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REVIEW: Lumiere by Jacqueline Garlick

April 10, 2014 by Jaime Leave a Comment

LUMIERE (ILLUMINATION PARADOX #1)
By:  Jacqueline Garlick
Publication Date: December 12, 2013
Lumière (The Illumination Paradox)
Summary
One determined girl. One resourceful boy. One miracle machine that could destroy everything. 

After an unexplained flash shatters her world, seventeen-year-old Eyelet Elsworth sets out to find the Illuminator, her father’s prized invention. With it, she hopes to cure herself of her debilitating seizures before Professor Smrt—her father’s arch nemesis—discovers her secret and locks her away in an asylum. 

Pursued by Smrt, Eyelet locates the Illuminator only to see it whisked away. She follows the thief into the world of the unknown, compelled not only by her quest but by the allure of the stranger—Urlick Babbit—who harbors secrets of his own. 

Together, they endure deadly Vapours and criminal-infested woods in pursuit of the same prize, only to discover the miracle machine they hoped would solve their problems may in fact be their biggest problem of all.

About Jacqueline
Jacqueline GarlickJacqueline was nicknamed “Little Erin” (as in Erin Brockovich) after she took on her school board over being placed in black toxic mould and, well…lost. BUT if she hadn’t lost, she’s still be teaching with no time for writing, which would be the real tragedy because more than anything else in the world Jacqueline loves to write.

These days, she is affectionately referred to as the Quentin Tarantino of YA, known for her edgy, rule-breaking, Tim Burton-esque style of writing. Jacqueline likes gritty stories with beating hearts, dislikes wimpy heroines and whiny sidekicks, and loves a good tale about an irresistible underdog.

Lumière—a steampunk-fantasy, romance adventure—is Book One in her young adult Illumination Paradox Series.

Jacqueline is a graduate of Ellen Hopkin’s Nevada Mentoring Program, and has also studied under James Scott Bell, Christopher Vogler and Don Maass, where she was the 2012 recipient of the Don Maass Break Out Novel Intensive Scholarship. She is represented by Josh Adams of Adams Literary.

Erin’s Thoughts
Lumière by Jacqueline Garlick

My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Lumiere was a great introduction to the world of Eyelet and Urlick. Both of these characters have issues fitting in and by a twist of fate, are drawn together.

From page one; we are thrown into this steampunk world where for the last nine years the city of Brethren has lived in darkness. Eyelet, the main character, is the daughter of one of the top scientists Brethren has had and immediately we find out that something has happened to him. Additionally, Eyelet’s mother is accused of Wickedry and her world is turned completely upside down.

Because Eyelet suffers from seizures, she could be accused of Madness which would get her locked away. As Eyelet is on the run and searching for her father’s Illuminator (the machine that he invented to help her), she finds it being stolen away by a young man. In an attempt to not lose the machine, Eyelet and Urlick are thrown together and they slowly find that they have similar interests.

I thought these characters were interesting and there was a lot of action throughout the entire story. I though Garlick did a great job integrating the steampunk world into the story of this girl and boy who are both considered outcasts of society. As they slowly build a relationship with each other, they have to learn to trust and that is not something that comes easy to these two because of their childhoods.

The secondary characters add to the story and the connections between each of them tie the whole story together. This was another aspect of the story that I thought Garlick did well – there weren’t any loose ends and it all made sense by the time I turned the last page.

There were some challenges with the edits on this book and although they didn’t hurt the story overall, there were times that I had to pause to re-read the sentence to make sure I didn’t miss something.

This was a solid book one in this series and I am curious to see where Garlick goes with the next book. Considering how Lumiere left off, I will definitely check out book two to see what happens next for these characters.

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