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Naughty in Nice

Rhys Bowen

3.83 AVERAGE


More like 3.5. Jolly old Georgie, up to her shenanigans again. I liked the overall plot but some parts were a bit too much.

So enjoyable! Actually laughed out loud in a couple of places:)
funny lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

I don't know why I didn't write a review of this sooner! I loved this book and it would probably rank high if I had to rank the series. I love love loved Coco Chanel's presence - it brought a lot of glamour and poise to the series. Since I read this over the summer and I'm just writing the review now, I don't quite remember all my opinions on it, but having read at least 7 of these books at this point, I do know I liked it a lot. I was super disappointed that it appeared that Darcy had a secret family, but at the same time I also knew that Georgie was simply jumping to conclusions and we would get an explanation eventually. Despite seeming like light novels that are easy to figure out, Rhys Bowen is quite good at hiding the killer/mystery and I often find that I only know the answer a second before it is revealed, and this book is no exception. I will happily read this series as long as it is published.

"Naughty in Nice" is (so-far) my favorite of the series. To me, it had a more playful, fizzy feel as Georgie flitted around the French Riviera.

I blew through this over my last couple days of Thanksgiving Weekend, and I think it’s my favorite one to date. There were more historical allusions that I enjoyed, but I did wish a few storylines were teased out more over the next few books rather than coming to an abrupt end. Because I’ve read the first four already, I could sort of guess a few of the “mysteries” (Darcy’s other woman and the jewel thief) but others were more surprising. I have a feeling I will be plowing through the rest of these books over the Christmas holiday week!

This is such a fun cozy/historical mystery series. I loved that Georgie got to go to the Riviera and that she got taken under the wing of Coco Chanel. Her mother also played a more maternal role so it was nice to see Georgie get to have some fun and get taken care of a bit. Of course, trouble & murder aren't far behind. It's a little disappointing that Darcy isn't around much in this one but maybe he needs to stop taking her for granted!

This series is total fluff--do not expect great literature here. This latest one in the series is the most enjoyable yet. impoverished aristocratic amateur detective Georgie goes to the Riviera and encounters jewel thiefs, a French marquis, and of course her Irish man. Like I said, no redeeming value. I'm looking forward to the next one.

3.5 stars

Another fun adventure with Lady Georgiana, this time dispatched by the Queen to the French Riviera in order to retrieve a purloined snuffbox. Georgie has no idea how she will possibly manage such a thing but she's happy enough to escape the grey chill of London for a warmer climate. It's always fun to see how the author will manage to pull in Georgie's cast of supporting characters, no matter where she travels, however there wasn't enough Darcy this time around. Georgie also makes a surprising discovery, the potential future storylines of which get nixed almost immediately. If this were a more serious series, I'd be more disappointed and annoyed at never seeing this explored. But this just isn't that type of deep, introspective series so it's all good.