A review by embossedsilver
Passion by Jude Morgan

5.0

Well-written historical fiction that, to the best of my knowledge, is pretty accurate. It's an extensive read but, if you are a fan of the second-generation Romantics, that doesn't really pose a problem. The only drawback I can think of is the pacing towards the end, which suffers because of the chronological nature of the book--Keats story only really gets going as the others is ending, which sometimes made me feel as if I was reading two novels at once.

Also, this is somehow more heartbreaking than any biography of these people ever could be. The intimate nature of the story, compared to the detached nature of most biographies, sometimes makes it difficult to read--you just know it's going to end badly.