A fine, yet rather shallow look at the early years of Queen Victoria's reign, focusing mainly on her relationship with Prime Minister Lord Melbourne and the machinations of the others in her circle. I'm a huge fan of the Emily Blunt movie "Young Victoria" and didn't find much new ground with this take. The ending felt very rushed, and I was a bit thrown by the various changes in POV. I wish this was told strictly from Victoria's POV, but as I understand it, this is a companion novel to the upcoming TV series. From the way it was written, I believe the this is more of a novelization of the script versus the other way around. Still, a fun read, and I'm looking forward to the show.

Thank you to the publisher and to Netgalley for the ARCs.