Review of 'The Constant Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #6)' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
My big resounding verdict to this book: a solid 'eh', so more like 2.5 stars rounding up. The last 10% I skimmed because I couldn't deal with it anymore.
The Constant Princess is about the story of Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, and describes her story from coming to England at a young age to marry Prince Arthur, his subsequent death, her attempts to marry Henry instead, and her time as Queen of England.
The story switches between 3rd person and 1st person views, and generally, the 1st person PoV didn't appeal to me as much, because it was mostly set in the premise of the book that Katherine had consummated her marriage with Arthur, and promised to lie for him as a last final oath of love so she could be Queen of England. The saccharine was a bit too much for me.
I would have preferred …
My big resounding verdict to this book: a solid 'eh', so more like 2.5 stars rounding up. The last 10% I skimmed because I couldn't deal with it anymore.
The Constant Princess is about the story of Henry VIII's first wife, Katherine of Aragon, and describes her story from coming to England at a young age to marry Prince Arthur, his subsequent death, her attempts to marry Henry instead, and her time as Queen of England.
The story switches between 3rd person and 1st person views, and generally, the 1st person PoV didn't appeal to me as much, because it was mostly set in the premise of the book that Katherine had consummated her marriage with Arthur, and promised to lie for him as a last final oath of love so she could be Queen of England. The saccharine was a bit too much for me.
I would have preferred a more detailed look at the time when Henry is replacing her with Anne Boleyn. You only get a glimpse of that at the end of the book, which I find disappointing.