This was okay, although on some level it did manage to draw me in and enough to have me finish this book. But there are just some things which I need to really address.
The one character which somehow caught my attention was Robert, yes the bastard of the king and the duke. Also, something very interesting happened towards the end which did ruin my view of him completely. But I guess I never really knew him well enough. And that I don’t think the author really suggested his other side. However, the story was narrated in first person, and Elizabeth never truly understood him and I’m reading through her eyes. But yeah, I feel that the most compelling character was him.
As for the rest of the cast, needless to say they exist. But nothing more than that. I was rather bored when I had to read Elizabeth’s scenes, and somehow the rest apart from Robert seemed to completely disinterest me(maybe I have a penchant for liking characters with a dark side.) And that when he was revealed to be who he was, although not completely convincing but neither completely out of question. I just didn’t see it, but I welcomed it.
Elizabeth just didn’t hold my interest, and that is a major flaw since we are seeing everything through her eyes. And well to me, she is mostly what anyone will expect of YA heroine. But she just didn’t work with me.
So overall, the story to my belief is well researched with many of the details gotten right. However, it is just that I don’t care about any of the characters apart from Robert, and so, I can’t really bring myself to recommend this.
Rating: 2 out of 5
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