My Mechanical Romance

Alexene Farol Follmuth

May 2022 · RB Media · Narrated by Amielynn Abellera and Christopher Salazar

About this audiobook

Bel would rather die than think about the future. College apps? You’re funny. Extracurriculars? Not a chance. But when she accidentally reveals a talent for engineering at school, she’s basically forced into joining the robotics club. Even
worse? All the boys ignore Bel—and Neelam, the only other girl on the team, doesn’t seem to like her either.

Enter Mateo Luna, captain of the club, who recognizes Bel as a potential asset—until they start butting heads. Bel doesn’t care about Nationals, while Teo cares too much. But as the nights of after-school work grow longer and longer, Bel and
Teo realize they’ve built more than just a combat-ready robot for the championship: they’ve made space for each other and themselves.

Sharply funny with a slow-burn, all-the-feels romance, Alexene Farol Follmuth’s My Mechanical Romance explores both the challenges girls of color face in STEM and the vulnerability of first love with unfailing wit and honesty.

Ratings and reviews

Feel-good and inspiring, this book was a great read. I flew through the pages, having immediately fallen in love with all the characters, especially Bel and Teo, the two alternating narrators of the story. Even though they come from different backgrounds, they manage to bond while building robots for their school's robotics club, and bring out the best in each other along the way. A cheesy, cute love story about a couple of nerdy teens, and their aspirations to become engineers. A fantastic book