Has The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels won any awards?

Alejandra Romo · 2026-08-27T20:10:57.000000Z

⭐⭐⭐ 3 Stars It was very funny. Lady pirates with flying houses, deathly but never missing etiquette and delicacy. I think you need to be in a certain specific mood to understand and like the humor because it’s more of an absurd parody of the Victorian period with magic and pirates. It can be too much at some points, but if you go in expecting this, it becomes funny and silly rather than stupid. Maybe if it was shorter I would’ve enjoyed it more. I feel like the last conflict wasn’t necessary and there were times when I didn’t like Cecilia that much. But it's a very original story, I mean not everyday you get to read about flying houses with cannons that tear each other apart or refined victorian ladies with murderous tendencies.

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels was named one of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2021.

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels

Fantasy Historical Romance

Pages: 336
Published: 2021
Language: English

Synopsis

The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels takes place in a magical alternate Victorian England where a small society of women has learned to fly their houses. Cecilia Bassingthwaite is one of them: outwardly a demure young lady, she is in fact a talented thief who flies around England drinking tea and stealing treasure for the Wisteria Society.

Ned Lightbourne is a sometime assassin who is instantly smitten with Cecilia, an inconvenient problem since he has been sent to kill her. When Cecilia's pirate father, Captain Morvath, moves to destroy the Wisteria Society and its rebellious sisterhood in favor of a strict patriarchal order, Cecilia and Ned are forced into an uneasy alliance against him.

India Holton's series opener is a whimsical, tongue-in-cheek romantic fantasy about flying houses, dangerous women, and a very reluctant assassin falling in love with his target.

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