The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross

Girl with the Iron Touch was a wild ride, and definitely delved further into the relationship aspects within the group originally formed in the series than previously touched on. However, when the Machinist’s creatures take Emily to help with their mission of bringing him back to a more useful form, Sam’s and Emily’s relationship will be tested in ways they never could imagine. Emily has come into her own by being able to talk to machines, but is completely frustrated by not being able to make Sam understand her true feelings- partially because of Sam’s own issues and partially because of her own. Picking up where The Girl in the Clockwork Collar left off, Griffin, Emily, Sam, and Finley are back in London, and trying to figure out how to work as a team and how to deal with not only Griffin’s growing powers but also their own personal relationships.

The Girl with the Iron Touch is the third book in the Steampunk Chronicles by author Kady Cross (her young adult pen name). Or, at least, at the control of a madman’s creations. This … girl could prove to be the most dangerous and powerful creature in Europe, perhaps the world, and she was at the control of a madman. That was a thought that made her want to be physically ill, and it wasn’t all because of the concussion. If she was their “mother,” because she could speak to them then Leonardo Garibaldi was their father, because he had literally given them life by using the organite power source to power their logic engines. Could he communicate with them at all? Of course they would protect him, try to save him. He had to be in deplorable condition to require such treatment.

That was almost as disconcerting and frightening as the fact that the Machinist was not only alive but close by. She might even develop some of her own.Īnd she was at the whim of that awful spider creature. Not only was she a sentient machine on the verge of becoming almost completely human, there was a very good chance she might exhibit one, if not all, of their talents. No wonder 312 looked so familiar- she was made up from bits of her, Finley, Jasper, Sam, and Griffin. All the organites needed was a little piece of a person to copy their cellular structure. All of them would have left bits of themselves behind-blood, skin, hair. The warehouse where they’d taken on the Machinist. In return, 312 cocked her head, perplexed. “I’m called Endeavor 312.” The girl- Emily couldn’t think of her as a thing- moved closer, crouched on the floor by her bed.

The Girl with the Iron Touch by Kady Cross