“In 1841 England, Lady Georgiana Etheridge knows how to balance being both a noblewoman and a spy. It comes naturally to her, being raised in an aristocratic household of spies her whole life. However, disguising herself as a servant and working in the scullery is completely strange to her, and so is doing an assignment with no assistance or supervision besides the help of her cousin. They weren’t given much of a choice with the assignment, but neither would they have changed it—it’s all in the name of saving Georgiana’s father, falsely arrested for crimes not his own. Georgiana and her cousin are happy to take on servant work in order to find proof of her father’s innocence, but time is of the essence. If they don’t find their proof before his trial, it will diminish any hope Georgiana has of seeing him again.”
Series: Book #3 in the “Savantor Spies” series. Reviews of Book #1 Here and Book #2 Here!
Spiritual Content- Psalm 37:3 at the beginning & Ephesians 1:3 in the acknowledgments; Scriptures are quoted, mentioned, remembered, & thought about; Prayers & Thanking God; Church going; Talks about God, His will, Him being with us, trusting Him, forgiveness, & praying; ‘H’s are capital when referring to God, Jesus, & the Holy Spirit; Georgiana has long ago decided to trust why God gave her condition (of being unable to speak) to her; Georgiana wonders if God gives people inklings of the future and others’ lives, but comes to the conclusion that God doesn’t do that often (but still finds it interesting to think about); Many mentions of God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit, His will, Him being with us, & trusting Him; Mentions of prayers, praying, & thanking God; Mentions of churches, church going, a rector, services, sermon, & hymns; Mentions of Christians; Mentions of forgiveness & sin; A couple mentions of Heaven; A mention of paintings of stories from the Bible;
*Note: The phrase ‘Heaven forbid’ is said once; A mention of luck.
Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘drat’, a ‘dumb’, and a ‘kiss up’; A bit of eye rolling; Georgiana “curses” herself for when she thinks she’s made a big mistake; Due to their spying and missions, some side characters have to lie to others (including about fake identities); Georgiana and the others also sneak into a place & have to steal an item for an assignment (her grandfather comments to her cousin about being a capable thief, but cautions her to not use that skill unless absolutely necessary); Georgiana tries to ignore the gossip of the servants; Georgiana and her cousin accidentally eavesdrops on adult family members’ conversations; Mentions of deaths & grief; Mentions of a murder, trying to find the murderer, imprisonment, & a trial/arrest about it; Mentions of crimes, criminals, thieves, stealing, & stolen items; Mentions of a kidnapping & being drugged (Book #1 & Book #2); Mentions of poison; Mentions of gossip & rumors; A few mentions of possible exile or execution for a criminal; A few mentions of a missing (runaway) sibling; A few mentions of nightmares; A few mentions of hatred & jealousy; A couple mentions of fighting & hurting others; A couple mentions of eavesdropping; A mention of smugglers; A mention of gambling;
*Note: Georgiana can’t speak (she is called mute and refers to it as a disability) and faces a couple peoples’ negative comments and ridicule (including one girl saying she’ll “amount to nothing” and means no offense to Georgiana by saying that; Other girls stick up for Georgiana, though); A few mentions of stillborn babies & losing a child.
Sexual Content- A few blushes (when Georgiana wonders if she’s trying to impress a young man & later when she’s teased by a family member about the same young man); Georgiana finds a young man’s attentions towards her at a ball to be exhausting; Mentions of jilted couples & other couples running away together; A couple mentions of flirting; A mention of a young woman tarnishing her reputation by running off with a young man.
-Georgiana Etheridge, age 16
1st person P.O.V. of Georgiana
Set in 1841
298 pages
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My personal Rating-
It took me a bit to get into this story and keep track of all the new characters as this third book is 28 years later and follows Elizabeth’s oldest daughter. It was neat to have a generational kind of story and see the original characters’ grown, married, and their own children as the stars of the next book. There’s a family tree at the very end of the book, which would have been more helpful to have at the beginning, I think. By the end of the story, though, I did a happy sigh as it was lovely to see a big, happy family represented in a MG/YA Christian Fiction book.
I really liked Georgiana and her sweet personality. I would almost say this was my favorite book of the series so far.
As a note for parents, I think this book could work as an option for avid readers 10/11+ like the prior books in the series. In this third story, there’s accusations of murder, but there’s no details about it—not even how the person was murdered—and very little other content to note. There’s a couple mentions of servants running away together, but other than some hints to a possible romance for Georgiana in the far-off future, there’s really no romance. It definitely had an emphasis on family love which was so sweet to see.
See y’all on Friday with a new review!
*BFCG may (Read the review to see) recommend this book by this author. It does not mean I recommend all the books by this author.
*I received this book for free from the Author for this honest review.
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