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A review by lazygal
The Dead Queens Club by Hannah Capin
3.0
I admit this one kept me going back to my history books to see where the parallels were between some of the characters, and I kept repeating the mnemonic "divorced, beheaded, died, divorced, beheaded, survived" as I got to know Henry through the eyes of Cleves (aka Anne, from Cleveland - divorce number two if you're keeping track). Because this is YA, there's no actual divorce, just break ups. But the death? That's real. As is the wound Henry suffers to his leg.
Having said that, the pacing was really slow and sometimes the action was a little too much "square peg, round hold" to work. I'm also not sure that readers would go from this to, say, the Philippa Gregory or Alison Weir books. Some might not even recognize the source material.
Having said that, the pacing was really slow and sometimes the action was a little too much "square peg, round hold" to work. I'm also not sure that readers would go from this to, say, the Philippa Gregory or Alison Weir books. Some might not even recognize the source material.