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I love anything to with the British monarchy, tell me Tudors and I'm in. Though Elizabeth has always been shadowed for me in contrast to her legendary father and his wives, I have always found her intriguing so I was looking forward to the book.
The story is well-written and certainly gives us a look into Elizabeth's mind, manner and her court. At times, I really felt like I was there and involved in all the back-and-forth marriage rumours, jealousy and spats. But I really felt like there was so many times the book seemed to be going in a circle.
"Yes, Robert, I'll marry you!"
"When Bess?"
"Not right now My Eyes, I need to keep the French sweet." X250 times.
After a few chapters of the same thing, it got a bit dreary. It's the only bit that let the book down, as I enjoyed the going-on's in Elizabeth;s court as well and her dalliance with the Duke and her teasing of the Emperor and of course, her tortures over Queen Mary. I think I may prefer Weir's non-fiction books as they are truly impressive!
The story is well-written and certainly gives us a look into Elizabeth's mind, manner and her court. At times, I really felt like I was there and involved in all the back-and-forth marriage rumours, jealousy and spats. But I really felt like there was so many times the book seemed to be going in a circle.
"Yes, Robert, I'll marry you!"
"When Bess?"
"Not right now My Eyes, I need to keep the French sweet." X250 times.
After a few chapters of the same thing, it got a bit dreary. It's the only bit that let the book down, as I enjoyed the going-on's in Elizabeth;s court as well and her dalliance with the Duke and her teasing of the Emperor and of course, her tortures over Queen Mary. I think I may prefer Weir's non-fiction books as they are truly impressive!
I kept waiting for something to happen in this book...and literally nothing did. I'm so disappointed, I was really looking forward to a big huge battle but even when the battle came, Lena wasn't really in it. We should have had a chapter on Julien, he was in the midst of the battle.
I liked Alex in Delirium, and I liked the love story. But I LOVED Lena falling in love with Julien. And I was so angry at how she seemed to use him. I feel like authors add in love triangles nowadays because they think that's what we want, I can ensure you.....it's not what we want!!!!!!
I agree with how Lena's character development disappeared in Requiem, she was so strong and in control in Pandemonium, and it made Julien fall in love with her. That was lost in this book. But Julien was there, he needed Lena, and he grew stronger, adapted and became central in a way that Alex didn't. In a way, Julien was much more key to the conclusion than Alex was. Alex 'sacrificed' his love for Lena when he left her but that wasn't fair to Lena, what was he supposed to do, leave Lena when it looked like her and Alex hated each other. He never had opportunity to prove things like that to her, he proved his love in how constant his support was. He sacrificed everything for her, the least she could do was love him the way he deserved but of course not.
The 'war' was a load of balls. We were not given a proper conclusion if you ask me. A load of people bringing down a wall is lovely in its symbolism but that doesn't mean that the central defence team of the city was vanquished. What happens next? We're left with a huge question mark and we weren't even given the dignity of some kind of epilogue. Boo!
I liked Alex in Delirium, and I liked the love story. But I LOVED Lena falling in love with Julien. And I was so angry at how she seemed to use him. I feel like authors add in love triangles nowadays because they think that's what we want, I can ensure you.....it's not what we want!!!!!!
I agree with how Lena's character development disappeared in Requiem, she was so strong and in control in Pandemonium, and it made Julien fall in love with her. That was lost in this book. But Julien was there, he needed Lena, and he grew stronger, adapted and became central in a way that Alex didn't. In a way, Julien was much more key to the conclusion than Alex was. Alex 'sacrificed' his love for Lena when he left her but that wasn't fair to Lena, what was he supposed to do, leave Lena when it looked like her and Alex hated each other. He never had opportunity to prove things like that to her, he proved his love in how constant his support was. He sacrificed everything for her, the least she could do was love him the way he deserved but of course not.
The 'war' was a load of balls. We were not given a proper conclusion if you ask me. A load of people bringing down a wall is lovely in its symbolism but that doesn't mean that the central defence team of the city was vanquished. What happens next? We're left with a huge question mark and we weren't even given the dignity of some kind of epilogue. Boo!
I really loved this insight into Queen Amberly. Her kindness and compassion come out quite clearly in this novella and the reader understands why she was so patient and accommodating to the girls in Maxon's selection. I also enjoyed seeing what Clarkson was like when he was younger, and seeing how and why he and Amberly ended up together. During The Selection series, King Clarkson never came across very well, and in The Queen, we can see why he has some temper issues and that maybe he never really wanted (or should have been) a parent which could go on to explain some of his failures in raising Maxon.
