Quick Review: A School for Unusual Girls (Stranje House #1) by Kathleen Baldwin

A School for Unusual Girls
(Stranje House #1)
by Kathleen Baldwin

May 19, 2015
352 pages

Goodreads Summary:

Welcome to Stranje House.

It’s 1814. Napoleon is exiled on Elba. Europe is in shambles. Britain is at war on four fronts. And Stranje House, a School for Unusual Girls, has become one of Regency England’s dark little secrets. The daughters of the beau monde who don’t fit high society’s constrictive mold are banished to Stranje House to be reformed into marriageable young ladies. Or so their parents think. In truth, Headmistress Emma Stranje, the original unusual girl, has plans for the young ladies—plans that entangle them in the dangerous world of spies, diplomacy, and war.

After accidentally setting her father’s stables on fire while performing a scientific experiment, Miss Georgiana Fitzwilliam is sent to Stranje House. But Georgie has no intention of being turned into a simpering, pudding-headed, marriageable miss. She plans to escape as soon as possible—until she meets Lord Sebastian Wyatt. Thrust together in a desperate mission to invent a new invisible ink for the English war effort, Georgie and Sebastian must find a way to work together without losing their heads—or their hearts…

Review

I love historical stories. Add in a dash of romance A School for Unusual Girls was exactly my type of read! 

What I Liked:
- the story was fast-paced
- all the girl power, each lady had their specialization
- Georgie's brilliant mind
- the chemistry talk, super informative
- Sebastian so swoony
- Georgie and Sebastian were a bittersweet pair but nonetheless cute
- Miss Stranje and the girls were awesome in action

The Not So Much:
- I found it hard to believe that Miss Stranje and the girls would trust Georgie, the new girl, so quickly
- the romance was a tad quick