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THE WISTERIA SOCIETY OF LADY SCOUNDRELS BY INDIA HOLTON // spoiler-free book review: the most delightful historical fantasy romance genre-bending chaos book you need in your life right this second <3<3
Look at me staying semi-up-to-date with reviews AND reading books from my physical TBR. I’m a changed woman? Yeah no, that’s wishful thinking but I am proud of myself just a smidge. Enough chit-chat, into the review we go my fine friends!!! Title: The Wisteria Society of Lady ScoundrelsSeries: Dangerous Damsels book #1Author: India HoltonPage count: 324Date published: 15 June 2021Genre: Adult historical fantasy romance 🪻 Synopsis: A prim and proper lady thief must save her aunt from a crazed pirate and his dangerously charming henchman in this fantastical historical romance. Cecilia Bassingwaite is the ideal Victorian lady. She’s also a thief. Like the other members of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. Sure, she has a dark and traumatic past and an overbearing aunt, but all things considered, it’s a pleasant existence. Until the men show up. Ned Lightbourne is a sometimes assassin who is smitten with Cecilia from the moment they meet. Unfortunately, that happens to be while he’s under direct orders to kill her. His employer, Captain Morvath, who possesses a gothic abbey bristling with cannons and an unbridled hate for the world,…