The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots

by Carolly Erickson

In this dramatic, compelling fictional memoir Carolly Erickson lets the courageous, spirited Mary Queen of Scots tell her own story—and the result is a novel readers will long remember.

Born Queen of Scotland, married as a young girl to the invalid young King of France, Mary took the reins of the unruly kingdom of Scotland as a young widow and fought to keep her throne. A second marriage to her handsome but dissolute cousin Lord Darnley ended in murder and scandal, while a third marriage to the dashing, commanding Lord Bothwell, the love of her life, gave her joy but widened the scandal and surrounded her with enduring ill repute.

Unable to rise above the violence and disorder that swirled around her, Mary plucked up her courage and escaped to England—only to find herself a prisoner of her ruthless, merciless cousin Queen Elizabeth.

Here, in her own riveting account, is the enchanting woman whose name still evokes excitement and compassion—and whose death under the headsman’s axe still draws forth our sorrow.

In The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots, Carolly Erickson provides another in her series of mesmerizing historical entertainments, and takes readers deep into the life and heart of the sixteenth century’s most fascinating woman.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Fiction, Historical, Scotland, Royalty, British Literature, 16th Century

311 pages, Hardcover

First published August 12, 2009

About the author

Distinguished historian Carolly Erickson is the author of The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette, The First Elizabeth, Great Catherine, Alexandra and many other prize-winning works of fiction and nonfiction. She lives in Hawaii.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/caroll...

Reviews

[Misfit · Rating 1 out of 5]

Erickson's latest *historical entertainment* (her words) covers the life of Mary Queen of Scots from the time she was married to Francis and became Queen Consort of France, her return to Scotland as Queen after she is widowed, her marriage to the despicable Darnley and his murder, her subsequent marriage to Bothwell and her eventual imprisonment by Elizabeth I. It's all known history and I needn't spend much time rehashing it because Erickson totally reinvents it anyway - and quite badly I might add.

***Spoiler warning - that is if anyone really cares***

Let's see, where shall I begin? The prologue wherein Bothwell and their invented by Erickson secret daughter that no one knew existed witness Mary's execution (!!)? The Queen of France dressing up as a peasant and going to taverns to spy on Bothwell (!!). More? Bothwell dressing up as a peddler and visiting Mary off and on during her captivity (remember now, history says he was imprisoned and died in Denmark)? Better yet, he’s able to get her alone in the stillroom and make whoopee (!!). More? Representatives from the Pope manage to get Mary away from where she was being held and take her to Rome where she meets with the Pope and they plan a crusade to oust Elizabeth from the throne (no, I am not making this up). Of course the plot fails when Don John is called back to save Rome from the Infidels and the whole army just ups and leaves her alone and she has to travel back to grandmamma's home all by herself on a horse (maybe I missed something but I swear she was alone - not even a lady or two to attend her).

I'd go on, but you get the picture. Perhaps there are people who like their history made up and ridiculous but I've yet to meet one. Worse yet, this made up history is so badly written with no character development, poor dialogue - egad Bothwell's nickname for her is "Orange Blossom" (ugh).

I'll just finish this off with a few quotes from the author's notes,

"Readers eager to uncover the factual truth of the past, that ever elusive goal of historians, must look elsewhere than in these pages, where "thick-coming fancies" crowd out sober evidence and whimsy prevails."

Whimsy? WTF?

"Yet in whimsy, at times, is to be found a richer truth than in the tantalizingly fragmented, often untrustworthy historical record."

Hate to say it, but this isn't even entertaining. It's just bad, unbelievably bad. Only if the library has it and you're looking for a good laugh or a sleeping pill. Seriously.

[Annette · Rating 1 out of 5]

As much as I liked The Hidden Diary of Marie Antoinette by this author, I did not like this book, which turned out to be an entertainment as the author calls it.

It is very disappointing that a historian of her status would go for such entertainment and poorly written rather than trying to bring as accurate factual story as possible. “Readers eager to uncover the factual truth of the past, that ever elusive goal of historians, must look elsewhere than in these pages, where ‘thick-coming fancies’ crowd out sober evidence and whimsy prevails. Yet in whimsy, at times, is to be found a richer truth than in the tantalizingly fragmented, often untrustworthy historical records.” I'd rather pick the latter than whimsy entertainment.

The story itself is about Mary’s three marriages and attempts to dethrone her. And that pretty much sums up the whole story, nothing much between except her son James and questionable daughter. It probably would be a better choice to write it as trilogy and develop deep characters and uncover stories between her marriages.

As I started reading this book the prose stroked me as very simple. The characters are pretty one-dimensional.

