Book Review: The Quantum Mechanic
The Quantum Mechanic by Sarina Dorie
4 stars
Category: New Adult
Note: Short story. I received a free copy via the author’s newsletter.
Summary: Marian works as an assistant to a scientist working on a cold fusion reactor. During a mishap where her sister who is married to the scientist, spills lunch on the reactor and inadvertently sets it in motion while Marian is inside, Marian suddenly finds herself in a steampunk world, wearing petticoats, a corset, and goggles, and her sister doesn’t seem to be in that timestream. She comes face to face with a vaguely familiar quantum mechanic who kisses her and tells her that he’s from her future.
Comments: I liked this cute twisty romance for the most part. I love seeing an introvert girl get the guy, I love seeing girls work mechanic jobs, and I can’t help but love the steampunk additions. I also loved seeing the introvert girl try to save the day. But there were things I disagreed with as well. I think the storyline just got hopelessly confused when it slipped dimensions and then threw in time travel since he was telling her he was from the future, but her future from the modern world or the future from the steampunk world, which sounded like two separate worlds that had gotten switched. The way Marian appeared in her steampunk petticoats while working on a steam-powered reactor seemed improbable. Yes, I know petticoats and corsets are stylish in steampunk worlds, but it seemed cartoonish and unwieldy for her to be crawling around in the machinery (which she was) in a fluffy dress (like the steampunk world was stereotyped as well). The people were all clichedly stereotyped: the brainy brunette, the buxom blonde who seduced all the guys just by entering a room, the scientist and the reactor. Not one of them felt fleshed out. It’s a stand-alone short.
4 stars
Category: New Adult
Note: Short story. I received a free copy via the author’s newsletter.
Summary: Marian works as an assistant to a scientist working on a cold fusion reactor. During a mishap where her sister who is married to the scientist, spills lunch on the reactor and inadvertently sets it in motion while Marian is inside, Marian suddenly finds herself in a steampunk world, wearing petticoats, a corset, and goggles, and her sister doesn’t seem to be in that timestream. She comes face to face with a vaguely familiar quantum mechanic who kisses her and tells her that he’s from her future.
Comments: I liked this cute twisty romance for the most part. I love seeing an introvert girl get the guy, I love seeing girls work mechanic jobs, and I can’t help but love the steampunk additions. I also loved seeing the introvert girl try to save the day. But there were things I disagreed with as well. I think the storyline just got hopelessly confused when it slipped dimensions and then threw in time travel since he was telling her he was from the future, but her future from the modern world or the future from the steampunk world, which sounded like two separate worlds that had gotten switched. The way Marian appeared in her steampunk petticoats while working on a steam-powered reactor seemed improbable. Yes, I know petticoats and corsets are stylish in steampunk worlds, but it seemed cartoonish and unwieldy for her to be crawling around in the machinery (which she was) in a fluffy dress (like the steampunk world was stereotyped as well). The people were all clichedly stereotyped: the brainy brunette, the buxom blonde who seduced all the guys just by entering a room, the scientist and the reactor. Not one of them felt fleshed out. It’s a stand-alone short.
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