I'm not even sure how I ended up with an ARC of this book. My reviews of the previous two novels weren't exactly glowing. After the end of the second novel, I had promised not to even bother with the final book in the trilogy. Well if I had a nickle for every broken promise, I'd own a lot more books...
I'm not even sure how I ended up with an ARC of this book. My reviews of the previous two novels weren't exactly glowing. After the end of the second novel, I had promised not to even bother with the final book in the trilogy. Well if I had a nickle for every broken promise, I'd own a lot more books...
I received an advanced copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley. All of the opinions are my own. I am actually kind of disappointed that this book wasn't as much of a train wreck as the previous novel, The Sisters of Versailles. First I would just like to say that if the author had filled her books w...
I received an advanced copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Have you ever seen the movie Mean Girls? Did you find yourself wondering what would happen if Mean girls were set in 18th century France? Wonder know more! The Nesle sisters are here to answers all your questio...
When Jeanne Poisson is a young child, a fortuneteller tells her that one day she will be the king’s mistress. From that time her whole life strives for her to become the mistress of king Louis XV’s mistress and her mother calls her Reinette from now on. She does fulfill that prediction and falls in ...
I received an advanced copy of this book courtesy of NetGalley. All of the opinions are my own. I am actually kind of disappointed that this book wasn't as much of a train wreck as the previous novel, [b:The Sisters of Versailles|25111020|The Sisters of Versailles (The Mistresses of Versailles Trilo...
When Jeanne Poisson is a young child, a fortuneteller tells her that one day she will be the king’s mistress. From that time her whole life strives for her to become the mistress of king Louis XV’s mistress and her mother calls her Reinette from now on. She does fulfill that prediction and falls in ...
My review of The Rivals of Versailles is now up on Fresh Fiction! "A truly great portrait of one of the most famous women in history" Read the whole review here!
Who are the Sisters of Versailles? Louise Julie de Mailly-Nesle, was Comtesse de Mailly, the eldest of the de Nesle sisters, first to become the mistress of King Louis XV of France. She comes across as a very passive person, accepting of her life in the background and watching her sisters become ...
3,5 starsI haven’t read much about Louis XV, or about French history in general, and I hadn’t heard about the Nesle sisters before. I’ve heard of Madame de Pompadour and Madame du Barry but that’s about it.The chapters alternate between the five sisters and it starts with old Hortense remembering wh...
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