Corpse & Crown

Corpse & Crown

Alisa Kwitney2019
Agatha DeLacey’s family isn’t rich or titled, so studying nursing at Ingold’s East End hospital in London is a rare opportunity for her. Despite the school’s focus on the innovative Bio-Mechanical program, Aggie cares more about the desperately poor human patients who flood the hospital, even if that means providing unauthorized treatment after-hours…and trusting a charming, endlessly resourceful thief. But the Artful Dodger is barely a step ahead of his underworld rivals, the menacing Bill Sykes and mercurial Oliver Twist, and Aggie’s association with him soon leads her into danger. When a brutal attack leaves her blind, she and the Dodger find themselves at the mercy of an experimental Bio-Mech surgery. Though the procedure restores Aggie’s sight, her new eyes come at an unnerving cost, and the changes in Dodger are even more alarming—instead of seeing Aggie as the girl he fancies, he now views her as a potential threat. As war between England and Germany brews on the horizon and a sinister medical conspiracy threatens to shatter the uneasy peace in Europe, Aggie and the Dodger must find a way to work together so they can protect their friends and expose the truth…even if it means risking their own survival.
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Nickie Mohler@hazelreads1
3 stars
Nov 18, 2021

This book follows nursing student Aggie. In a school that focuses mainly on the Bio-Mechanical program, Aggie is one of the few that actually cares more about the poor patients coming in than building a Bio-Mechanical army. But war is brewing between Germany and England. It will take Aggie and everyone else to see that the war never happens. I actually liked this better than the first book. It seemed faster paced, and had less romance. Overall it was a fun read.