A review by ellenreading_theend
Royal Gambit by Daniel O'Malley

4.0

The Chequey Files will always be one of my favorite series for its humor and imagination, and the newest installment is no exception. This one does move a little more slowly, as our MC investigates the supernatural death of a royal. So there are fewer hijinks (though not none…), and more thinking. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, just different from what I was expecting. My favorite thing is still the weirdly specific powers that O’Malley gives pawns, and the references to previous books of course. I can’t explain enough how happy I am that this series seems to be continuing, and I’m excited for my pretty UK edition to get here and join its family. Btw, I haven’t heard the audio for the one, but it’s fantastic for the previous three and I highly recommend!!!