I had a fun time reading this book. It kind of reminded me of Rapunzel. Not the book but the make over that Disney did, minus the really long hair. Marlowe is one of the best pick pockets in the west end. She is the only female among the gang of the Covent Garden Cubs, a gang of thieves living in the slums of London's Seven Dials. It's a hard life, one where she was to hide that she is a girl most of the time. It was easier when she was a little girl, but now that she has turned into a young woman, it has become harder to hide her figure. Men has began to see her beauty but Marlowe only saw her body as an inconvenience. Working for one of the most violent men in Slug Row named Satin ( clever isn't it ), Marlowe must bring back something every night or face the consequences. When the day is done, and Marlowe curls herself up in her corner on the cold, hard floor, she thinks of a day where she was not known as Marlowe, but as Elizabeth. Maxwell, ...
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