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3.5 AVERAGE
3.5 AVERAGE
Engaging. A bit different from some of the others in the series, but enjoyable. Got me through two days of Covid!
Read like a series ending. Which is all good.
Georgie and Darcy end up in Kenya as part of the honeymoon. A murder is solved and they head home to house and country.
Georgie and Darcy end up in Kenya as part of the honeymoon. A murder is solved and they head home to house and country.
Georgie and Darcy are finally on their honeymoon. They head out to Kenya to stay with a friend of Darcy's but of course trouble follows them. Despite the interesting setting, the story just fell flat. The murder gets wrapped up rather unsatisfactorily at the end and the question of who was trying to kill Georgie and Darcy never gets answered.
I love this series. Rhys Bowen is quite a talent with entertaining historical fiction and the character of Georgie is endearing, along with her Irish husband, Darcy (her charming maid, Queenie, and best friend, Belinda, are not featured in this book, which is a shame but loved it nonetheless). Assuming this series continues, it will be very interesting to see how serious Ms Bowen takes things as the timeline inches closer and closer to WWII. Overall, very highly recommended.
I feel like the mystery aspect of this one wasn't as good as the others in the series. And while apparently realistic, the colonial characters are quite appalling. Thank goodness for Georgie and Darcy.
I was pretty disappointed with this story in comparison to other books I've read by her. The murder to be solved doesn't occur until halfway through the novel and the "solving" process is not a process at all. It all only gets wrapped up with a couple paragraphs that seem like they were tacked on at the end with no regard for where the information fit in the story. Just very disappointing overall.
/a>Summary: The newly married Georgie and Darcy honeymoon in Kenya.
I have been reading almost entirely non-fiction for most of the last 2 years. I am hitting a point where I know I need to rebalance my reading a bit. I just finished the whole Mysterious Benedict Society, and I will start the newest Inspector Gamache. And I picked up the latest Tourist novel this morning that I will probably start after that. So I am returning to old familiar authors, as I tend to do when I need to find some refreshment.
Cozy mysteries like Rhys Bowens seem particularly designed to comfort and not challenge. This long series (the 15th will be published in October) follows a cousin of King George in the 1930s. Her family is poor and has little more than their title, and as the younger daughter, she has less. But she is often in the right place at the right time and solves crimes or fixes problems for the Queen. Her now-husband, Darcy, is an Irish peer and has done much the same in a semi-official capacity for the British foreign office. They are newly married, and both tend to keep secrets from one another for various reasons that they are still working through. It comes out fairly early that while Darcy was trying to get them on an exotic honeymoon, they were also following the trail of a jewel thief. But even that isn't quite the whole story, which again comes out a bit later.
This mystery is based on some real events and characters. The series is getting far along enough in time to now have the rise of Nazi Germany come up in every novel. Part of Georgie's work has been to inform the Queen of Mrs. Simpson's romance with her cousin Edward the VIII. They again play a small role in the story.
This was a quick read, and I got what I enjoy out of the books. I like Georgie and Darcy. The calling out of the colonialism and racism of the British in Kenya was evident in the book. The mystery is solved partly because Georgie is disturbed by the racism of the high society around her. Cozy mysteries are known for having neat solutions, and Love Among the Cheetahs wrapped up very quickly once the clean-up started. I picked up the next one on sale sometime last year, so I will keep reading because there is a comfort to long-familiar characters.
I have been reading almost entirely non-fiction for most of the last 2 years. I am hitting a point where I know I need to rebalance my reading a bit. I just finished the whole Mysterious Benedict Society, and I will start the newest Inspector Gamache. And I picked up the latest Tourist novel this morning that I will probably start after that. So I am returning to old familiar authors, as I tend to do when I need to find some refreshment.
Cozy mysteries like Rhys Bowens seem particularly designed to comfort and not challenge. This long series (the 15th will be published in October) follows a cousin of King George in the 1930s. Her family is poor and has little more than their title, and as the younger daughter, she has less. But she is often in the right place at the right time and solves crimes or fixes problems for the Queen. Her now-husband, Darcy, is an Irish peer and has done much the same in a semi-official capacity for the British foreign office. They are newly married, and both tend to keep secrets from one another for various reasons that they are still working through. It comes out fairly early that while Darcy was trying to get them on an exotic honeymoon, they were also following the trail of a jewel thief. But even that isn't quite the whole story, which again comes out a bit later.
This mystery is based on some real events and characters. The series is getting far along enough in time to now have the rise of Nazi Germany come up in every novel. Part of Georgie's work has been to inform the Queen of Mrs. Simpson's romance with her cousin Edward the VIII. They again play a small role in the story.
This was a quick read, and I got what I enjoy out of the books. I like Georgie and Darcy. The calling out of the colonialism and racism of the British in Kenya was evident in the book. The mystery is solved partly because Georgie is disturbed by the racism of the high society around her. Cozy mysteries are known for having neat solutions, and Love Among the Cheetahs wrapped up very quickly once the clean-up started. I picked up the next one on sale sometime last year, so I will keep reading because there is a comfort to long-familiar characters.
It's so comforting to return time and time again to a series you love with familiar characters and an exciting mystery! Bowen never fails to entertain me with Georgie and co and this installment is no exception! I will forever be a loyal reader of this series.
I love this series. Georgiana and Darcy enjoy their honeymoon in 1930s Kenya. True to the times the European characters they meet there are a parting, self-centered bunch. The only thing I truly didn’t like was who Bowen chose as the murderer. I won’t spoil it, but she played into so many stereotypes that I found it disappointing. I was like she took out a list of racist stereotypes of Africans just to make sure she included all of them in one scene. All of that said, if you just skip over that it’s an enjoyable read.