Masked Ball at Broxley Manor (Her Royal Spyness)

This book is 44 pages long. Very disappointing, just when you think that the story is going some where you are dumped out in the Cold. Very crude way to end the story. I am not usually fooled like this.

Makes me unhappy enough to boycott the author. This story ends so obliquely, you could almost say that it is an advertisement.

The final line ***spoiler**** is some thing like "only years later did I realize that the letter was from Mr. X!!". This probably means something to readers who know who Mr. X is, but I do not like paying for a book that is set up for me to buy another book to solve that mystery. VERY FRUSTRATING AND A CHEAT TO READERS?

When I finished this "book", I thought for sure that I'd only downloaded a sample. It was only a few chapters, not something I'd consider book length. Maybe the series is good, but you can't tell from this installment.

I usually enjoy the books in this series. This was only a short story and not a full length novel. I found it to be an incredibly boring an uninteresting story line. Save your money and take this out from the library if you want to read it.

I started reading Bowen's Constable Evans series which is excellent and started reading this series and really enjoy it for some light reading -- characters are kind of predictable but like i said great escapist reading.

As this was just a snapshot of what the characters and plot would be like in the full-length novels, it is a bit hard to gauge.
However, I enjoyed the setting and writing style so it bodes well for the books.

Rhys Bowen is one of my favorites. Lady goergiana series are extremely hilarious and engaging. However masked ball is somewhat disappointing in its length, as Bowen could have entertained more escapades. But still a page turner.