Tangled Webs: Tangled Webs #1 • Lee Bross
London, 1725. Everybody has a secret. Lady A will keep yours-for a price. This sumptuous, scandalous YA novel is wickedly addictive.
Lady A is the most notorious blackmailer in the city. With just a mask and a gown to disguise her, she sweeps into lavish balls and exclusive events collecting the most valuable currency in 1725 London-secrets.
But leading a double life isn’t easy. By day Lady A is just a sixteen-year-old girl named Arista who lives in fear of her abusive master, Bones, and passes herself off as a boy to move safely through the squalor of London’s slums. When Bones attempts to dispose of his pawn forever, Arista is rescued by the last person she expects: Jonathan Wild, an infamous thief who moves seamlessly between the city’s criminal underworld and its most elite circles. Arista partners with Wild on her own terms in the hopes of saving enough money to buy passage out of London.
Everything changes when she meets Grae Sinclair, the son of a wealthy merchant. Grae has traveled the world, seen the exotic lands Arista has longed to escape to her whole life, and he loves Arista for who she is-not for what she can do for him. Being with Grae gives something Arista something precious that she swore off long ago: hope. He has promised to help Arista escape the life of crime that has claimed her since she was a child. But can you ever truly escape the past?
First of all, guys, THIS COVER. I CANNOT IT’S GORGEOUS. Second–and more important–of all, I basically love the sound of this entire book. I love this time period, I love that it’s historical fiction, which I’m pledging to read more of, it has a thief, a girl dressing as a boy…I don’t think I need to say more. TANGLED WEBS sounds excellent.
I’m only slightly intrigued slash anxious about these two guys here–the thief and the rich boy. I’m hoping that this triangle isn’t weird. WHATEVS I already preordered it.
TANGLED WEBS comes out on June 23, 2015 from Disney Hyperion
Tangled Webs sounds utterly fantastic! I don’t think I’d heard of it previously, but I’m happy you featured it in a WoW post because it definitely sounds like something I’d want to read. I mean, it’s LONDON, during my favorite time period, with a heroine who sounds awesomely clever and sassy. MUST. READ.
Okay… first of all, that cover is freaking gorgeous. It’s weird because I’m one of those people who detest lace on dresses and clothes, but I love it used in decor. I guess that’s what it reminds me of. And the pink on black gives me that punker rock vibe, which is always a cool trend.
Secondly, that synopsis… I don’t think I’ve ever read anything like that, but I am thinking of giving this a chance. It seems like a good historical fiction, and I’ve been looking for one that won’t bore me to tears. 🙂