Further reading recommendations:

In this story Mary gets married at the age of 15 to dauphin Francis. His mother is Catherine de Medici – one of the most powerful women of her time - The Confessions of Catherine de Medici by C.W. Gortner

After the death of her first husband she travels from France to Scotland where she encounters preacher and leader of Protestant Reformation John Knox – The Thunder: A Novel on John Knox by Douglas Bond (if the first pages come across as slow, it is still worth to persist reading)

Mary’s son James VI of Scotland after the death of Elizabeth I becomes also James I of England and Ireland, becoming the first monarch to be called the King of Great Britain – The King’s Witch by Tracy Borman

[Susanna - Censored by GoodReads]

Misfit's list of historical boners was enough for me - I know how I react to those. Also I nearly died of boredom in one of her novels about the Tudors. I didn't think that was possible.

[Linda Lipko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nine years apart in age, cousins Elizabeth I and Mary were diametrically different. While older than Elizabeth, Mary was the immature one.

While Elizabeth was serious, Mary was silly
While Elizabeth was auspicious, Mary was absurd
While Elizabeth was clever, Mary was foolish
While Elizabeth possessed a great deal of political knowledge and intelligence, Mary was ignorant
While Elizabeth was cunning, Mary was reckless
While Elizabeth was calm and calculating, Mary was impetuous

When writing historical fiction, Carolly Erickson does a very credible job.

I've read a lot about both Elizabeth and Mary and despite some glaring inaccuracies, I would recommend this book.

Unlike some authors who portray Mary as a helpless victim, Erickson paints a very realistic portrait of the empty headed woman who ruled with her heart and was vastly different from the calm, cool Elizabeth who ruled with her head.

Their story is a set of dominoes with each event placed one after the other, setting into motion an inevitable ending. This is a story of two women whose fate seemed destined to cross from the time of their birth.

One kept her head and heart, the other lost both.

[Rio (Lynne)]

This woman writes non-fiction? Well, I couldn't take the beginning of this fictional book where history was rewritten. Really, Bothwell saw her beheading? They had a mystery daughter? I know many things are unknown, but ahhhhh come on. Not for me.

[Louise · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book begins with a Margaret George style (as in The Autobiography of Henry VIII: With Notes by His Fool, Will Somers) adhering mostly to the facts. Once Mary is under Elizabeth’s house arrest, the memoir gives an alternative history. In this reality, the Earl of Bothwell is Mary’s hero.

The first part was the best. There is imagery of Mary’s sickly, child husband with teams of doctors whispering over him, his successor, King Charles with his pets and no money, and the need for her mother-in-law to be rid of this “extra” queen. These and the scenes of Scotland, with the colorful Darnley partying and demanding the crown while the Protestants sing hymns below Mary’s window are the stuff of Coen brothers’ films.

The book has a strong start and weak finish.

[Kristy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the second book I have read by this author; I really like her style of writing historical FICTION. It flows and is easy to read. The story is easy to grasp, only sometimes it's hard to tell if 10 days or 10 years have past.... I think she could do a little better on that part. I have seen mixed reviews on this one; most of the complaints come in the form that it is not historically correct. For me though, I really don't know that much about Mary, Queen of Scotts (embarrassing, get to studying!), so it felt a new and fresh read for me. On the front cover it states: "Steer Allison Wier and Phillipa Gregory fans immediatly to this satisfying read alike," Allison Wier, I know nothing about, but I have read atleast half of Philippa Gregory's work and while I am a bigger fan of hers I can see why they would compare the two. Mrs. Gregory's novels are much more sexualy explicit, so I would come more recommending Carrolly Erickson to the Young Adult readers out there, especially "The Hidden Diaries of Marie Antionette."

Suggestion: If you don't want to know the ending do not read the epilouge in the very beginning-wait and read it at the very end!!!!!
Slightly spoilerish:
My one HUGE complaint: The epilouge tells you the ending. Literally the first page of the book we find out that our main character, Mary is going to die! I don't like that, it sort of made the story less apprehensive, but I guess if you know your history anyways, you wouldn't have been suprised anyhow...

3.5 stars- not perfect, but still enjoyable. A read I don't regret!

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

My kids were learning about Mary Queen of Scots in history, which reawakened my teenage interest in the Elizabethan era, and I wanted to find out more than the children's history book was telling me. I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. I don't know enough about the history to know which parts were fact and which fiction, but it seemed like the author had researched well and only gone fictional to fill in the gaps and to speculate when history was unclear. Mary lived such a fascinating life, and I felt that this novel depicted well the thinking of that era, particularly regarding the superiority of the royal family, superstition, religious intolerance, and violent retribution. I could see how in some instances Mary was a genuine victim of people and circumstances working against her, whereas in other instances she just made foolish decisions and experienced the consequences. And just like when I read about Queen Isabella of Spain, I was struck by the absolute instability of that time period. Let's just say I would much rather be myself than a queen several hundred years ago!

[Alex Black · Rating 2 out of 5]

This is not really what I was expecting, and not in a good way. Like I genuinely found this pretty awful and it was only barely better than a one star. Erickson is a biographer first and came to historical fiction later in life, but to be honest, none of that influence shows here. She's not great at fiction (based on this book) but you also don't have the in depth historical knowledge that sometimes comes with such a background. So I'm not really sure what the positives would be.

