I am very torn about the rating of this book. On the one had, I zipped through it, so it's obviously very engaging and readable. On the other hand, having read a few others afterwards, the details are already growing fuzzy, telling me that this book was, unfortunately, not terribly memorable. I think this has largely to do with the cast of almost exclusively unlikable characters, or at the very least one's I couldn't connect with very well. Milly and Ruby are okay, but the others are all rather despicable. Added to that is the sheer number of characters and the jumping around in time and POVs that felt, at times, a little jarring. That said, the premise of the story is very intriguing and Marwood plots it out quite well. The ending is not entirely satisfying, but it is fitting. I had guessed a part of the resolution, but the final revelation came as a surprise. This is my third book by Marwood and probably the one I found most compulsively readable, despite some of the niggles discussed above, so I will probably be keeping an eye out for whatever she comes up with next.

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