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A review by joliendelandsheer
Tsarina by Jackson Pearce, J. Nelle Patrick
4.0
I really enjoyed this novel.
As mentioned in the author's notes, this book is based on a lot of actual facts. It is still a novel though, so the author combined two of the revolutions, namely the February and October revolution. This aside, there are a lot of things in this book that are accurate (obviously the powers of the Egg are not). As I have not read many books set in Russia, or about Russian history I was quite excited to start this.
And I do not regret it. This story is so captivating. Natalya is a Lady of the Russian Court yet she was smart and did what she thought was necessary. She was so very loyal to her love and her tsar, until the very end. And then we have Emilia, the more fragile lady. She was a great character as well: she followed Natalya, even though all she wanted was to go to Paris. And then there's Leo. So much character building in this one! I won't spoil anything but believe me, there's so much that changes him. That changes all of them actually.
And the plot. So twisting and captivating. AAAH. The fact that this is a standalone made me love it even more. Highly recommend it!
As mentioned in the author's notes, this book is based on a lot of actual facts. It is still a novel though, so the author combined two of the revolutions, namely the February and October revolution. This aside, there are a lot of things in this book that are accurate (obviously the powers of the Egg are not). As I have not read many books set in Russia, or about Russian history I was quite excited to start this.
And I do not regret it. This story is so captivating. Natalya is a Lady of the Russian Court yet she was smart and did what she thought was necessary. She was so very loyal to her love and her tsar, until the very end. And then we have Emilia, the more fragile lady. She was a great character as well: she followed Natalya, even though all she wanted was to go to Paris. And then there's Leo. So much character building in this one! I won't spoil anything but believe me, there's so much that changes him. That changes all of them actually.
And the plot. So twisting and captivating. AAAH. The fact that this is a standalone made me love it even more. Highly recommend it!