coffeeaddicted1988's reviews
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I really enjoyed Lydia and Arthur’s characters. Sometimes with rotating POVs, I’m looking forward to only one character’s timeline. But I wanted to know from both. 

In many romance books, there is a lack of communication between the love interests. This is a pet peeve of mine. Many books could be half as long if only they were honest with each other. 

It made me happy to realize that Lydia and Arthur do communicate. There’s some angst but they talk, they are honest. 

They get to know each other, flaws and all. And I love how much they love each other, no matter their supposed flaws according to society or their actual flaws.

I also enjoyed the epilogue, in the form of letters.

It was a lovely romance read. I was happy to go back into the Belvoir’s Library world. I am looking forward to Georgiana’s story next!

Thank you to NetGalley for this ARC.

The game that is the Mystery Royale was quite good. The clues were interesting. The events were glitzy enough to be distracting us from the clues and the end goal: find Xavier Stoutmire’s killer and inherit his fortune and magic. 

The blurb, comparing this book to Inheritance Games, was spot on! Puzzles, mystery, games, simply add a dash of magic.

My negatives: 
The multiple POVs threw me off in the beginning, it was confusing. Plus all the names were uncommon, so took me a minute to remember of who’s who. 
I disliked ALL the main characters until the 30% mark. I kept reading because the plot was good. I usually wouldn’t keep reading when I don’t care for the characters. 

Mullory starts off as weak (fainting and fearful), Ellison is haughty and disgusted of everything and Lyric is angry at everything. Once we understand more details about the family and the plot, we realize why they act and think the way they do.

Of course this had to have a cliffhanger. How many years before we know if there will be a book 2?