So long story short, I loved this book. It's fun, fast paced, action packed, and generally a likeable style of writing too.
Our main character, Attica, is a joy to be with. Quinn does a fantastic job at making Attica likeable whilst still flawed. She let's Attica have emotional responses to events with is something I've found is recently lacking when "strong" female protagonists are involved. The side characters of Grace, Robespierre, Jemmy and the others are all well fleshed out, believable and not obnoxious in the way that they feel like real people.
I don't often read historical fiction, I've found that the author often gets too caught up in trying to teach you about the time period rather than telling you the story that is actually happening but Quinn manages to balance this quite well. There's a few moments where I feel I could use a slight bit more explanation even but I get enough knowledge to be able to understand the world the characters are set in and that's all I need.
All in all, I'm so glad that this ends with potential for a sequel because I definitely want to read more.
Our main character, Attica, is a joy to be with. Quinn does a fantastic job at making Attica likeable whilst still flawed. She let's Attica have emotional responses to events with is something I've found is recently lacking when "strong" female protagonists are involved. The side characters of Grace, Robespierre, Jemmy and the others are all well fleshed out, believable and not obnoxious in the way that they feel like real people.
I don't often read historical fiction, I've found that the author often gets too caught up in trying to teach you about the time period rather than telling you the story that is actually happening but Quinn manages to balance this quite well. There's a few moments where I feel I could use a slight bit more explanation even but I get enough knowledge to be able to understand the world the characters are set in and that's all I need.
All in all, I'm so glad that this ends with potential for a sequel because I definitely want to read more.