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A review by booksforbrooks
Empress of Rome by Kate Quinn
5.0
My days, Kate Quinn knows how to write a good yarn. I've read and loved both the predecessors to this book, and I'll be damned if Empress didn't just go and live up to (or possibly even beat) Mistress and Daughters. Phew!
Vix and Sabina are incredible main characters. They're interesting, flawed and loveable, and you root for both of them in different ways. The characters surrounding them, Titus in particular, are the cherry on the cake. Oh how I would like a Titus of my own in my life! There's just the perfect mix of battle, sex and scheming, with not one of those elements taking over the story like it could in the hands of a less skilled author. I now want to go away and read everything I can get my hands on about Rome, I found parts of this book utterly fascinating - particularly the bits about the organisation of the Roman army.
My only quibble is with the end, which to be fair I knew had to be historically accurate but still upset me. SEQUEL PLEASE, KATE!!!
Vix and Sabina are incredible main characters. They're interesting, flawed and loveable, and you root for both of them in different ways. The characters surrounding them, Titus in particular, are the cherry on the cake. Oh how I would like a Titus of my own in my life! There's just the perfect mix of battle, sex and scheming, with not one of those elements taking over the story like it could in the hands of a less skilled author. I now want to go away and read everything I can get my hands on about Rome, I found parts of this book utterly fascinating - particularly the bits about the organisation of the Roman army.
My only quibble is with the end, which to be fair I knew had to be historically accurate but still upset me. SEQUEL PLEASE, KATE!!!