The Wicked and the Just
J. Anderson Coats,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
J. Anderson Coats,Hardcover, English-language edition,Pub by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780547688374
Publish date: 17-04-2012
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Edition language: English
Really good Medieval history, set in 13th century Wales. YA, so a fast read, and just as focused on Cecily and Gwinny's animosity and hopes and dreams as on the larger historical backdrop. Reading on kindle, the alternating perspectives were a little tough to pick up, but that was a formatting issue...
I only had a vague idea of what this book was about and I wanted it that way. This book is set in a time period and a place that I don't normally read, so I wanted to try it out. I'm pretty glad I did.Cecily and Gwenhwyfar both had some major flaws, enough to make them somewhat unlikable to me. Ther...
As much as I love historials, I had a hard time connecting with the characters and getting into the plot. DNF. I am hoping to come back to it later.
The final fifty pages of this book had me contradictorily unwilling to finish and anxious for resolution to several characters I was invested in. The Wicked and the Just is a very character-driven novel, but thankfully, both Cecily and Gwenhwyfar are both more than capable of bearing the weight of t...
Review forthcoming.
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