The Watchmaker's Daughter

ByC.J. Archer

Release Date: 2016-06-28
Genre: Historical Fantasy

Score: 4.5

4.5

From 2,606 Ratings

Description

"a page-turner with great characters." 5 stars from Hooked On Books

"Loved, loved, loved this book." 5 stars from Eriegirl218

"What an absolutely fun read! This story had me captivated from beginning to end and eagerly awaiting the next book! Loved it! Mystery, and magic, with another great female lead!" 5 stars from Tjuliannev

DESCRIPTION

India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her - an enigmatic and mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill.

Matthew Glass must find a particular watchmaker, but he won't tell India why any old one won't do. Nor will he tell her what he does back home, and how he can afford to stay in a house in one of London's best streets. So when she reads about an American outlaw known as the Dark Rider arriving in England, she suspects Mr. Glass is the fugitive. When danger comes to their door, she's certain of it. But if she notifies the authorities, she'll find herself unemployed and homeless again - and she will have betrayed the man who saved her life.

With a cast of quirky characters, an intriguing mystery, and a dash of romance, THE WATCHMAKER'S DAUGHTER is the start of a thrilling new historical fantasy series from the author of the bestselling Ministry of Curiosities, Freak House, and Emily Chambers Spirit Medium books.

Reviews

Enthralling Read
5
By Picky Priscilla
A fantasy mystery that kept me interested from the first to the last!
Boring
2
By Okonina
I liked the book for the first few chapters. Then it became insanely boring. It was like the book takes you around in circles and nothing is EVER HAPPENING. Nothing happens. I feel like I read 300 pages of nothing. There was no relationship development, no plot development, I didn’t enjoy it and I found it incredibly hard to finish.
The Watchmaker’s Daughter
5
By Fictionado
Well written and conceived story. Likable and believable characters. Absolutely enthralling. I did not want it to end
I wish the other books were free!!!
4
By What do yout want..
In the beginning I didn’t really it enjoy it much but the love and hate Mr. Glass and India had tempted me to keep reading. I loved this book, but the only reason I don’t rate it 5 stars is because it said I had 100 more pages to read and they were blank. I was very upset that it came to an end so suddenly, but I definitely recommend reading!!
Huge fan
5
By SilentPhaults
I’m in love with these characters, I am buying all of them n payday. I can’t wait to read all of them!
Wow this has to be in the top 10 worst books I’ve read
1
By Lilyphlowers
I couldn’t even finish this book. It starts out ok but by a third of the way through it becomes so over the top cheesy I really don’t know how it became as popular as it did. Honestly it’s what I would expect from a 7th grader taking a stab at writing a story for the first time. I tried to finish it I hate leaving books unfinished but at 73% it was just not happening!
Watchmaker’s Daughter
5
By polluxcloudysky
Captivating.
Essentially Nerve Wracking
5
By VeniseL
India Steele has a feeling that she'll be able to make Eddie Hardacre pay for breaking their engagement and keeping her father's Watchmaker Shop, but her female profile is annoyingly ignored again. The customer in the shop Mr. Glass hears her ranting and physically hauls her out of the shop, after he states his claim, so he then can kindly handle his business with Hardacre. When Glass leaves she notices, from her position outside, a bright light shine from is sleeve toward his being and thinks it odd. The inquiry he made about locating a very special watchmaker may or may not have to do with what she saw. A series of occurences to do with societal place and happenstance veers Miss Steel's story to a position of abandonment. She holds tight to her ideals of behavior and pursues her own security, while experiencing questionable affronts to her working class stature.
My opinion on the book
3
By [Izumi]
I’ve just finished reading the book today,and here’s my opinion on it.I’ll start off with the main character,India!India was really well written in my opinion.The writing was better than most wattpad cliche main characters.The concept of India was confusing though when I first read it-due to the lack of words I understand in the text.I’m not trying to hate for using words I don’t understand,it’s just that it confused me and probably some other people.Now I’ll be focusing on the story concept.It’s unique-it can also help me write my own story as inspiration.I’ve never seen a mystery book that had such humor at the start-and that’s what made me continue reading.And also I’ve never seen a person get back at their ex in a story.The storyline was amazing for a book made in 2016.Now I’ll focus on my main problem:Cliffhanger.I was really excited to read this book yesterday-I checked the reviews too;one admits to a cliffhanger.I didn’t care at first-as I thought it was a lie for people to not read it.But the fact you would add a cliffhanger when it’s a series kinda disgusts me.Again,this isn’t hate,but please try to avoid a cliffhanger when you have a full series-and this was the first one I read in this series!I think it said the FULL book costs $0.99 or $3.99.I don’t remember-but understand that you have a full fan base for this series but end such a unique book on a cliffhanger and make them pay some money.It makes me think you wasted time writing and making people think a good artist wrote this in 2016-when you just end it on a cliffhanger for no reason.That’s my concern on the book.Have a good day/afternoon/evening/night/midnight.
The Watchmaker’s Daughter
5
By J.A.L.B.D.
Interesting