“As in her previous book, Libba Bray adds depth to this supernatural story with Gemma's insights into the plight of women in Victorian England. The choice for them is harsh: be married off by their families to the first appropriate suitor, or suffer a life as a lonely spinster, teaching in a school like Spence Academy. The girls' feelings of powerlessness and dependency fuel this story where people will go to any length to achieve their own personal sense of power.”
Sweet Nightmares wrote this review Thursday, January 3, 2013.
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