Queens of London

Netgalley read.
TW: Animal abuse

We get to follow 4 women in London 1925 and their life slowly becomes intertwine, Diamond Alice the leader of the Forty Elephants gang, Lilian Wyles one of few female police officers, Dorothy a naïve shop assistant and Hira a young girl from the right side of the track that finds herself on the streets.

There were moments when I thought this was going in a “Heat” kind of way and having Diamond Alice and the Office Lilian Wyles squaring up against each other but no.

A little long, a shorter version where the author is willing to turn it up a little and put the characters in some real danger and having to make some hard choices and this would have been great. A little too slow and not much at stake, things turn out alright too quickly.

I had the audiobook and narrator Amy Scanlon does a good job and gives each of the characters their own voice.

WHOA WHOA WHOA!!! This book was BRILLIANT!!! This was all women, all the time. From humble beginnings but born to rise, all the women and Hira, a 10 year old orphan, showed just how far a woman can come when she wants it badly enough. Set in the 1920s in London England, which is one of my favorite historical fiction settings, the author managed to capture the era with utter perfection. The characters were so well written and I wanted to join them in their endeavors.

The writing flowed so beautifully and I was hooked from page one. You need to get this book!

5 stars!

Thank you to @bookmarked for my gifted copy!