Julia Drosten

A story of British Colonials acting badly in what is now Sri Lanka in the early 19th century. At the beginning of the book, I thought it was a YA book due to its elementary writing coupled with fact that it was only 295 pages in length. However, that quickly changed with the onslaught of the absolute violent nature of some of the ensuing chapters. Julia Drosten is actually a husband and wife team who write under the name Julia Drosten. That may have been why some chapters seemed YA and some seemed very adult! I have previously read The Lioness of Morocco and The Girl with the Golden Scissors by the same author(s) and enjoyed them.… (mais)