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Lesa Divine
5 🌟

I love a historical fiction with some twists to it.
So many secrets, lies and backstabbing it was ridiculous but in an oh my goodness way.

Girl on girl falling for one another.

Theives wanting so much more with a scheme set in place. I was on the edge of my seat in awe.

Enjoyed.
Ketutar Jensen
Well... it wasn't at all what I expected. I was expecting something like A Darker Shade of Magic with a Dickensian feeling to it, and I got... hmm... I suppose the base is a love story. It's more a literary fiction than Dickensian. The only Dickens in it is that it's kind of socially realistic view of Victorian society, though... it didn't feel like it. Sarah didn't quite manage to create the Victorian feeling, nor describe the people's characters as Dickens might have - most of the people were ...more
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