![]() ![]() I didn't understand the whole slight magical element - it wasn't very well explained. The plot was very small and straightforward and didn't really do anything for me. It was so uninteresting and not memorable. I would think this kind of writing style (which was very simplistic and dumbed down) was for much younger people. It was just not complex enough for a book aimed a YOUNG ADULTS. I was kind of hoping for some dark brooding boy who has struggles and some sort of character arc. ![]() I've never read a Mary Hoffman book before, but I think she is more suited to writing Middle Grade age aimed books. ![]() But he acted like he was ten or something. I could have made excuses for it if it was supposed to be a child's book (and I'm not sure I recommend writing a book about the Tudors for kids people - you will never capture that world fully), but this was AIMED AT YOUNG ADULTS. Everything felt so juvenile, and this book is supposed to be aimed at young adults. So, as I said above, Tudor books need to have that more grown up element. And I guess my fears were only again confirmed in this book. ![]() Mainly because they normally fail to capture that particular adult darkness about the Tudor world - the stuff that makes literally defines it. I'm always apprehensive when going into books about the Tudors for younger people. ![]()
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