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I don‘t usually like books about the Tudors or books that say they‘re witty. But hey-ho I loved this 🤷‍♀️ Not a series historical novel (some modern language and a lot of licence with the storytelling). But a good story, a great MC and it was very funny.

A somewhat flawed historical novel that presents us with the story of John Collins, who is manipulated into standing at the front of a failed Yorkist rebellion against Henry VII. The story is intriguing, and the characters well drawn, but the language put into their mouths is strange. In the first 1/3 of the book, it is too modern. In the remaining pages, it‘s like someone gave Harkin a glossary, and she uses it very heavily.

I loved this book so much… it was so well written and super entertaining! I haven‘t read a historical fiction book that I loved this much in a long time!!! Highly, highly recommend!!

Watching this with MisterInBlue tonight. I watched this obsessively when it came out. I was 12. It's not a surprise I turned out the way I did. 😅

The haiku is comprised of lines from different songs in the movie.

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#JulyJazz Stars and Stripes Written in 1896 by John Phillip Sousa. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I loved this historical fiction novel in verse, set to the backdrop of classical piano music. This is the story of Helena, her family, and her new romantic interest Lucas in the weeks and months proceeding the fall of the Berlin Wall. It's weird calling something I remember watching on the news historical fiction.

John is 10 when an aristocrat comes to his humble country home to sweep him off to Oxford. Bewildered, he then learns that he is actually royalty and had been hidden away for his safety. I found this a little hard to get into at first, but I‘m glad I stuck with it, as it is SO good! The writing is great and some of the humor stopped me in my tracks. I very enthusiastically recommend this!

Set in the early seventeenth century, Sir David Moray, who served as Prince Henry‘s Gentleman of the Robes since his infancy, has been accused with poisoning him. King‘s Messenger, Andrew Logan has been tasked with returning him to stand trial. Along the way he finds a moral man and must choose what path to me take; he also finds love. Unlike many, I didn‘t find it all that well researched, but it is entertaining.

Today‘s book haul

Harkin‘s debut novel, Tell Me an Ending, was one of my top books of 2022. A quiet, dystopian-lite sci-fi. With The Pretender she‘s going back in time to the Tudor era. I‘ve had this book on hold since it was announced last year.

Alas! I am so overwhelmed with my reading lately—library due dates stress me out!—that I have made the tough decision to return it w/o a read.

I want it to be on people‘s radar though because Harkin has serious talent