I couldn't put down this book. It's complex plot and mysterious characters are all mixed together to create what cannot be denied is an amazing read. I was literally up into the late hours of the night reading this, when I should have been doing my homework and whatnot. I also read in the car (which makes me very sick), but I didn't care, because I just wanted to find out what happened next.

My favourite character had to be Kitty. This is a real breakthrough, because usually I don't really like the character narrator or main character, (I'm not sure why). I actually found Kitty really nice and she was a great character to pick to be the narrator, because it was an interesting view that we saw through Kitty's words. Also, any other writer would probably have picked Catherine Howard herself to use as the narrator, but Katherine Longshore didn't and her choice was a great one.

The book was about Kitty Tynley, Catherine Howard's best friend- troublemaker and risk-taker of the maidens' chamber. One day when Cat finds herself in the King's favour, she promises to bring Kitty to Court, just as they'd dreamt as children. When Kitty gets there, she finds that it's not all happiness and riches. There's a whole lot of betrayal, darkness and secrets going on. And there's no such thing as love in the Court of Henry VIII.

Ok, I admit, I was actually sad when this book finished, and I am definitely going to read the other of Katherine Longshore's books. If you like historical fiction (you might want to note that I LOVE it!) then I would recommend it entirely.

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