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4.5 stars. I loved this book, I hated this book, I loved this book. I loved all the twists and surprises, I loved the story and I empathized with the two young girls who were so cleverly mislead into the con of their lives. The characters were well developed and Ms. Waters' description of Victorian life in 19th century London is superb. What I did not like about this book is the first part of the story being retold in the second part by another character with a different point of view. It was to
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This is a victorian murder mystery with plenty of twists and turns. Very much much like a Dickensen novel. No one is whom they seem to be. Many surprises along the way.
I was very pleasantly surprised by this one.
I was very pleasantly surprised by this one.
This was much better than two "dud" reads of recent memory [Crimson Petal and the White and Tea Rose:] but it still didn't blow me away. I was totally surprised by the ending of "part one" and then by the shift in pov in part two. Good atmosphere, good 'voices'. Definitely not a happy book but it had some great moments.
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A great suspenseful story with some surprising twists.
Aug 05, 2014
Kris (My Novelesque Life)
marked it as to-read
Aug 05, 2020
Celia
marked it as over-500-pages
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