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Title: Very disappointing
Review: I love historical fiction, and have avidly studied history. I do not mind when novels are historically inaccurate but my issue with this book is that it reads more like a history book than a novel. The characters are completely one dimensional even the main character, Eleanor. There is nothing new that I learned from this book, nor was there an attempt at explaining any of their motivations except to use the stereotypical Thomas of Lancaster was an evil bully, King Edward was weak and silly, and Queen Isabelle was the "She-Wolf".It made the entire time period, so rich with potential, dull! I actually had to stop reading this book because it really was poorly written without much imagination. Such wasted potential!I have followed Susan Higginbotham's blog and really was looking forward to this book. So disappointed and will not read anything by her again.
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