(ARC exchanged for an honest review via NetGalley) I’m a historian. That being said, I am the sort of historian who, sometimes, loves pushing aside historical accuracy for a bit of fun. This book undeniably delivered that fun and so much more.

The prose is utterly jaw dropping from the prologue alone: “… and my heart clutched like a rosary between his hands.” OKAY! I definitely feel emotionally stable after reading that. All in all this was an incredibly brilliant book that I cannot recommend more to people— endlessly fascinating, and I adored how politically heavy it was.