marame reviewed on
Helpful Score: 2
While I loved the history and all the background info and court intrigues, I hated the book! Just cried my eyes out the last 40 pages.
Rosamond annoyed me to no end. What a whiny, self-centered, smug creature she turned out to be. Did she learn nothing from being a de Montfort ward? I liked Rodger a whole lot better because I admired his loyalty to Edward, his friend and liege.
You see, I'd read the previous books in the trilogy and was captivated by the characters: Falcon and Jasmin (The Falcon and the Flower) and Simon and Eleanor (The Dragon and the Jewel). Beautiful, passionate stories so it made me sick to read how the author vilified Eleanor and Simon in this book.
There's are 2 spin-off books, A Year and A Day and Infamous that take place in England and Scotland and features a very yummy Robert the Bruce. I highly recommend them. Yes, there's plenty of history, but the characters take center stage, especially Linx and Jory de Warenne!
Rosamond annoyed me to no end. What a whiny, self-centered, smug creature she turned out to be. Did she learn nothing from being a de Montfort ward? I liked Rodger a whole lot better because I admired his loyalty to Edward, his friend and liege.
You see, I'd read the previous books in the trilogy and was captivated by the characters: Falcon and Jasmin (The Falcon and the Flower) and Simon and Eleanor (The Dragon and the Jewel). Beautiful, passionate stories so it made me sick to read how the author vilified Eleanor and Simon in this book.
There's are 2 spin-off books, A Year and A Day and Infamous that take place in England and Scotland and features a very yummy Robert the Bruce. I highly recommend them. Yes, there's plenty of history, but the characters take center stage, especially Linx and Jory de Warenne!
