{"id":19761,"date":"2022-02-06T10:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T15:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=19761"},"modified":"2022-12-21T19:04:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-22T00:04:29","slug":"the-wisteria-society-of-lady-scoundrels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/19761","title":{"rendered":"The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels<\/a><\/em> (2021) India Holton (Dangerous Damsels)<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>Set in an alternate Victorian England.<\/p>\n

Cecilia Bassingwaite is a proper Victorian young lady, and she is also a member of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, and she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means.<\/p>\n

Ned Lightbourne goes by many times, and has had many job descriptions. But this job, assassinating \/ retrieving \/ protecting Cecelia Bassingwaite is far more than he was expecting.<\/p>\n

I really wish I had been in the mood for this, because it is definitely a romp.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust rest, and I\u2019ll assassinate her for you,\u201d he had said, smiling in a lithe, melting way that reminded Lady Armitage of her second husband before the slow-acting poison began bloating his tongue.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It’s extremely silly.<\/p>\n

Cecilia swung into action. She rid herself of her dress, and then, clad only in knee-length chemise, petticoat, long lace-trimmed drawers, corset, stockings, and slippers, she hastened from the parlor.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Cecilia had seen the houses rising like hot-air balloons over the trees\u2014 albeit rectangular, rigid, and less colorful, without flames beneath, so in fact nothing like hot-air balloons, but a failure of simile was the least of her problems at this moment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I mean, I highlighted some fantastic passages.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut, Aunty,\u201d Cecilia said, \u201cyou shouldn\u2019t be out here. It\u2019s dangerous.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cI am a pirate terror, my dear.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cYes, but it\u2019s also cold. You\u2019ll catch pneumonia.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cNonsense. Pneumonia is only for young ladies whose aunts wish to repress them so that they never become independent and leave said aunts alone.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But I’ve been reading cozy mysteries, and apparently that’s what my brain wanted more of. So I’ll try a reread later.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Berkley
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels (2021) India Holton (Dangerous Damsels) Set in an alternate Victorian England. Cecilia Bassingwaite is a proper Victorian young lady, and she is also a member of the Wisteria Society crime sorority, and she flies around England drinking tea, blackmailing friends, and acquiring treasure by interesting means. 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