I mean, the author wrote this lovely number: At best, it’s cheesy, overly descriptive, and full of cliches. Ultimately,this book is riddled with undeveloped writing. I suppose if I had to, I would mention that this was an incredibly easy read, but only because there isn’t any complexity to the story, characters, or writing. Would it be cruel to say that this is one of the worst books I have ever read? Because it’s rather unfortunate that I don’t really have anything positive to say about this book. But when a young man from her past reappears, her future is threatened. Now, Olivia lives a high-society life with her uncle. Super perfect characters with no personalityĪs a child, Olivia Brownlow masqueraded as a thief named Oliver.Flowery and underdeveloped writing (see rant post here).Now eighteen, Olivia finds herself at a crossroads: revealed secrets threaten to destroy the “proper” life she has built for her herself, while newfound feelings for an arrogant young man she shouldn’t like could derail her carefully laid plans for the future. Olivia Twist is an innovative reimagining of Charles Dickens’ classic tale Oliver Twist, in which Olivia was forced to live as a boy for her own safety until she was rescued from the streets. Why is a society girl helping a bunch of homeless orphan thieves? Even more intriguing, why does she remind him so much of someone he once knew? Jack finds himself wondering if going legit and risking it all might be worth it for love.

When Jack encounters Olivia Brownlow in places he least expects, his curiosity is piqued. Little does society know that MacCarron is a false name for a boy once known among London gangs as the Artful Dodger, and that he and his “aunt” are robbing them blind every chance they get. Jack MacCarron rose from his place in London’s East End to become the adopted “nephew” of a society matron. But she can’t seem to escape her past … or forget the teeming slums where children just like her still scrabble to survive. When she is taken in by her uncle after a caper gone wrong, her life goes from fighting and stealing on the streets to lavish dinners and soirees as a debutante in high society. Born in a workhouse and raised as a boy among thieving London street gangs, she is as tough and cunning as they come. Olivia Brownlow is no damsel in distress.

Olivia Twist by Lorie Langdon