Personal Rating: 2.5 Stars Goodreads Rating: 3.32 Lady A is the most notorious blackmailer in the city. With just a mask and a gown to disguise her, she sweeps into lavish balls and exclusive events collecting the most valuable currency in 1725 London-secrets. But leading a double life isn't easy. By day Lady A is just a seventeen-year-old girl named Arista who lives in fear of her abusive master,Bones, and passes herself off as a boy to move safely through the squalor of London's slums. When Bones attempts to dispose of his pawn forever, Arista is rescued by the last person she expects: Jonathan Wild, an infamous thief who moves seamlessly between the city's criminal underworld and its most elite circles. Arista partners with Wild on her own terms in order to save enough money to buy passage out of London. Everything changes when she meets Grae Sinclair, the son of a wealthy merchant. Grae has traveled the world, seen the exotic lands Arista has longed to escape to her whole life, and he loves Arista for who she is-not for what she can do for him. Being with Grae gives something Arista something precious that she swore off long ago: hope. He has promised to help Arista escape the life of crime that has claimed her since she was a child. But can you ever truly escape the past? (goodreads.com) This is one of the books I bought because I have no self control inside Barnes and Noble. I saw it, the description was intriguing, I had a gift card, I purchased it. Do not leave me unattended in the bookstore, I will come out of there with at least one book. Unfortunately (fortunately), Barnes and Noble is right next to where I work and I bring home a lot of books. Regardless, let’s get to the actual review, shall we? There were some parts of this book that I enjoyed, but most of it I was just trying to get through without falling asleep. I know, that’s an awful thing to say, but it really wasn’t as exciting as I’d hoped it would be. The plot seemed to be constantly on the verge of doing something exciting, but when it got there it was quite anticlimactic - even the murders. I was also not loving the characters. I can think of no nice way to say this: the main character was bland. Lady A, or Arista, is supposed to be this super awesome exciting lady who knows how to do stuff and kick tush (pardon my language). She never actually did that much. Sadly, rather than kicking other’s patooties, Arista often had to have hers saved - and pretty much always by men. Her thoughts were all similar to each other; all she seems to want to think about is how hard her life is now and how she wants to get away from it. Even when she’s in danger she’s thinking about how this wouldn’t have happened if she hadn’t been an orphan. I believe there was an attempted love triangle, but one can’t really be sure as one of the gentleman in the triangle only showed up when the plot needed a boost. The other man in the triangle was not overly interesting. He was sweet, but, like a platypus, he didn’t do much. Well, I guess that isn’t entirely true, he reliably rescued Arista almost every time she was in danger. Let’s talk about the villain, eh? He’s not as villainy as I was hoping. His scheme was kind of obvious and you know from the start that, even if he acts nice, you really can’t trust him. I don’t really know what to think of him beyond that, as he doesn’t really do anything to make me mad, glad, or sad. It’s like there needed to be a villain so this guy just got tossed in. Some positive elements to this book… eh… uh… the art is gorgeous! I love the delicate lace patterns throughout the book and on the cover. Another positive is that Arista and the guy she ends up with are actually a very cute couple and I think they went well together. Besides that, there’s not a ton of good things I can say about this book except that it was decently interesting and not a terrible use of my time. Did I like this book? It was okay. Do I recommend this book? Not particularly. So, that’s it for this review. Thanks for reading! The next review I do will probably be for the book I’m currently reading, which is one of the strangest most interesting things I’ve read in awhile. You’ll see what I mean soon. Farewell my friends! Until next time! Image source: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26245755-tangled-webs
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