Format: Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Hodder
Publication date: 2005
ISBN-13: 9780340836484
Links: Goodreads | Amazon UK | Amazon US
Rating: ☆☆☆☆☆
1450. The high Middle Ages, and a baby is born in the deep forest of western England. Powerful forces plot to kill both mother and child, but somehow the newborn girl survives.
1465. England has a charismatic new king, Edward IV. When Anne, a young peasant girl of fifteen, joins the household of a wealthy London merchant, her unusual beauty soon provokes jealousy, lust, and intrigue.
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Review
I really liked ‘The Innocent’. It was a light read but enjoyable with just enough intrigue and romance to keep it moving and I wanted to keep turning pages to see what would happen next. I really liked Anne too but at times I feel she was just a little bit too ‘nice’. There’s nothing wrong with being nice, but at times I wished she had a little bit more dimension to her.
Sometimes I felt that her beauty was overplayed though. Everyone she meets, and I mean EVERYONE, is struck dumb by her beauty and even if someone is in a foul murderous mood, one glance at Anne and they’re turned into a blithering idiot who is willing to do her bidding no matter what. It’s a bit overdone.
I’d recommend the book though, especially if you like a good costume drama, it’s easy to get into and as long as you’re not put off by a few rough sex scenes, it’s a good book.
I’m looking forward to the second and third books in the series.
Rating
| Characters | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Plot | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Pacing | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
| Writing | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
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