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sarah_moynihan's review against another edition
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.
nuthatch's review against another edition
5.0
This is the best so far in this lighthearted mystery series.
mamap's review against another edition
3.0
Georgia heads to Transylvania at the request of the Queen.
I do enjoy the sassiness.
What's up with Darcy?
I do enjoy the sassiness.
What's up with Darcy?
ktaylor1164's review against another edition
3.0
I still love Georgie--and oh, the addition of the hapless maid Queenie is such a delight!--but I didn't enjoy this installment as much as the others. The setting (a spoooooky Transylvania castle) and characters felt cartoonish, a real departure from the very real Depression-era England of the previous three books. Still, I read it in a night and enjoyed myself.
aoosterwyk's review against another edition
4.0
Vampires and political intrigue in Vlad Dracula's castle during a royal wedding. And Georgie has a new maid, Queenie, who is more clumsy than even herself.
littletaiko's review against another edition
4.0
Royal Blood was a nice light diversion. I gave it a higher ranking than it probably deserved, but I just can't help but like the main character. Overall, she's entertaining and smarter than what the author made her seem this time. Who really believes in vampires? Anyway - a fun series to read.
suzemo's review against another edition
4.0
Katherine Kellgren (the narrator for this audiobook) is EVERYTHING.
This was a fun little (not great, but that's OK) mystery/romance where Georgie wasn't infuriatingly stupid. But honestly, it was all of the non-Georgie characters that I'm here for, and maybe I'm also laughing re: Fish-Face.
This was a fun little (not great, but that's OK) mystery/romance where Georgie wasn't infuriatingly stupid. But honestly, it was all of the non-Georgie characters that I'm here for, and maybe I'm also laughing re: Fish-Face.
jklbookdragon's review against another edition
4.0
Another solid entry in this series. Ok, more than a little willing suspension of disbelief requried to believe a royal, no matter how minor, would do any of this... but that's what makes it delightful to the modern reader, I expect.
adamrshields's review against another edition
4.0
Short Review: Georgie goes to Transylvania for a wedding, and surprise, people end up dead and Georgie needs to solve the murder. I thought this was better than the third book in the series. Darcy (like book 5) was hardly in the book, which I think was good, it established Georgie as a detective in her own right. I continue to enjoy the series.
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/royal-blood/
My full review is on my blog at http://bookwi.se/royal-blood/
nevclue's review against another edition
3.0
These seem to perpetually be about 3.5 stars for me. On the one hand, I've read four books in the series so far and I find them light, fun, quick reads. On the other, I always seem to want just a bit more. More tension, more jokes, more social commentary, more something. They never quite fully satisfy.
Georgiana gets invited to a royal wedding in Romania. Darcy, Belinda, and her mother all make appearances. Someone ends up dead and Georgie investigates.
Georgiana gets invited to a royal wedding in Romania. Darcy, Belinda, and her mother all make appearances. Someone ends up dead and Georgie investigates.