Thank you so much to Colored Pages Tours, as well as the author and publisher for giving me a copy of ‘Gearbreakers’ in exchange for an unbiased, and honest review!! This is my stop for the tour, and you can click the banner below to view the full schedule, and explore other posts!!
Title: Gearbreakers
Author: Zoe Hana Mikuta
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult, Romance, Dystopian, LGBTQIA+
Series: Yes, this is Book #1
Publication Date: June 29, 2021
Trigger Warnings: Torture, Grief, Blood, Gore
Final Rating: 4 stars

Synopsis (via Goodreads):

Two girls on opposite sides of a war discover they’re fighting for a common purpose–and falling for each other–in Zoe Hana Mikuta’s high-octane debut Gearbreakers, perfect for fans of Pacific Rim, Pierce Brown’s Red Rising Saga, and Marie Lu’s Legend series.
We went past praying to deities and started to build them instead...
The shadow of Godolia’s tyrannical rule is spreading, aided by their giant mechanized weapons known as Windups. War and oppression are everyday constants for the people of the Badlands, who live under the thumb of their cruel Godolia overlords.
Eris Shindanai is a Gearbreaker, a brash young rebel who specializes in taking down Windups from the inside. When one of her missions goes awry and she finds herself in a Godolia prison, Eris meets Sona Steelcrest, a cybernetically enhanced Windup pilot. At first Eris sees Sona as her mortal enemy, but Sona has a secret: She has intentionally infiltrated the Windup program to destroy Godolia from within.
As the clock ticks down to their deadliest mission yet, a direct attack to end Godolia’s reign once and for all, Eris and Sona grow closer–as comrades, friends, and perhaps something more…
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Read my full review with favourite quotes over here!

Listen to my playlist for the book! In case the Spotify embed isn’t working – you can also click here!

About the Author

Twenty-year-old Zoe Hana Mikuta is a Korean-American writer currently attending the University of Washington in Seattle, majoring in English with a creative writing focus and minoring in History of Religion. She grew up in Boulder, Colorado, where she developed a deep love of Muay Thai kickboxing and nurtured a slow and steady infatuation for fictional worlds. She enjoys writing deteriorating worlds inhabited by characters with bad tempers, skewed morals, and big hearts. Her YA wlw sci-fi debut, GEARBREAKERS, is upcoming from Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan Publishers June 29th, 2021, with an untitled sequel to follow summer 2022. When she needs to unwind, Zoe sews runes onto the belt loops of her jeans and embroiders ‘Bite Me’ on the back pockets. She hopes if she feeds the crows around her campus enough croutons, they’ll begin to gift her quarters, so she can say her laundry is bird-funded.
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Have you read Gearbreakers yet? Is it on your TBR? Do you think my playlist is accurate hehe? Are there any other angry songs for angry Sapphic girls you think I should add? ;))


Aaaah I can’t wait to read this one!! Your post is getting me even more excited!!
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i love the playlist!
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haven’t read gearbreakers yet, so i can’t say if the playlist fits the book (i’m sure it does), but it’s on my tbr!
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Oo great post Ahaana! I love your playlist too. I’m going to be using it when I read Gearbreakers 😀
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I will definitely be listening to that playlist; I’ve started reading the book and am really enjoying it, I can’t wait to finish!!
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ahhh I’m so excited for this book! and your playlist has so many great songs!! I’m definitely listening to it when I read the book! great post ahaana!
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ooh lovely tour stop ahaana! i’ll definitely be checking out the playlist (i see brutal ahhh)… and will be looking forward to this book, your review mentioning the characters and the representation got me so excited! ❤
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Ahh I love the playlist!! This book looks amazing, I’m so excited to read it!!
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hold up those songs are AMAZING!! i so can’t wait to read this book soon and listen to your playlist while doing that lol! love it, ahaana!!
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