Quick Review: Exile for Dreamers (Stranje House #2) by Kathleen Baldwin

Exile for Dreamers
(Stranje House #2)
by Kathleen Baldwin

May 24, 2016
384 pages

Goodreads Summary:

It’s 1814. Napoleon has escaped his imprisonment on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four fronts. And at Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, five young ladies are secretly being trained for a world of spies, diplomacy, and war.

Tess Aubreyson can’t run far enough or fast enough to escape the prophetic dreams that haunt her. Dreams bring nothing but death and grief, and Tess refuses to accept that she may be destined for the same madness that destroyed her mother. Until her disturbing dreams become the only means of saving Lord Ravencross, the man she loves, and her fellow students at Stranje House. Tess’s old friend, the traitorous Lady Daneska, and Ghost, the ruthless leader of the Iron Crown, have returned to England, intent on paving the way for Napoleon’s invasion. Can the young ladies of Stranje House prevail once more? Or is England destined to fall into the hands of the power-mad dictator?

Review

I knew as soon as I finished A School for Unusual Girls I had to pick up Exile for Dreamers. The story flowed so smoothly it was more than easy to get right into the world and all that was happening.

What I Liked:
- Tess, her personal strength and her interactions with the animals were A+
- all the supporting characters
- Miss Stranje and the girls strategizing
- the planned deception and usage of red herring
- the details to the steamboat were so well-researched
- the romantic banter was fun
- the introduction/hint of future pairings ;)
- I hate to say this but Lady Daneska is clever

The Not So Much:
- the romance was a bit cheesy at times
- the climax was short
- like ASfUG, there was no real conclusion
- the bad guys got away AGAIN (but this is a continuous series I guess)