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The White Queen by Philippa Gregory
3.0

I really wanted to love this book. In fact ever since The Other Boleyn Girl I've read most of Gregory's novels hoping for another one just as good. Unfortunately I just didn't love this one. I didn't connect with the characters at all, and for me I want my historical fiction to be really well written. This was just not and the addition of the supernatural elements just turned me off. I ended up skimming many chapters. For me the fascinating true story of the last of the Platagenets was not given it's due in this novel.

If you really want an outstanding novel about Richard III read Sunne in Splendor by Sharon Kay Penman.