chickypoo81 's review for:

The Taming of the Queen by Philippa Gregory

3.0

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I stuck with this book but I'm not sure it was worth it. I found the main focus (religious reform) to be less interesting than the dynamic between Kateryn Parr and King Henry VIII/his court, but the book was told from Kateryn's point of view and she was excluded from Henry and his advisors for much of the book. I also found the ending to be disappointing: all the build-up to King Henry's death and how Kateryn was named regent and it was wrapped up in a few pages with no real mention of what events happened after Henry's death, of what happened after she was no longer queen. Not my favourite Philippa Gregory book.