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A review by meghan111
An Extraordinary Union by Alyssa Cole
4.0
Women spies of the Civil War
Elle Burns is a spy for the Union in the Civil War. She is willing to leave her life in Massachusetts to go undercover and pretend to be a mute slave in the South, and to use her perfect memory to capture and transmit information as a Pinkerton detective. Malcolm McCall is also a Pinkerton detective pretending to be a Confederate soldier. This is a romance that doesn't sweep away injustice and anger, and confronts the difficulty of forming a relationship with someone who has much more privilege in the world, and also the necessity of sacrifice for a greater cause.
Weird note: the cover of this trade paperback has a very satisfying texture to it.
Elle Burns is a spy for the Union in the Civil War. She is willing to leave her life in Massachusetts to go undercover and pretend to be a mute slave in the South, and to use her perfect memory to capture and transmit information as a Pinkerton detective. Malcolm McCall is also a Pinkerton detective pretending to be a Confederate soldier. This is a romance that doesn't sweep away injustice and anger, and confronts the difficulty of forming a relationship with someone who has much more privilege in the world, and also the necessity of sacrifice for a greater cause.
Weird note: the cover of this trade paperback has a very satisfying texture to it.