A review by wynwicket
Blindspot by Jane Kamensky

5.0

21-year-old Fanny Easton, a talented painter and a 'fallen woman,' escapes the streets by disguising herself as a boy and becoming the apprentice of a portrait painter on the run from the law, who is in turn trying to save the life of a brilliant runaway slave. The story takes place in pre-Revolutionary Boston and is alternately a romance, a mystery, a farce (with deliciously crude humor), and a political drama. The writing is excellent -- the characters have remarkably clear voices, and there's a great deal of wordplay. Good stuff.