I feel kind of unfair giving this a low rating as it is well written and clearly well-researched. But since the purpose of this account is for me to keep track of what I've read and what I do and don't like, I have to say, I couldn't really get into it. The dialog was in 16th century-speak, and there was way too much of the suspense/intrigue/history subplot for my taste. I wanted to like it because it appeared to have a heroine that is not conventionally attractive, and while she does overhear the hero insulting her looks, the book doesn't really fall into the angsty theme that I like. Oh well. ( )

I feel kind of unfair giving this a low rating as it is well written and clearly well-researched. But since the purpose of this account is for me to keep track of what I've read and what I do and don't like, I have to say, I couldn't really get into it. The dialog was in 16th century-speak, and there was way too much of the suspense/intrigue/history subplot for my taste. I wanted to like it because it appeared to have a heroine that is not conventionally attractive, and while she does overhear the hero insulting her looks, the book doesn't really fall into the angsty theme that I like. Oh well. ( )