Cogling
By Jordan Elizabeth
When fifteen-year-old Edna Mather tears an expensive and unfamiliar pocket watch off her little brother’s neck, he crumbles into a pile of cogs right before her eyes. Horrified, Edna flees for help, but encounters Ike, a thief who attempts to steal the watch before he realizes what it is: a device to power Coglings—clockwork changelings left in place of stolen children who have been forced to work in factories.
Desperate to rescue her brother, Edna sets off across the kingdom to the hags’ swamp, with Ike in tow. There, they learn Coglings are also replacing nobility so the hags can stage a rebellion and rule over humanity. Edna and Ike must stop the revolt, but the populace believes hags are helpful godmothers and healers. No one wants to believe a lowly servant and a thief, especially when Ike has secrets that label them both as traitors.
Together, Edna and Ike must make the kingdom trust them or stop the hags themselves, even if Ike is forced to embrace his dark heritage and Edna must surrender her family.
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MY HONEST REVIEW OF Cogling
Edna and her
little brother Harrison were from a poor family and both worked for the
ungrateful, wealthy Waxman family, just to get by. One day Edna noticed
Harrison acting peculiar and eventually discovers that he is a cogling, a
replica made by hags. When she meets Ike, a street urchin, they join forces to
enter the swamp and destroy the hags that have taken Harrison and others, before
the hags can overtake the kingdom with their magic.
This was an
enjoyable steampunk story. The chemistry between Ike and Edna showed through. I
liked the storyline of hags attempting to taking over a kingdom. The plot
worked because it made for a big challenge to overcome. The constant action and
surprise twists kept me continually wondering how the story would end. I was
very entertained.
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