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A review by cakt1991
Lord of Mistrust by Elizabeth Keysian
4.0
3.5 stars. I received an ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
Lord of Mistrust was a fast read (read during the few hours of a blackout, in fact, when I found I had not much else to do). Like the first three in the series, it’s an engaging historical chock-full of intrigue and danger, and it kept me on the edge of my seat.
Chloe and Robert are both wonderful characters in their own right, both navigating the cutthroat world of Elizabethan England, her fleeing an arranged marriage and finding out some family secrets and him working as a spy for Sir Francis Walsingam.
But while there is a bit of a spark between them, I didn’t feel like the romance was developed enough amid everything else going on with all the politicking and espionage. I ended up feeling satisfied with the way those external plotlines were resolved, while feeling very lukewarm feelings about the two being together.
This wasn’t a bad installment in the series, but it definitely falls slightly short of the previous three in terms of my personal enjoyment. But I think if you like a good combination of history(especially the Tudors!), mystery/intrigue, and romance, you’ll still enjoy this one for what it is.
Lord of Mistrust was a fast read (read during the few hours of a blackout, in fact, when I found I had not much else to do). Like the first three in the series, it’s an engaging historical chock-full of intrigue and danger, and it kept me on the edge of my seat.
Chloe and Robert are both wonderful characters in their own right, both navigating the cutthroat world of Elizabethan England, her fleeing an arranged marriage and finding out some family secrets and him working as a spy for Sir Francis Walsingam.
But while there is a bit of a spark between them, I didn’t feel like the romance was developed enough amid everything else going on with all the politicking and espionage. I ended up feeling satisfied with the way those external plotlines were resolved, while feeling very lukewarm feelings about the two being together.
This wasn’t a bad installment in the series, but it definitely falls slightly short of the previous three in terms of my personal enjoyment. But I think if you like a good combination of history(especially the Tudors!), mystery/intrigue, and romance, you’ll still enjoy this one for what it is.