The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline

The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved so many of the women characters in this historical fiction novel about women who suffer at the hands of society and are sentenced to jail in London's Newgate Prison, only to be sent to Australia because they are deemed a menace to society. Also the whites have pushed put the Aboriginal people and one of their own, Mathinna, becomes a focal part of this story with Evangeline and Hazel. There was terror going by boat from London to Australia, not only seasickness but sailors who rape the prisoners. You will be riveted by this story of strong female friendship, survival, and hardship! A must read!

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The Madness Underneath (Shades of London #2) by Maureen Johnson

The Madness Underneath by Maureen Johnson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

As Rory continues to spin her web of lies with Jerome and Jazz, she is ushered back from her parent's watchful eyes to help Stephen, Callum and Boo solve more murders but now Rory is herself a terminus and her 3 comrades do not have their terminuses anymore...their work is more difficult now.

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