THE MAD SCIENTIST'S DAUGHTER is another take on the dystopian genre, set in a future where a cataclysmic event has killed a huge portion of the population. The surviving population has created a robot force in order to help supplement the human workforce.

As the daughter of a scientist, Cat's life was never going to be normal. When her father brings home an android named Finn, Cat is a bit hesitant at first. Finn's programming is to assist Cat's father as his lab partner, but he's also a tutor for Cat. Cat doesn't like the idea of having a tutor, but she loves the stories Finn tells. Although Finn can be a hard taskmaster when it comes to her tutoring, she loves to learn with the exception of math. The pair quickly become inseparable. Cat finds she can talk to Finn about anything, and he's always there for her. In some ways, her parents seem uninterested in Cat. So with only Finn to hang around, Cats learns to care deeply for him and confides almost everything to him.

When Finn auctions himself off to work on the moon, Cat feels his loss. In Finn's absence, Cat pushes for a movement to give robots and androids equal rights to humans. She wants to change how the human world thinks of them. All the while, her true feelings are constantly at the back of her mind.

THE MAD SCIENTIST'S DAUGHTER is very well written. Cassandra Rose Clarke's characters are wonderfully created. The novel does move a bit slow as we follow Cat through her days being tutored by Finn, then through high school and college. Since she is an artist, she can't relate to her scientist parents, but even with her artistic friends, she really doesn't feel like she fits in. It also leaves off what happens with Cat's movement in robot and android rights. The only issue I had with this novel was the lack of back story as to what happened to wipe out most of humanity.

THE MAD SCIENTIST'S DAUGHTER by Cassandra Rose Clarke was one of those books that I picked to read on pure chance, not really researching it or reading the short summary. I'm really glad I did! It was entertaining, and although not a genre that I would normally choose, I really did enjoy this novel.