iluvbooks13 's review for:

Victoria by Daisy Goodwin
4.0

I watched the first season of BBC's "Victoria" before reading the novel, and while the storyline was exactly the same, I found the additional insight into the minds of the characters fascinating! Goodwin writes wonderfully, weaving interesting historical tidbits with connections to the desires and emotions of every human heart. I appreciated that Queen Victoria's positive qualities and weaknesses were shown in equal portions. After all, she was still an ordinary person like the rest of us, thrown into extraordinary circumstances.
Not a challenging read, but engaging enough to stay interesting. I stayed up reading until 2 AM, so it's good.