Magical Girl Mechanical Heart: Volume 1

By: Natalie Maher

Narrated by: Marissa Parness

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

The goat

As always beautiful writing from the goat. ngl I was really waiting for a “MEAT” one liner but unfortunately never got it. Book is great though can’t wait for the next

That Ending

Love so much of this. Cant wait for the next book. Hope it wont be to long.

characters

slow start and parts where I honestly felt were bit to verbose over all tho when things get rolling this book rocks

Painfully, horribly absolutely amazing

This book is so painful to listen to, you feel so bad for most everyone involved, and it's horrible to relate to Luna, but it's absolutely amazing and impossible to put down, so well written and nails the dry, depressed, borderline S humor I so love, with every small throwaway comment being something that adds to the world again and again.

oh my god

I have just found my favorite audiobook narrator of all time. If I could, she would get 10 out of 5 stars. The performance of this book alone has made me want to go purchase and listen to the audiobooks She has worked on before. not to mention this series is one of my favorite book series by one of my favorite authors.