I received a free copy of this book from O'Brien Press in exchange for an honest review.

In this book, 14-year-old Mollie Carberry and her friend Nora are well on their way to becoming fully-fledged suffragettes, passionate for the Irish woman's cause. Sure, didn't they pretty much break the law in the past book to promote votes for women? Now, Mollie and Nora have even more to fight for when the British Prime Minister arranges a visit to Dublin, and the two want to help the older women convince him that Irish men AND women deserve the vote for Home Rule.

I loved this book so much, and I picked it up on a great day - the 100th anniversary of votes for women! It was fantastic seeing Irish women like Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington being mentioned in this novel, and then turning on the news to see her granddaughter reenacting some of her protests such as the breaking of the windows in Dublin Castle.

This book is infectious because of the passion, and love of life in Mollie and Nora. It definitely reminds you of just being young and wanting adventure but also finding a cause to believe in, and they definitely inspire you to their cause. It also makes you appreciate the freedom of today, when we wouldn't have to lie about where we're going in the fear that we will be sent off to the country to live with boring aunts!

Considering Mollie and Norah are both living in a British-controlled Ireland in 1912, and they have a lovely home, wealthy parents and education at their disposal, they are in a great place of privilige for the time, and this is something that did linger in my head when reading it. When I think of Irish people in 1912, I'm not really thinking of girls like Mollie, who whilst not extremely rich, is definitely very comfortable and has no need to worry but more of girls like Maggie who probably have large 'Catholic' families to help feed, and are pushed out the door at 13 to go and work instead of going to school. I did love that Mollie was made aware of her privilege by Maggie, and in several points in the book Mollie thought about how lucky she was. I also liked the fact that Phyllis vocalised her fear that in a split second her future could be ruined by her parents deciding not to send her to university because they had all the say in whether she went or not. I never really thought of that before.

I also liked that Grace was given some redemption in this book, especially considering she was so awful in the first one. It was nice to see Mollie and Nora make an effort with her, even if it wasn't returned and lessened the trope of 'girl hate.'

This was just a fun, feisty read from start to finish and it had me hooked. I definitely recommend people to pick this up - if not for a wonderful read on the centenary year of the suffragettes, then as a reminder of what it's like to be young and passionate for a great cause!

Best love, and votes for women!