THE INQUISITOR’S WIFE by Jeanne Kalogridis The last 50 pages are heart thumping exciting. The rest of the book not so much. I had high hopes for an interesting and illuminating story, but it was hard to get past the often jarring word usage. This book needed a good editor. 3 of 5 stars
This review originally posted at The BiblioSanctumTaking a break from my usual SFF to check out another one of my beloved genres, historical fiction -- and I can never resist a Borgia book. I would recommend The Borgia Bride to: fans of Philippa Gregory. This book reminded me of her work in many way...
This book starts with a bang; it is very exciting! You are drawn in immediately, but then it goes down-hill, unless you enjoy fictitious murder mysteries. If you know me, you know this genre is not one of my favorites! Far from it. What I did enjoy was reading about Renaissance Florence, peopled wi...
After finishing this book, I spent another hour googling everything to see if it was true or not. I liked the book- the story that is, but the writing wasn't the best. The way the book was written, it felt like journal entries rather than a good flowing story.Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the story...
as an opponent of half stars, I'd like to say I'd prefer to give this book 3 out of 4 stars ;-)I actually really enjoyed this book, and learned lots as it was a subject on which I was totally ignorant. Found the ending a bit flat tho. Great characters.
This one was hard to get through, I invested so much time that I felt I had to finish but I wanted to quit every time I opened the book. First of all, the names are ridiculously confusing. Second, the character of Dea was completely unbelievable. She finds out the man to whom she was married was ...
I picked up this book thinking to learn something more, and then I googled after having read for a little while and realized the story is total fiction. The people existed but she has re-invented history and put together this fictional story.Young Lisa grows up in Florence where de Medici rule. Her ...
Much to my surprise, I really enjoyed this book! I like historical novels but often find the main characters too modern in their attitudes and sensibilities or the historical fact-futzing too annoying. Perhaps because I'm rather unfamiliar with this period of Italian history, any historical mistakes...
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