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A review by sarah_moynihan
Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen
3.0
'As thirty-fifth in line for the throne, Lady Georgiana Rannoch may not be the most sophisticated young woman, but she knows her table manners. It's forks on the left, knives on the right, not in His Majesty's back.
Here I am thinking the education I received at my posh Swiss finishing school would never come in handy. And while it hasn't landed me a job, or a husband, it has convinced Her Majesty the Queen, and the Dowager Duchess to enlist my help. I have been entrusted with grooming Jack Altringham, the Duke's newly discovered heir fresh from the Outback of Australia, for high society.
The upside is I am to live in luxury at one of England's most gorgeous stately homes. But upon arrival at Kingsdowne Place, my dearest Darcy has been sent to fetch Jack, leaving me stuck in a manor full of miscreants...none of whom are too pleased with the discovery of my new ward.
And no sooner has the lad been retrieved than the Duke announces he wants to choose his own heir. With the house in a hubbub over the news, Jack's hunting knife somehow finds its way into the Duke's back. Eyes fall, backs turn, and fingers point to the young heir. As if the rascal wasn't enough of a handful, now he's suspected of murder. Jack may be wild, but I'd bet the crown jewels it wasn't he who killed the Duke...'
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3.5 stars, rounded down to 3 stars.
Heirs and Graces is the seventh book in Rhys Bowen's Royal Spyness series and is a murder mystery in 1930s England.
Honestly Queenie is losing her charm for me and I don't think she is deserving of Georgie's patience any longer. I initially found her bumbling and failing attempts at being a proper lady's maid to be charming and amusing. But now she has become far too comfortable in her belief that Georgie will put up with the destroyed clothing her she often putting her own comfort and wants before Georgie's despite the free food, housing, and travel. She has grown arrogant knowing that Georgie cannot afford a better maid, but Georgie has done just fine without a maid before and I'm think Queenie needs to be given the boot.
Belinda is back again, I'm losing my patience with her character too. Georgie describes her correctly when she say that Belinda sees herself as the center of her own universe and everyone serves as supporting characters, there only to benefit her. They may have been friends for sometime now, but Georgie is so great and she deserves a more caring and less selfish friend.
I have found this book to be one of the least intruiging from the series so far. It seemed to me that the mystery unfolded at a slower pace than the previous books in the series and there really wasn't much of a sense of danger at all, which is tthe number one thing I look for in any mystery. I'm still loving this series, I just didn't find this book as compelling as the others. I hope the mystery in the next book grabs me more.
Here I am thinking the education I received at my posh Swiss finishing school would never come in handy. And while it hasn't landed me a job, or a husband, it has convinced Her Majesty the Queen, and the Dowager Duchess to enlist my help. I have been entrusted with grooming Jack Altringham, the Duke's newly discovered heir fresh from the Outback of Australia, for high society.
The upside is I am to live in luxury at one of England's most gorgeous stately homes. But upon arrival at Kingsdowne Place, my dearest Darcy has been sent to fetch Jack, leaving me stuck in a manor full of miscreants...none of whom are too pleased with the discovery of my new ward.
And no sooner has the lad been retrieved than the Duke announces he wants to choose his own heir. With the house in a hubbub over the news, Jack's hunting knife somehow finds its way into the Duke's back. Eyes fall, backs turn, and fingers point to the young heir. As if the rascal wasn't enough of a handful, now he's suspected of murder. Jack may be wild, but I'd bet the crown jewels it wasn't he who killed the Duke...'
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3.5 stars, rounded down to 3 stars.
Heirs and Graces is the seventh book in Rhys Bowen's Royal Spyness series and is a murder mystery in 1930s England.
Honestly Queenie is losing her charm for me and I don't think she is deserving of Georgie's patience any longer. I initially found her bumbling and failing attempts at being a proper lady's maid to be charming and amusing. But now she has become far too comfortable in her belief that Georgie will put up with the destroyed clothing her she often putting her own comfort and wants before Georgie's despite the free food, housing, and travel. She has grown arrogant knowing that Georgie cannot afford a better maid, but Georgie has done just fine without a maid before and I'm think Queenie needs to be given the boot.
Belinda is back again, I'm losing my patience with her character too. Georgie describes her correctly when she say that Belinda sees herself as the center of her own universe and everyone serves as supporting characters, there only to benefit her. They may have been friends for sometime now, but Georgie is so great and she deserves a more caring and less selfish friend.
I have found this book to be one of the least intruiging from the series so far. It seemed to me that the mystery unfolded at a slower pace than the previous books in the series and there really wasn't much of a sense of danger at all, which is tthe number one thing I look for in any mystery. I'm still loving this series, I just didn't find this book as compelling as the others. I hope the mystery in the next book grabs me more.