"A Royal Pain" follows on from the first book in the series "Her Royal Spyness" but gets even better, with a stronger plot and a wider cast of characters. It's still 1932 and Lady Victoria Georgiana Charlotte Eugenie (Georgie to her friends), a minor Royal, cousin of King George V of England, and ...
Cute. Entertaining. Light. Brain candy. Quick. Overall exactly what I wanted. Nothing earth-shattering, but well-written entertainment, which has just as much a place in the book world as mind bending literature.
I was just as surprised by Hanni as Georgie was at the end of the book. I was too busy seeing things through the eyes of Georgie to catch on to any clues that lead to the revelations at the end of the book. As much as I like Georgie and the fact that she is smart enough to figure her way out of any...
Much improved over the first installment in the Royal Spyness series. The mystery's more interesting, with international communist intrigue against the British royal family playing a central role. Bowen assumes readers know a little bit about historical characters like Oswald Moseley, founder of the...
This is the second in the A Royal Spyness Mystery series, and it’s just as fun and entertaining as the first. Lady Georgiana is a great granddaughter of Queen Victoria and thirty fourth in line to the throne, but almost totally broke, so to afford the wardrobe and lifestyle expected of a royal she p...
I'm liking this series when I want a lighter historical mystery. I really like Georgie and her friends and family. It's also an interesting period in history and I tend to really enjoy books set in the interwar period. This one did drag a bit and Princess Hanni's schtick wore a bit thin but it pi...
A fun, quick read. I figured out the murderer fairly early on, but the solution was a bit of a surprise. I wasn't looking for a tough read to start the new year on and I knew that this would be a fun, fluff read.
Important: Our sites use cookies.
We use the information stored using cookies and similar technologies for advertising and statistics purposes.
Stored data allow us to tailor the websites to individual user's interests.
Cookies may be also used by third parties cooperating with BookLikes, like advertisers, research companies and providers of multimedia applications.
You can choose how cookies are handled by your device via your browser settings.
If you choose not to receive cookies at any time, BookLikes will not function properly and certain services will not be provided.
For more information, please go to our Privacy Policy.
Log in with Facebook 
