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A review by krisrid
Gilded Deceit by Tracy Grant
3.0
I enjoy this series, both for the well-written, interesting characters and for the historical setting. This book was not my favourite of the series, but I did enjoy it.
For me, this book was over-loaded with the machiavellian relationship travails of the multiple couples who people this world. I do realize that the British aristocracy was rife with affairs and children born "on the wrong side of the sheets" and all manner of sexual carryings-on. But there was just way too much of the book focused on that for me. I don't mind some of that, but from about halfway this book felt like it was a romance novel rather than a historical mystery, which is what I expect when picking up a book in this series.
I will continue with the series, because I do like these characters and enjoy their adventures solving mysteries. I hope that now that so many of the relationship dramas have played out in this book, that there will be less of that moving forward.
For me, this book was over-loaded with the machiavellian relationship travails of the multiple couples who people this world. I do realize that the British aristocracy was rife with affairs and children born "on the wrong side of the sheets" and all manner of sexual carryings-on. But there was just way too much of the book focused on that for me. I don't mind some of that, but from about halfway this book felt like it was a romance novel rather than a historical mystery, which is what I expect when picking up a book in this series.
I will continue with the series, because I do like these characters and enjoy their adventures solving mysteries. I hope that now that so many of the relationship dramas have played out in this book, that there will be less of that moving forward.