Ugggghhh. 
 This Cinderella don't need no man. 
 You know, if I had wanted to read a book about an independent girl defining herself as a steampunk mechanic.... And denies herself the boy just to underline that? 
 I would have read a book titled "steampunk Almost Cinderella story" or one titled "Steampunk Girl Rejects Romance Just To Have A Different Ending" with the subtitle: "Because I'm not like all the other girls and Falling In Love Is A Weakness That No Independent Woman Should Fall For." 
 You know when a main character happens to live with terrible step sisters and a stepmother, and she doesn't marry the prince? 
 That makes her not Cinderella. 
 You can have a fairy tail not end up with the guy. Some end it like that quite well. This is not one of those. 
 Dear publishers: please do not publish a retelling that's not an actual retelling. 
 Sure, the original Cinderella was actually a tragedy. 
 But the Cinderella the 21st Century knows has an HEA. 
 This one acts like it'll be an HEA until the second to last chapter. What a tease. Either commit or don't. 
 Disgrace. Disgrace on you, your family and your cow. 
 This is the second shitty Steampunk Cinderella novel I've read in the past two months. 
 Full review soon. As you can see, at 3 in the morning, I'm unpleasant and mean. 
 Seriously, this was like opening a milk carton at lunch, and taking a BIIIIIGG swig, only to get a mouth full of chunky, sour curdled milk. Ugh.