REVIEW: Cross My Heart by Sasha Gould

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...