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A review by kaitrosereads
The Red Queen's Daughter by Jacqueline Kolosov
4.0
The Red Queen’s Daughter was pretty good. It wasn’t the best historical book that I have read recently but I did like it. I think the thing that I didn’t like was that it took a while to get into. The first half of the book was actually pretty boring, in my opinion. After I got past that I really got into it.
Mary Seymour is the main character but there were a lot of other characters that were important to the story. Her guardian, Lady Strange, was a really big part of the first half of the book but I didn’t really feel like I got to know her history, just what she was teaching Mary. Then in the second half, the queen and Mary’s cousin, Edmund, were big parts. I really liked Edmund, even though he was supposed to be evil. And the queen seemed nice enough to Mary but once again we only got a small glimpse of her history. I just wish all the characters had been better-developed.
Also, I didn’t really get what the plot was. There seemed to be too many things going on underneath the main plot and I didn’t get how they all connected. I think things should have been elaborated a little more. And then there was the ending. It was good but it kind of left me questioning what actually happened.
Overall, I was a little disappointed by The Red Queen’s Daughter. I wish it had been a little more detailed but it was still an okay book. If you like historical fiction, you should check it out!
Mary Seymour is the main character but there were a lot of other characters that were important to the story. Her guardian, Lady Strange, was a really big part of the first half of the book but I didn’t really feel like I got to know her history, just what she was teaching Mary. Then in the second half, the queen and Mary’s cousin, Edmund, were big parts. I really liked Edmund, even though he was supposed to be evil. And the queen seemed nice enough to Mary but once again we only got a small glimpse of her history. I just wish all the characters had been better-developed.
Also, I didn’t really get what the plot was. There seemed to be too many things going on underneath the main plot and I didn’t get how they all connected. I think things should have been elaborated a little more. And then there was the ending. It was good but it kind of left me questioning what actually happened.
Overall, I was a little disappointed by The Red Queen’s Daughter. I wish it had been a little more detailed but it was still an okay book. If you like historical fiction, you should check it out!