My personal copy, but it is available at the library
Genre: Regency Romance
Number of Pages: 352
📖PLOT SUMMARY FROM GOODREADS 📖
“We are one crown. His weight is mine, and mine is his…”
In 1761, on a sunny day in September, a King and Queen met for the very first time. They were married within hours.
Born a German Princess, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was beautiful, headstrong, and fiercely intelligent… not precisely the attributes the British Court had been seeking in a spouse for the young King George III. But her fire and independence were exactly what she needed, because George had secrets… secrets with the potential to shake the very foundations of the monarchy.
Thrust into her new role as a royal, Charlotte must learn to navigate the intricate politics of the court… all the while guarding her heart, because she is falling in love with the King, even as he pushes her away. Above all she must learn to rule, and to understand that she has been given the power to remake society. She must fight—for herself, for her husband, and for all her new subjects who look to her for guidance and grace. For she will never be just Charlotte again. She must instead fulfill her destiny… as Queen.
💭THOUGHTS💭
I enjoyed the Netflix series so I was looking forward to reading this book. I wanted to see how they would translate it from screen to book. I have to say that whilst it was a good book on it’s own, the Netflix series was better. I was surprised at this because usually the TV adaptation isn’t as good as the book.
The writing was good and it kept to one main timeline with only the change in timeline right at the end. The Netflix series jumped around from one time to the other so I was surprised that the book didn’t do the same.
The chapters were long and split into a certain character’s point of view. They were then further split into Place and Date which was interesting considering that there wasn’t any great time hopping. It was nice to get a good chunk of the story from one character’s point of view before moving onto the next one.
The characters were who we had got to know on the Netflix series. They didn’t deviate, so I was able to picture quite clearly who was who and what was going on. I thought that the characters came across as well on paper as they did on TV. I enjoyed reading about the interactions that they had with one another and I loved the strong personalities of the characters, especially Queen Charlotte and Lady Danbury.
Lastly the settings. They were very much a background thing with the focus being on the character stories. Again, as I have seen the series I was able to picture the beautiful settings, something which if you read the book first you would not get the benefit of.
Overall an average book. I advise reading the book first so that you go in blind. If I had done so I may have given the book a higher rating.
⭐Rated 3.5/5⭐
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