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A review by sarah_moynihan
Royal Blood by Rhys Bowen
4.0
'Penniless and thirty-fourth in line to the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch finds herself in a truly draining state of affairs. To escape her hateful sister-in-law, Georgie accepts an invitation from the Queen to represent the royals at a wedding in Transylvania. But at the macabre-looking castle, Georgie finds the bride with blood running down her chin, and a wedding guest is poisoned. Now it’s up to Georgie to save the nuptial festivities before the couple’s vows become “to love and to cherish, till ‘undeath’ do them part…”'
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4.5 stars, rounded down to 4 stars.
Royal Blood is the fourth book in Rhys Bowen's Royal Spyness series and is a historical mystery set into he 1930s.
I'm so glad that it lined up perfectly for me to be reading this particular book in the series so close to Halloween, it was the perfect fun and spooky vibe with the Transylvanian castle, Georgie's fear of vampires, and a murder.
I love that the main characters tend to make an appearance in ridiculous fashion. Like Belinda for example, getting herself invited to the weedding in the most absured fashion. Georgie has gotten a new lay's maid and despite Queenie's inability to play the part of a proper lady's maid, I'm honestly loving her. She's such a disaster, I love it.
Darcy is so yummy, but so infuriating. I don't understand how he is constantly surprised by Georgie's unwillingness to put faith in his affections when he fades in and out of her life like a phantom. Things are improving here though! I hope they don't take any big steps back in the next book.
One thing bothered me from the book, and it truly doesn't matter to the plot itself but I felt like it was a missed potential. When Georgie startles the bride, who has lost a shocking amount of weight since they were at school together and Georgie is beginning to fear may be a vampire, and finds her with(what appears to be) blood dripping off her chin in a secluded staircase. My suspicion was that it was from bullmia since she'd lost so much weight, but instead it was filling from some pies she was binge eating in secret. It just seems a little silly to me that Georgie, who has so much experience with stumbling across murders, would confuse cherry tart filling for blood and turn and flee. Granted her fear of the castle was getting the best of her, but still. Overall though, this has been one of my favorites in the series so far.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite series, I adore Georgie's character. Looking forward to the next book.
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4.5 stars, rounded down to 4 stars.
Royal Blood is the fourth book in Rhys Bowen's Royal Spyness series and is a historical mystery set into he 1930s.
I'm so glad that it lined up perfectly for me to be reading this particular book in the series so close to Halloween, it was the perfect fun and spooky vibe with the Transylvanian castle, Georgie's fear of vampires, and a murder.
I love that the main characters tend to make an appearance in ridiculous fashion. Like Belinda for example, getting herself invited to the weedding in the most absured fashion. Georgie has gotten a new lay's maid and despite Queenie's inability to play the part of a proper lady's maid, I'm honestly loving her. She's such a disaster, I love it.
Darcy is so yummy, but so infuriating. I don't understand how he is constantly surprised by Georgie's unwillingness to put faith in his affections when he fades in and out of her life like a phantom. Things are improving here though! I hope they don't take any big steps back in the next book.
One thing bothered me from the book, and it truly doesn't matter to the plot itself but I felt like it was a missed potential. When Georgie startles the bride, who has lost a shocking amount of weight since they were at school together and Georgie is beginning to fear may be a vampire, and finds her with(what appears to be) blood dripping off her chin in a secluded staircase. My suspicion was that it was from bullmia since she'd lost so much weight, but instead it was filling from some pies she was binge eating in secret. It just seems a little silly to me that Georgie, who has so much experience with stumbling across murders, would confuse cherry tart filling for blood and turn and flee. Granted her fear of the castle was getting the best of her, but still. Overall though, this has been one of my favorites in the series so far.
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite series, I adore Georgie's character. Looking forward to the next book.