampunk can be fascinating if done right) the plot was unoriginal and not particularly well written and executed (love triangle between the older brother's best friend and his older brother? Could you incorporate more tropes?) and I had trouble sympathizing with Charlotte's unforgiving judgmental contempt for basically everyone around her.