Reviewed by elysium on
Mary has known Charles Brandon since childhood and doesn’t hide her dislike. But growing up she notices her feelings starting to change, yet she knows that a princess can’t have a future with a duke. Mary does her duty by marrying the old French king and after her husband dies, she and Charles follow their hearts knowing Mary’s brother will be furious.
The book leaned more towards romance than straight historical fiction but unfortunately I couldn’t feel the passion between Mary and Charles. I kept waiting something to happen and sparks starting to fly but nothing. I didn’t really connect with Mary to be fully interested to know what happened with her. She was too naïve and well… maybe not too bright. And of course beautiful. Which we heard many, many times.
And there were too much sneaking around corners and secret meetings. How could Mary had the opportunity to do half of what she was doing?
This was rather easy and quick read but didn’t quite reach the expectations.
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- 1 June, 2013: Finished reading
- 1 June, 2013: Reviewed