A review by kricketa
Cross My Heart by Sasha Gould

3.0

laura's father cannot afford two daughters, so he sends laura to a convent and plans to marry her older sister beatrice to the highest bidder. when beatrice mysteriously drowns, laura is plucked from the convent to marry in her place. to her dismay, her new fiance is a nasty old man with bad breath. and laura has a crush on a humble painter she has met at a party. as it is sixteenth-century venice, laura doesn't have many options until she is invited to a secret society. but what is the cost of her joining?

i had a bit of trouble getting into this, but once i got sucked in it was a fun-enough read with a surprise twisty ending.