A review by leialocks
The Sixth Wife by Suzannah Dunn

1.0

This book is misleading. It paints that it will be about Katherine Parr, sixth wife of Henry VIII, instead, it is a tale narrated by, Cathy, the Duchess of Suffolk, who the author has painted into the Tudor era Mean Girl. Not to mention it takes place after Henry has died and ends as Kate (Parr) dies. It begins and ends in Kate Parr's most boring point of her life. The tone of this novel is very hard to get past. Did not like the Valley Girl/inner monologue style. I feel like I wanted to tell Cathy to get over it, either hate Kate for being perfect or be her friend. I was certainly over it after a while. The character of Thomas Seymour was on point and it went the predictable route. Kate, who to be fair is one of Henry's boring wives, is really just a shell in the action. Any Tudor lady at court could be the center of the story; the character being Katherine Parr adds nothing to the story. Overall, nothing special going on with this book.