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A review by chlslnbd10
Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
4.0
At the tender age of 18, Alexandrina Victoria wakes up to learn that her uncle William IV has died and she is now the Queen of England. Obsessively protected by her mother, a widowed Duchess, Drina has had little to no training on what it takes to be a monarch. With the advice of her trusted Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, Victoria (as she now prefers to be called), must quickly learn how to be a Queen, amongst insistent urgings from those around her to take a husband. Everyone is pressuring her to marry her cousin, Prince Albert, but Victoria insists on being like her predecessor, the Virgin Queen Elizabeth. Will Victoria take everyone else's advice and get married, or will she stay single?
I could not imagine having the weight of the world thrown onto my shoulders at only 18 and yet Victoria does. She has been coddled by her mother and disrespected by every single man around her because of her small stature and sex. The only man that takes her seriously is Lord M, who Victoria clearly develops stronger feelings for as the story progresses.
She believes a rumor and disgraces both herself and one of her mother's most trusted companions because, as I think, she truly feels abandoned and disrespected by her mother. At one point, Victoria mentions that the Duchess looks at Conroy and Flora before she does her own daughter and that is truly heartbreaking.
The cover of my book has a review from PEOPLE that says "An irresistible love story". I don't consider this to be a love story. The only real "love" story comes in the very end of the book and it's not mushy or in your face. Victoria is not a girl to be forced into anything and so when the resolution comes at the end, it's genuine and doesn't feel forced at all.
All in all, I enjoyed this book.
I could not imagine having the weight of the world thrown onto my shoulders at only 18 and yet Victoria does. She has been coddled by her mother and disrespected by every single man around her because of her small stature and sex. The only man that takes her seriously is Lord M, who Victoria clearly develops stronger feelings for as the story progresses.
She believes a rumor and disgraces both herself and one of her mother's most trusted companions because, as I think, she truly feels abandoned and disrespected by her mother. At one point, Victoria mentions that the Duchess looks at Conroy and Flora before she does her own daughter and that is truly heartbreaking.
The cover of my book has a review from PEOPLE that says "An irresistible love story". I don't consider this to be a love story. The only real "love" story comes in the very end of the book and it's not mushy or in your face. Victoria is not a girl to be forced into anything and so when the resolution comes at the end, it's genuine and doesn't feel forced at all.
All in all, I enjoyed this book.