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A review by melstylensubstance
The Truth About Myths by Giovanna Siniscalchi
5.0
This whole winemakers series is just 10/10. I can’t even accurately capture the tropes here, because this book refuses to be just one thing.
Isabel is, what my mother would say, “on her high horse” about morality and living a virtuous life befitting a princess. As a result, she’s not exactly likable at the beginning. But throughout the course of the story, she learns some hard truths about humanity and her place in it - not as a perfect princess but as an imperfect woman. She makes tough choices and struggles with what is expected of her and her place in society and by her country.
Henrique - he gets essentially voluntold bribery/light blackmail by the King to accompany Isabel to a summer house party in Spain. There are policial reasons for this doing with the complex relations between Portugal and Spain. Though not is all as it seems in that respect. Henrique is entrusted to escort Isabel on this trip. Neither is exactly happy about it, but slowly he is able to show her it’s ok to experience lusty and sensual things. Not everyone can be distilled down solely to reputations. People are more.
Underpinning this whole thing is political intrigue, blackmail, court politics. It is an engrossing tale, that stands up to the romance without overshadowing it.
This whole series has been poetic, lush, vibrant, and epic. I can’t recommend it enough!
Isabel is, what my mother would say, “on her high horse” about morality and living a virtuous life befitting a princess. As a result, she’s not exactly likable at the beginning. But throughout the course of the story, she learns some hard truths about humanity and her place in it - not as a perfect princess but as an imperfect woman. She makes tough choices and struggles with what is expected of her and her place in society and by her country.
Henrique - he gets essentially voluntold bribery/light blackmail by the King to accompany Isabel to a summer house party in Spain. There are policial reasons for this doing with the complex relations between Portugal and Spain. Though not is all as it seems in that respect. Henrique is entrusted to escort Isabel on this trip. Neither is exactly happy about it, but slowly he is able to show her it’s ok to experience lusty and sensual things. Not everyone can be distilled down solely to reputations. People are more.
Underpinning this whole thing is political intrigue, blackmail, court politics. It is an engrossing tale, that stands up to the romance without overshadowing it.
This whole series has been poetic, lush, vibrant, and epic. I can’t recommend it enough!