Blog Tour: The Perilous Journey of the Not So Innocuous Girl ( Book #1) by Leigh Statham: A Book Review
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on the THE PERILOUS JOURNEY OF THE NOT SO INNOCUOUS GIRL by Leigh Statham Blog
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About The Book:
Author: Leigh Statham
Pub. Date: September 13, 2022
Publisher: Cricket Press, LLC
Genre: Steampunk, Historical Fiction, Adventure, YA
Formats: Paperback, eBook
Pages: 286
Find it: Goodreads, Amazon, Kindle, B&N, TBD, Bookshop.org
Synopsis: This brand new edition of the book contains updated historical facts, an amazing new cover, and extra punk for your steam machines!
Lady Marguerite lives a life most 17th-century French girls can only dream of:
money, designer dresses, suitors, and a secure future. Except she can't quite
commit to a life of dull luxury and she suspects she may be falling for her
best friend, Claude, a common smithy in the family's steam forge. When Claude
leaves for New France in search of a better life, Marguerite decides to follow
him and test her suspicions of love--only the trip proves to be more harrowing
than she anticipated. Love, adventure, and restitution await if she can survive
the voyage.
Based on the true story of The Daughters of the King, Louis the XIV's social
program to settle the wilds of Canada with women of noble birth, Marguerite's
steampunk adventure follows in the footsteps of nearly one thousand brave women
and girls who were rewarded handsomely for trekking across the pirate infested
Atlantic to create a home in a strange land.
My Review:
At first, I found Marguerite to be an unlikable character. It took me three-fourths of the novel to finally warm up to her. Marguerite is very selfish and judgmental. She comes off as childish and likes to complain about her life. She is also very thoughtless. She does not realize until later how her reckless actions can hurt others. It is not until the book is almost finished that she becomes a strong woman and a leader. She finally begins to care about those around her rather than mostly focusing on herself. While she does grow as a character, it does take a long time to get there. I was mostly frustrated and annoyed with her.
Overall, this novel is about choices, freedom, and love. I found all the characters, except Marguerite, to be very interesting. I really love Marguerite’s best friend and found her story to be the most fascinating. The story is very fast-paced and there were a few shocking twists that I did not expect. The Perilous Journey of the Not So Innocuous Girl is full of action, adventure, and romance! The story shines a light on the dangers that many Daughters of the King face in getting to Canada. The novel is so engaging that it will leave you breathless till the very end! I am excited to see what happens in the sequel!
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
About Leigh Statham:
Leigh Statham was raised in the wilds of rural Idaho and now resides in
North Carolina. She has published five YA novels including her latest, Girls
of War, from Owl Hollow Press. Her essays, poetry, and short stories
can be found in the Remington Review, Southeast Review, North
Carolina Literary Review, and several anthologies.
Leigh has an MFA in Young Adult literature from Converse College where
she served as the Managing Fiction Editor at South 85 Journal for two
years. She is the winner of the James Applewhite Poetry prize honorable mention
and Southeast Review Narrative Nonfiction prize.
You can follow and contact her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or Wattpad.
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Giveaway Details:
1 winner
will win a $10 Amazon Gift Card, International.
1 winner
will receive a signed finished copy of THE PERILOUS JOURNEY OF THE NOT SO
INNOCUOUS GIRL, US Only.
Ends September 27th, midnight EST.
a Rafflecopter giveawayTour Schedule:
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