by Mary Hooper, Marlies Ruß
Grace and Lily are orphans who struggle every day to earn enough money to pay their rent and buy even the smallest meal. Life isn't easy but they have each other and Grace is determined to do whatever it takes to keep them out of the work house. An unfortunate change in circumstance forces them to...
This book felt much longer than it was for me. I liked the Dickensian feel to it, the plot could quite easily have been written by Dickens himself and he even makes a cameo appearance! However I did feel the plot was quite slow in places and others I wanted more detail. I would have like to have see...
I really did enjoy this but it had the formula down pat(which I guess underneath it all is what I want in the end but still...)I'm not sure why I'm finding fault-it had everything, good guys, bad guys, an engaging heroine and a historical period that I love. The writing was good and the story belie...
I really did enjoy this but it had the formula down pat(which I guess underneath it all is what I want in the end but still...)I'm not sure why I'm finding fault-it had everything, good guys, bad guys, an engaging heroine and a historical period that I love. The writing was good and the story belie...
I'd read a good review about this book and seeing as how I love Victorian era novels, I thought I'd check it out. It was...ok. The descriptions of poverty in Victorian London was good and it was certainly compelling, but also very cheesy and overdramatic and I felt like it was more of those penny no...
Review: I never properly enjoyed Hooper's other books, but I liked this one a lot. most likely becuase its set in a funeral parlour. I also normally don't like little rags to riches stories, but I think I made an exception for this. O like seeing the highs and lows in Grace's life, like how a poor V...
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