A review by atlas_snuggled
The Grass Crown by Colleen McCullough

3.0

I started the Masters of Rome series with First Man in Rome in an attempt to find a book that would take me longer than a day or two to finish. Having succeeded, and being moderately excited by the Ancient Roman Empire, I decided to pursue the next challenge in the series: The Grass Crown. It took much longer to finish. Not because it's longer, but because the story didn't pull me in as much as First Man in Rome. And because there was far more politics and war - I found the tragedy more difficult to bear in The Grass Crown as well. I guess I just had my fill of Ancient Rome.

This is still a great story that picks up where First Man in Rome left off (approximately), but I think it is much more for die-hard fans of historical fiction set in Ancient Rome. I just don't fall into that category.