![]() I don't know how I managed to finish this - proof that boredom in the workplace can compel even the direst material to conclusion. Nothing adds a little spice quite like boils & sores. ![]() Big Mis after Big Mis, sandwiched by everyone acting like emo buffoons & complicating their lives for no reason, until the plague kicked in for the last 50 pages - so our esteemed protagonists might savor that delicious zest of near-death experience. I'm not a fan of My Fair Lady stories on their best days, & this one set the bar even lower. ![]() And suddenly the cast became two-dimensional idiots with no purpose in life but to stand around yammering at each other. This book started with a bang - graphic violence in Newgate, spunky heroine, interesting depiction of King Charles' return to England. ![]()
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