Characters that may be perfect or may be flawed, but are strong. No damsels in distress here. Doesn't have to be the protagonist but should be a main character. Should be true science fiction or at least predominantly science fiction - no paranormal or fantasy unless they somehow incorporate into the broader science fiction story. Please just list the first book of the series.
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Capn I don't suppose anyone here would recognize this missing book?

"SciFi/ Fantasy novel about a girl who goes on a journey to discover herself, it has big cat-like beasts that can talk and she comes across a guy in a house that's on mechanical legs and it can move anywhere it likes."
The OP goes on to say it's probably 70s-90s, it's NOT juvenile (she doesn't think), not Howl's Moving Castle, too old to be MirrorMask, and not by Heinlein, McCaffrey, Rice, Goodkind, Pratchett, Le Guin.
Cover is yellow plain with purple mountains in distance, small figure of female with these big cats in silhouette or hazy distance.
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