While this really awesome squad of trained women fighters did exist in 19th century India, this historical fiction take was actually quite boring. A lot of telling instead of showing, with much of the action taking place off the page. A love story between the main character and a guard is fairly lackluster and not really necessary. I wish this was better. However, it did check off the "Book set in Asia" square on my 2015 Book Riot Read Harder Challenge.