The Agency 1: A Spy in the House

from lexilewords

Prelim review: This was a surprisingly fun and exciting novel. Lee takes several new approaches to various genres I am familiar with, but she does it in such a way I am craving to know more about what happens to Miss Mary Lang/Quinn!

from Daumari

3.5/5, rounded up. This was fun. As mentioned on another 2019 review, I adore historical fiction, though I also agree with the author's own assessment on the backflap that, "The Agency is a totally unrealistic, completely fictitious antidote to the fate that would otherwise swallow a girl like ...

from ylin.0621

The Agency by Y.S. Lee has all the needed elements to make a fantastic read. In this historical mystery novel Mary is taking on her first case as an agent. The reader follows Mary as she uncovers the clues, pieces them together, and runs into a little trouble with the opposite sex, which of cours...

from Rosa.Mill

Unlike a lot of the other books I finished immediately before or after my loss of power I didn't take a lot of notes on this one. I know I enjoyed the story and really liked Mary. I wanted to know more about her personal story and was sorry that she lost the opportunity to learn more about her pa...

from highflyer

The beginning of this novel really grabbed my attention. I don't want to give much of the story away, but it's really interesting to see our young character Mary in such a predicament at such a young age. It's very enlightening to see someone come along to save her and to offer her a better chanc...