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Book #43: A Spy in the House, by Y.S. Lee
Dec. 10th, 2011 11:48 amI have a confession. I bought this book in JUNE, started reading it in the coffeeshop right away, and then got distracted by things like DRIVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY and GOING TO JORDAN and THE SCORPIO RACES and NANO and...yeah. Please understand that my insane life is not an indication of the quality of this book.
Somewhat hilariously, where I stopped reading the book for NaNo? Was precisely three pages before the book became ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Let that be a lesson for you: keep turning the pages.
Victorians, spies, girls who are awesome, intrigue, repeated use of the word pianoforte, etc.
( My love for the Victorian Era, let me show it to you... )
So 9/10, for historical accuracy, Dealing With Stuff, corsets and waistcoats, and the parts where it's a VICTORIAN SPY NOVEL.
I am totally not thinking about fanfiction where 10-year-old Helen Magnus meets Mary Lang and decides that she should be a spy too...
Somewhat hilariously, where I stopped reading the book for NaNo? Was precisely three pages before the book became ABSOLUTELY AMAZING. Let that be a lesson for you: keep turning the pages.
Victorians, spies, girls who are awesome, intrigue, repeated use of the word pianoforte, etc.
( My love for the Victorian Era, let me show it to you... )
So 9/10, for historical accuracy, Dealing With Stuff, corsets and waistcoats, and the parts where it's a VICTORIAN SPY NOVEL.
I am totally not thinking about fanfiction where 10-year-old Helen Magnus meets Mary Lang and decides that she should be a spy too...
