MY MECHANICAL ROMANCE – ALEXENE FAROL FOLLMUTH

An adorable opposites-attract YA romance, from the TikTok sensation and globally bestselling author of The Atlas Six (under the penname Olivie Blake). Alexene Farol Follmuth s My Mechanical Romance explores the vulnerability of first love . . . while building robots! It’s romcom perfection – Adiba Jaigirdar, author of The Henna Wars Nerds are so hot. Especially battle–robot–building nerds. When Bel accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she’s forced into joining the robotics club. Enter Mateo Luna, perfect on paper – captain of the football team and the robotics club – who recognizes Bel as a potential asset, even if they couldn’t be more different. And as the nights of after–school work grow longer, Bel and Teo realize they ve made more than just a combat–ready robot for the championship: they’ve made a connection themselves. But with graduation approaching, their differences and what they want for their futures, threatens what they’ve built together. Can they survive Nationals without breaking their robots – or their hearts? Academic rivals to lovers is one of my favourite tropes and this book delivered it perfectly – Lottie, NetGalley review An adorable, nerdy, feel-good read that will leave you blissfully satisfied – NetGalley Review I sped through this book and loved every minute – Poppy, NetGalley Review