Back to the book reviews! I haven't had a chance to read much for awhile, but my TBR list is ever-filling up and my bookshelves are nearly over-flowing once again. And most importantly, I miss reading! I'm a book addict, and reading helps me relax and increase my creativity. So I'm starting up my Thursday Book Reviews in hopes of keeping me reading. (
I still have 22 books to read to meet my yearly goal!)
Today's review is about a book I was super excited to discover because it contains two of my favorite topics: Faeries and Victorian-era London!
The Book...
"Debut novelist Kiki
Hamilton takes readers from the gritty slums and glittering ballrooms of
Victorian London to the beguiling but menacing Otherworld of the Fey in
this spellbinding tale of romance, suspense, and danger.
The
year is 1871, and Tiki has been making a home for herself and her family
of orphans in a deserted hideaway adjoining Charing Cross Station in
central London. Their only means of survival is by picking pockets. One
December night, Tiki steals a ring, and sets off a chain of events that
could lead to all-out war with the Fey. For the ring belongs to Queen
Victoria, and it binds the rulers of England and the realm of Faerie to
peace. With the ring missing, a rebel group of faeries hopes to break
the treaty with dark magic and blood—Tiki’s blood.
Unbeknownst to
Tiki, she is being watched—and protected—by Rieker, a fellow thief who
suspects she is involved in the disappearance of the ring. Rieker has
secrets of his own, and Tiki is not all that she appears to be. Her very
existence haunts Prince Leopold, the Queen’s son, who is driven to know
more about the mysterious mark that encircles her wrist.
Prince, pauper, and thief—all must work together to secure the treaty…" (via goodreads)
