Thank you to Berkley for an advance reader's copy of Rules for Ruin, by Mimi Matthews! Matthews is exploring new territory in this series and I LOVE IT. This has some of the hallmarks of a Matthews story - Really Bad Families everywhere you turn, enterprising women on the run, an isolated and mysterious orphanage, well-loved animal sidekicks, and a seriously cruel villain - and yet it feels so different in tone, less isolated and introspective and more intentionally adventurous, with lying and spying on all sides and a female main character undercover. It's so FUN. Also, no one writes closed-door tension and chemistry like Matthews, and this one had me sweating over an unbuttoned collar and dented crinoline. The ending was lighter than I anticipated and buttoned up almost too neatly, but honestly, that's a really small quibble for a story that I loved reading all the way through. I cannot wait for Nell's story, next!