Sure, you won't find many twists and gory jaw-dropping moments, but it will leave you satisfied enough to want to keep reading and wanting to know what's going to happen next.

Call it a heist story, an adventure novel, but it's much more than that. The story is interesting, unpretentious and presented to the reader the way it is. Especially when horse riding is involved. The writing is very simple and probably not award-winning, but among the hilarious and entertaining dialogues (the characters banter is a total 10/10), you can find some hidden gems. They're the real heart and star of this book. Slate, Caliban, Brenner and Learned Edmund are non-traditional anti heroes that you can't help but love despite their wits and quirks. It's also one of those books I can see myself rereading in the future. This is the kind of book you'd like to discover by yourself, page after page, like a gift to unwrap.

I went into it with very low, if not zero, expectations, and now I'm almost glad I did. It's not only a tale written for those who are tired of stereotyped main characters and repetitive plots, but it's also the funniest book I've ever read so far this year.

So, I don't know if you guys remember but I let my boyfriend pick my next read and he chose this one becauseĪnd you know what? I should let his instinct pick my books more often.Ĭlockwork Boys really caught me by surprise, and I love it when books do that. It was the first genuine smile she'd seen all day.

Clockwork Boys by T. Kingfisher