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A review by nostalgia_reader
The King's Deception by Steve Berry
3.0
As with the other books in this series, this one starts off seemingly rather haphazardly. The storylines don't seem like they'll ever weave together into one (even though you know they will), and I could have sworn that they would have nothing to do with one another.
But historical intrigue keeps me, well, intrigued, so I always end up splurge reading the rest of the book, right as it's starting to all make sense and fall into place. I wasn't that terribly fascinated by the setting (and although I haven't read the earlier books in the series, it seems like London and the area's history is common fodder), but the entire mystery of Elizabeth I, and using secret history as a political bribe was pretty great. And with the inclusion of the mysterious code book, my rating definitely gets bumped up to four stars.
I guess I may have cheated a bit, reading [b:Famous Imposters|13638148|Famous Imposters|Bram Stoker|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1478692188s/13638148.jpg|530608] before this, having the entire Bisley Boy story explained in fictional terms and applications gave a bit of a new life to Imposters.
(This was another found ARC, so I decided against calling out stylistic oddities, or confusing, repetitive bits.)
But historical intrigue keeps me, well, intrigued, so I always end up splurge reading the rest of the book, right as it's starting to all make sense and fall into place. I wasn't that terribly fascinated by the setting (and although I haven't read the earlier books in the series, it seems like London and the area's history is common fodder), but the entire mystery of Elizabeth I, and using secret history as a political bribe was pretty great. And with the inclusion of the mysterious code book, my rating definitely gets bumped up to four stars.
I guess I may have cheated a bit, reading [b:Famous Imposters|13638148|Famous Imposters|Bram Stoker|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1478692188s/13638148.jpg|530608] before this, having the entire Bisley Boy story explained in fictional terms and applications gave a bit of a new life to Imposters.
(This was another found ARC, so I decided against calling out stylistic oddities, or confusing, repetitive bits.)