Venom by Fiona Paul

Cass is a girl who is from Venice’s wealthy elite; she was raised as a proper lady. Her life was filled with ball gowns, masquerade parties; she was one of the top families. Cass wanted something else though. Her fiancé which has had since she was a little girl has been gone for years and Cass dreads the return and the marriage. With her fiancé away she meets another young boy named Falco, who is from lower class, he is an artist. He comes and goes as he pleases and is a mystery and suspicious to Cass. But when Cass finds her recently deceased friend’s body missing from her tomb and a different body there with a bloody X carved into her chest, Cass looks for answers and the one person who can help her is Falco. The two go around trying to find out what has happened to the girl in the grave and find a lot more then what they were expecting. Cass is now thrown into a world of danger and secret society, trying to put all the pieces together and find out what is happening. She no longer feels safe but feels that she can trust Falco and slowly falls for him. However when his secrets and lies are brought to light Cass no longer knows who she can trust.

It is an interesting take on secret stories and is an interesting crime story. It is a good reading following Cass as she finds all the clues on figuring out everyone’s secrets. It is a well planned book and it all falls together well. The whole book flows well and it is a nice read. It has interesting stories that all join and connect. It is good how the writer Fiona Paul has put the book together how she has planned all the secrets. Cass is also an interesting character she isn’t your typical heroin. The author has shown her for how she should be she is scared a lot but goes through with it anyways, she was bought up being a wealthy proper lady so for to have kept that evident her character is commendable. One thing that I like about books is when I can’t predict the ending where the author is able to make it their own and that is exactly what Fiona Paul has done. I enjoyed reading this book and it leaves it open to tell a great second book.