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Leah (: (569 KP) rated Queen of Tomorrow (Stolen Empire, #2) in Books

Feb 4, 2019  
Queen of Tomorrow (Stolen Empire, #2)
Queen of Tomorrow (Stolen Empire, #2)
Sherry D. Ficklin | 2015 | History & Politics, Romance, Young Adult (YA)
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is the second book in the series and picks up just after the last one finished.

By now Sophie has grown up and is becoming Catherine, you start to see more of the leader she could be as she goes about establishing herself within the court.

Sophie has a more clear idea of who she can trust, pretty much no one, and that she must go to extreme lengths if she is going succeed and one day be queen.

Unfortunately this book did not have the bonus content videos like the last one did. I found this a real shame as I really enjoyed the extra insight in he previous book. I did still enjoy the story though.
  
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graveyardgremlin (7194 KP) rated Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici (Young Royals, #5) in Books

Feb 15, 2019  
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Duchessina: A Novel of Catherine de' Medici (Young Royals, #5)
Carolyn Meyer | 2007
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
<u>Duchessina</u> was a fairly good young adult take on Catherine de' Medici. The historical details are flawlessly added, and while it's <i>too</i> sympathic towards Catherine, I understand the need for the heroine to be that way in this type of book. My only major complaint is the end, where there was too much left in the book to wrap up so quickly. I thought the whole book was just going to be the first twenty or so years of her life, which would have made the book more cohesive. Instead the last thirty pages were rushed with the rest of her marriage and then the historical notes after Henri II died.

However, I do appreciate authors bringing history to younger readers in the hope that they will want to read more about certain people and times. Especially in the case of Catherine de' Medici, whom I feel history was more vicious to than she deserved. She was a woman of her times and she survived as best she could. Was she a saint? No, far from it, but I don't believe she was evil either.

3.5 stars
  
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Leah (: (569 KP) rated Queen of Always (Stolen Empire, #3) in Books

Feb 4, 2019  
Queen of Always (Stolen Empire, #3)
Queen of Always (Stolen Empire, #3)
Sherry D. Ficklin | 2015 | History & Politics, Romance, Young Adult (YA)
7
9.0 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
This book was the conclusion to the series. As the title would suggest this is the book where we see Catherine take the throne and finally become queen.

This book started a few months after the last one finished which meant the first part was spent catching up on what had happened.

Unfortunately there becomes a love triangle in this book which is something I just don’t enjoy and became frustrated with Catherine and her inability to just pick and commit to one person.

This book was a great conclusion to the series and tied the story up nicely. It left at a good point and where history would be able to fill in. I did feel that the ending was a bit rushed and didn’t like the one chapter change in POV although I do know why it happened.

Personally I still enjoyed this book just not quite as much as the previous two.