A review by snazel
The Case of the Counterfeit Criminals by Jordan Stratford
5.0
I love this series for many reasons, including the fact that it's a fun and accessible mystery for small people, that it's full of textual victorian and regency shout-outs, and that our detectives are such good friends. But probably the reason I love it the most is the fact that I finish every book going "oh man there were so many smart and capable women in english history!"
Most of these I knew about before, but I had kinda thought of them all as the single exceptions. By making all these women meet each other and interact (with the help of some timeline fiddling to keep it MG), I'm reminded that they weren't all the one odd woman in history. There was more than one exceptional woman per century.
Which I don't think I can adequately explain how heartening it is to realize.
Most of these I knew about before, but I had kinda thought of them all as the single exceptions. By making all these women meet each other and interact (with the help of some timeline fiddling to keep it MG), I'm reminded that they weren't all the one odd woman in history. There was more than one exceptional woman per century.
Which I don't think I can adequately explain how heartening it is to realize.