Valiant Ladies - Melissa Grey

Melissa Grey

Category: Historical Fiction

Tags: Historical Fiction, Teen & Young Adult, Lesbian, Fantasy

12 hrs, ., Two teen vigilantes set off on an action-packed investigation to expose corruption and deliver justice in Valiant Ladies, Melissa Greys YA historical fiction novel inspired by real seventeenth century Latinx teenagers known as the Valiant Ladies of Potos., By day Eustaquia Kiki de Sonza and Ana Lezama de Urinza are proper young seventeenth century ladies. But when night falls, they trade in their silks and lace for swords and muskets, venturing out into the vibrant, bustling, crime-ridden streets of Potos, in the Spanish Empires Viceroyalty of Peru. They pass their time fighting, gambling, and falling desperately in love with one another. Then, on the night Kikis engagement to the Viceroys son is announced, her older brotherheir to her familys fortuneis murdered. The girls immediately embark on a whirlwind investigation that takes them from the lowliest brothels of Potos to the highest echelons of the Spanish aristocracy.