Simplistic yet rich, Levithan's novel is unique. Styled as a "dictionary" of one unnamed couple
s relationship, Levithan spins poetic webs out of utterly mundane events of life. I lament losing my copy, and have spent much time trying to find it again, hoping to be sucked back into Levithan's prose, full force.

2018: reading this book is like meeting an old friend. I’m older and in a different place in my life than when I picked this book up the first time, and I felt each word in a different yet utterly familiar way. A masterpiece worthy of regular rereading.

This book feels like coming home.

Really good story, Minette is a great character to follow and the Stuarts are thoroughly humanized. Wish I had known this was a series before I read, because the plot seemed meandering at times. Pacing left soe to be desired, but the atmosphere makes up for it. Can't wait for the next book!

Short read, good intro to Tudor England and Weir's other books