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Is it just me—it might just be!—and mind you I’m only a quarter of the way into the story, but does this not seem a little reminiscent of Beauty and the Beast, in a twisted, inside-out sort of way? A pretty heroine (and her father/grandfather/uncle/etc.), a moody beastly/deformed man, libraries, secrets, and weird gadgets that seem lifelike, etc. I don’t know, maybe it’s just me… Anyone else see it?

“I used to think it was a punishment, not being able to draw men like other women, but it’s a calculated flaw in my design, isn’t it? To protect me from being wooed, tried on for size, then discarded several times before finding that perfect fit.”

Interesting