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Magical Girl Mechanical Heart: Volume 1

By: Natalie Maher
Narrated by: Marissa Parness
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Luna has always wanted to be an Earth Guardian, but she knows it's far too late to have been chosen. It's a fool's dream anyway. The reality of battling monsters every few days to protect the human race is somewhat less 'Saturday morning cartoon' and somewhat more 'child soldier war story.' But that allure of magic always called to her... and one day, she's given an offer to have everything she's ever dreamed of.

She promptly says no, because the offer is from one of the most obviously evil women Luna has ever seen in her life. She's pining, not stupid. Get out of here with that blatant monkey's paw crap.

Unfortunately, it turns out obviously evil women don't take to being told 'no' all that well. The next thing Luna knows, she's waking up in a robotic body, unable to speak and bound to follow the whims of the monster she tried to reject. How can she find freedom when her every thought is bound in servitude? Will any of the Earth Guardians she's now being forced to fight realize she's in need of help, or are all of them far too busy with their own problems—including but very much not limited to saving the world?

And if she does get saved... is there any chance she could keep the robot body?

©2025 Natalie Maher (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC Action & Adventure Fantasy Robotics
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Absolutely loved this, loads of angst, found family and deliciously sprinkled in mystery.

The performance is also highly enjoyable.

Would recommend.

Right up my alley.

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I really do adore this author. This book has all the hallmarks of their previous works. Such as exploring the psychology of characters that have very different perspectives on the world due to fantastical and sci-fi stuff copious amounts of depression and trauma interesting world building with one or two interesting creature designs here and there and a lot of LGBT anxiety a little more than their previous work, but considering it’s their take on Sailor Moon, it kinda just comes with a territory how frontloaded with sadness the beginning parts are can’t make the earlier parts of the book a difficult read but that makes the catharsis towards the end all the better I could write a long time about what I like and find interesting but I feel like this review is getting kind of bloated as is so some up with the most standout moment which this grim dark Sailor Moon book made me realise I’ve been suffering from PTSD symptoms I didn’t realise I had which is a pretty funny way to find out

Grim dark Sailor Moon made me realise I have PTSD

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