The Weather Woman by Sally Gardner (Head of Zeus)

A charming regency novel is full of magic, and vivid enchanting characters who push the social, gender, and cultural boundaries of their time. 

Little orphan Neva finds a new home with a sad clockmaker. He is a man of science and agrees with the importance of young women having a breadth of knowledge and, unlike many fathers who see the education of girls as unnecessary, he takes enormous pleasure in educating his daughter. Neva also has a gift, an extraordinary ability accurately to foretell the weather. She also thinks she’s been born into the wrong time, not necessarily the wrong sex. 

A beautifully written story full of warmth with inventive and special protagonists.

Love it!

5/5