Dear Ms. Gould,
I love stories that feature relationships between female relatives, especially sisters and cousins close in age. I also love the idea of an all-female secret society that controls the world from the shadows. So when I saw that your novel combined the two, I snatched it up with excitement. Unfortunately, I discovered that might have been premature.
Laura della Scala is the younger of two sisters. Because her overambitious father didn't want to pay two dowries when it came time f...
Published on March 19, 2012 06:00