A review by appalonia
The Body at the Tower, by Y.S. Lee
4.0
Mary Quinn is charged in this novel to dress as a 12-year old boy and begin working as an errand boy on the construction site of St. Stephen's Tower. For Mary, dressing as a poor boy and taking to the streets brings back disturbing memories of her childhood when she was a young thief. The history of the Tower and Big Ben is fascinating and had me hitting Wikipedia for more information. I love learning a bit of history while I'm enjoying a good read.
Mary impressed me more in this novel than she had in the last (although I loved that one as well). She was more careful in this book and not as impulsive. Also her ability to find compassion for a (fellow) thief was touching, as was her eventual honesty with James regarding her past. All in all this spoke of a marked maturity in Mary's character.
The only thing that disappointed me in this book was that they didn't revisit Mary's emotions about her past childhood, which was supposed to be one of the goals of the assignment. Other unresolved issues will probably be addressed in the next book of the series, but that is one thing that needed to be addressed at the end of this book.
Overall though I really enjoyed reading this story and look forward to the next in this series.
Mary impressed me more in this novel than she had in the last (although I loved that one as well). She was more careful in this book and not as impulsive. Also her ability to find compassion for a (fellow) thief was touching, as was her eventual honesty with James regarding her past. All in all this spoke of a marked maturity in Mary's character.
The only thing that disappointed me in this book was that they didn't revisit Mary's emotions about her past childhood, which was supposed to be one of the goals of the assignment. Other unresolved issues will probably be addressed in the next book of the series, but that is one thing that needed to be addressed at the end of this book.
Overall though I really enjoyed reading this story and look forward to the next in this series.