Book: The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud
Rating: 4 stars
Review Writer: James S.
The Outlaws Scarlett and Browne by Jonathan Stroud is a fictional book set in Great Britain in the future after an event called the Cataclysm where there are only a couple of surviving towns. The Faith House is a group that “cleanses” the surviving towns of “defective” people. As the outlaw, Scarlett McCain helps Faith House prisoner Albert Browne escape to the Free Isles, or a fractured London, where he can escape from Dr. Calloway, a Faith House operative. I especially like how Dr. Calloway is so mysterious when it comes to her identity and character. I also liked how the book started with one character and slowly grew to a large number. I also liked how Stroud describes his settings based off of actual places and regions in Great Britain. I don’t like how the book ends in a cliffhanger and that it doesn’t elaborate too much on other characters other than the main ones. It is also introduces a set of creatures called the Tainted and never expands on the idea with only one encounter in the entire book. The book is very similar to The Infernal Devices and Harry Potter because all three books are set in London with elements of magic.
*Librarian note: A sequel to this book was recently published, The Notorious Scarlett and Browne.
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