Review: Sloppy history, uninteresting fiction
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 31, 2013
What if the son of Henry VIII by Catherine of Aragon had survived?I picked this book up free during an Amazon giveaway. The premise of this series - what if one critical event had had a different ending? - intrigued me. Unfortunately, I couldn't stand the book. Even as narrator, Henry is a completely unsympathetic and unlikable character, but no one else is any more appealing. Although spelling and grammar were generally acceptable, there were some jarring exceptions such as "Catherine and I's coronation." Sloppy/inaccurate historical references abound; Jenkins consistently referred to King Louis of France as "Louise." Reviewer Lucy Ditty noted several others. I quit halfway through because Jenkins never made me care what was going to happen next, and I don't expect to read the rest of the series.