Many people seem to be disliking this book because it's not historically accurate. That confuses me because the book is advertised as historical fiction and Weir does clarify in her author's note at the end, what liberties she has taken with the material.

I did not think this book was great compared to the two other historical fiction novels by Weir that I have read though. It was very repetitive. As per the title, it's completely centered around marriage discussion and various suitors and Elizabeth's indecisiveness was portrayed in an irritating way. I did feel that parts of the book were written like fiction and other parts, particularly towards the end, were written more like a series of historical events which lacked emotion. It felt like Weir had run out of things to say about the characters but was determined to include Elizabeth's entire life as queen in the book regardless.

Generally, I still really like Weir's use of language and reading this wasn't a chore, so I've given it 3/5, though I wouldn't particularly recommend it unless the subject matter is of particular interest to you.