by Michaela MacColl
Summary "Recently orphaned and destitute, seventeen-year-old Liza Hastings earns a position as a lady's maid to sixteen-year-old Princess Victoria at Kensington Palace in 1836, the year before Victoria becomes Queen of England.”
The cover first drew my to this historical fiction title. This picture doesn't do the cover justice, but in person it has this metallic shine that really make the cover pop. As far as the story goes, I wasn't disappointed. MacColl did believable characters that you wanted to cheer for. I also enjoyed how she included newspaper clippings throughout to help tell the story. I don't know as much about this time period, but it seemed accurate from what I recall of that era. Not sure if there is as much kid appeal here though. Teens and adults will probably enjoy it more.
