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A review by missprint
Palace of Spies by Sarah Zettel
2.0
Maaaybe a 2.25? Maybe?
There were funny bits. I liked the funny bits. And I like historical things set in this era (King George, England). Otherwise though, unimpressed. I didn't like any of the characters in particular, except maybe Molly and Princess Caroline, and you don't see a whole lot of either. Oh, Olivia was alright as well.
The romance (there's a triangle!) was not particularly compelling. PEGGY was not particularly compelling.
Also, this was set in the direct center of a historical setting - that is, the court of King George I. Peggy is a lady in waiting to Caroline, Princess of Wales, and the plot is very concerned with the dispute of inheritance at the time... but I never got a sense of how well-researched this was or wasn't, and how much the author was fiddling with to suit her story. Fiddling is okay, to an extent, but I'm more prone to admire books that really do their homework. (See "Code Name Verity" for an excellent example.)
And finally: the language. Which is to say, most of the narrative sounds like a modern narrator. Which can be fine. Except that there were like... random words done in "period appropriate" (I assume) - b'hind, b'avior, etc. It was totally throwing and felt completely out of place.
There were funny bits. I liked the funny bits. And I like historical things set in this era (King George, England). Otherwise though, unimpressed. I didn't like any of the characters in particular, except maybe Molly and Princess Caroline, and you don't see a whole lot of either. Oh, Olivia was alright as well.
The romance (there's a triangle!) was not particularly compelling. PEGGY was not particularly compelling.
Also, this was set in the direct center of a historical setting - that is, the court of King George I. Peggy is a lady in waiting to Caroline, Princess of Wales, and the plot is very concerned with the dispute of inheritance at the time... but I never got a sense of how well-researched this was or wasn't, and how much the author was fiddling with to suit her story. Fiddling is okay, to an extent, but I'm more prone to admire books that really do their homework. (See "Code Name Verity" for an excellent example.)
And finally: the language. Which is to say, most of the narrative sounds like a modern narrator. Which can be fine. Except that there were like... random words done in "period appropriate" (I assume) - b'hind, b'avior, etc. It was totally throwing and felt completely out of place.