A review by pinoncoffee
The Palace Guard by Charlotte MacLeod

4.0

Macleod does fun characters and laugh-out-loud moments so well. This is the one with the over-the-top painter of genuine Byzantine icons, Countess Lydia Ouspenska, and all the art theft shenanigans over at the Madam’s palazzo in Boston.

Sarah and Max fall a little deeper in love, but are they actually going to make a thing of it??? (Spoiler: there is no actual doubt here. We’re just along for the ride.) I wish I could be comfortable handing this series to my tween, but it’s just a little dirty still.