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There weren't even a ton of historical factoids to keep me occupied.

The slowness comes from the lack of really anything happening. I don't like slow paced books, but I also don't like unevenly paced books. I like a well-plotted book with a clear purpose and progression of events. I just couldn't muster up a care (and to put this in perspective, Carolyn Meyer had me sobbing at the end of her book about Marie Antoinette). But I shed nary a tear for boring Catherine. I mean, I went through a Lurlene McDaniel phase in my tween years and I'm a diehard Beaches fan, so it's not like I'm totally opposed to a good cry-fest. Maybe if I had cared more about Catherine I could have at least gotten into all that sadness. This was not a particularly uplifting book. Catherine's childhood was full of death, failure, abandonment, starvation, and sadness.

Basically, all of the things that caused Catherine to have to move and go into hiding.Īlso, her life is sad. I would have liked more details about the wars, battles, conspiracies, strife, and upheaval. Lots of political stuff was going on around Catherine, and I don't see why it couldn't have been integrated into the story more. I'm not entirely convinced this couldn't have been made more interesting, though.

She's cut off from most of the world and, when she finally gets to France, she isn't given any political power (until after the book ends). Much.Ĭatherine's childhood is mostly a bunch of moving around from one convent to another. I mean, if she tried to spice things up by deviating from history I'd start complaining about that, so really, I can't hold this against her.