Lawbreaking Ladies is made up of fifty short biographies of female criminals. While they got their spot in this book by breaking laws, a lot of them also broke the gender barriers of their time. Because of this, some of the women featured are actually pretty admirable today. One thing I really loved about this title is that Owen, the author, organized the biographies by similar offenses. For example, there the first section of the book highlights female pirates and the crimes they committed. Despite how much I enjoyed this one, I only gave it three out of five stars. This is because I wish the biographies had been longer! I would have loved to learn more about each one of the criminals highlighted and just felt that this book was too short!
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(I received a digital copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed above are my own.)