A review by candacesiegle_greedyreader
A Net for Small Fishes by Lucy Jago

5.0

This exceptional historical novel will grab you from the first page as it outlines an unusual friendship between women of different classes and a resulting scandal. Anne Turner is a physician's widow who has the gift of those small touches that make a society woman's presentation unforgettable. She is also able to cleverly disguise signs of abuse on the fairest skin. She becomes friends with a client, the Countess of Essex. You think she'd be living large with that kind of patroness, but the truth is much different. When you realize what the title means to the characters, it becomes hard to continue toward the end what you know is coming.

"A Net for Small Fishes" is immensely satisfying and will make you glad that you were NOT born in the mid-18th century as a woman of any class.

Thanks to the publisher and Edelweiss for access to this title in exchange for an honest review.