Where do I begin with this fantastic book? So many feels. Many happy feels. internally screams

So anyway, this book continues on from The Accidental Empress written by the same author. You will want to read that book first. Because this books starts with Sisi in Hungary with her household, enjoying her freedom after she gets sick from Franz due to his infidelity.

The book continues on and describes her life and the important people in her life until Sisi's assassination. You will learn about all her feelings toward Franz, her love for Andrassy, her immense love toward her daughter Valerie, how she deals with the press who don't seem to like her at all and so much more.

Even though this book is historical fiction, I felt like I learned so much about Sisi. I am anxious to find a biography about her so I can really learn about Sisi and compare these two books. I'm hoping to find one by Robert K Massie because he is my favorite biographer. Because of this book, I'm going to read up on the Austrian-Hungarian empire as well. It seems like such a fascinating empire.

I am just so happy after reading this book. I will be having a book hangover for sure. Sisi really came to life for me. I could see her, in all her beauty, gliding along the halls of the Habsburg castle. I could see her racing along the British lands with her horse. I will definitely being reading more books by Allison Pataki.

If I had any complaints, it's that the book ended too fast. Of course, I am one of those people that could read details upon details and love it. After the Crown Prince Rudolph died, the book just zipped by, not giving very many details. I feel like what happened about this would be very important because it was such a turning point in the empire. But really, that is such a minor complaint. It didn't taint to terribly what I thought about the book.