For starters, this book is wildly inaccurate. I don't mind that, but I know some people do, so I figured I'd throw that out there. Mary has a secret daughter and has a whole thing where she runs away to Rome for a while and enjoys dressing up as a peasant. I dunno, it's weird. I don't mind when things in historical fiction are totally made up, but I felt like her actual story was way more interesting than the made up bits. Like if you're going to invent things, make them good and work well with the story.

The narrative was awful in that it basically didn't exist. This book very much felt like Erickson wrote out a timeline of events she wanted to cover in Mary's life and then wrote a scene for each bullet point on the timeline. There was no cohesion or development. It ran in chronological order, but that was about it. A scene would happen, we'd skip a few months and get a new scene where Mary would be in a new place doing something entirely different. And we'd get this awful little summary of the things we missed. It really was not structured well at all.

And I don't know how Erickson managed it, but Mary has no personality in this book. Like just taking a brief look at history, Mary Queen of Scots is not a historical figure who vibes as bland and boring. At all. I read a number of children's books about her as a kid and was so fascinated. Make a positive or negative person, she is fascinating. But in this book, she had basically no motivation. She wanted to rule Scotland. She wanted to usurp Elizabeth, kind of, sometimes. She loved Lord Bothwell mostly, except when other hot guys distracted her. But she wasn't wishy washy either, because that would have been too interesting. It was more like she was written to fit each particular scene, instead of having a strongly developed personality throughout the book.

I wouldn't recommend. Based on the reviews, Erickson has other historical fiction that is better, but I don't think I'll bother giving it a try. This book lacked everything, and I read it quickly just for the sake of getting it over with. I probably would have dnfed, but I am such a sucker for Mary Queen of Scots.

[Amanda Stewart · Rating 2 out of 5]

Incredibly dry. Couldn’t finish it.

[Julie Allison · Rating 2 out of 5]

Historical fiction is interesting because the basis is history; the fiction is how that history happened that way, the personalities, the conversations, etc. This novel takes great liberties with history. In this version, Mary has a secret daughter; while under house arrest in England, she manages to escape to Rome and a French farm where her secret daughter lives. That's just not plausible.

This queen is fascinating-- she was married three times, widowed twice, and Husband #3, the Earl of Bothwell, allegedly kidnapped her, raped her and then married her.

This queen had a legitimate claim to the throne of England --no one could dispute her claim, except for the fact that her cousin, Queen Elizabeth, had a firm hold on that throne.

Mary, Queen of Scots, has enough historical facts in her to make a great novel without veering away the facts.

[George Ilsley · Rating 2 out of 5]

Somewhat of a mediocre achievement. The least believable scene was where Mary asked Lord Darnley to marry her, and then realizes she had not thought of any of the details regarding who will be entitled to rule. This from someone who had already married a king and in a setting where marriage is always about power.

Not much here for someone with a particular interest in the period, although it could serve as a slightly informative introduction.

[P · Rating 2 out of 5]

I’m torn on this one. We all know I love historical fiction. We also know that I’m obsessed with royals. I see that Carolly Erickson calls her books “historical entertainments.” I get that now.

I knew a little about Mary, Queen of Scots and her tragic life. After seeing the latest movie about her, I did a little research and learned a little more. Rather than taking a real person and imagining her conversations, thoughts and emotions in an historical context, this tale takes more of a “what if” approach. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I was fairly entertained, but I think I knew too much to find it anywhere near believable.

Poor Mary had an awful life. She made some terrible decisions out of desperation. Married as a teen to the sickly King of France, she travels back to Scotland to reclaim her throne after his death. As a Catholic though, this is a dangerous move. (Of course, staying in France with her mother-in-law, the nasty Catherine deMedici, was probably no safer.) Her half-brother betrays her and she marries a real piece of work in her cousin Lord Darnley. No match for her powerful cousin Elizabeth I, either intellectually or emotionally, she spends years imprisoned before finally meeting her death. These facts are present in the book. As terrible as the real facts are, Erickson adds even more drama, betrayal and intrigue to the mix. She takes fringe characters such as Don Juan of Austria and makes them major players. She imagines a scenario in which Lord Bothwell not only outlives Mary, but witnesses her execution. She creates a secret daughter.

For me it was a little too much of a deviation from the facts, which in themselves read so much like fiction. This reads more like an actual historical figure moving through a fictional scenario. But thanks, Elly Bell, for your 15 cent splurge and for thinking of me!

[Sheri · Rating 3 out of 5]

I had a difficult time getting into this book, which is why it took me around 8 months to finish.
I also read other books in between. Once I was able to get into the story, I found it to be
just good, nothing mind blowing.

[Allie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Quit 75 pages in. Idk it just felt so lacking. Everything took one page and move on. No depth or emotion, I’m going to try Margaret George’s version instead

[Tara Chevrestt · Rating 2 out of 5]

First I want to say that I like Erickson's writing style. Having read one of her books before, I had high expectations for this. This particular novel of hers does not work for me tho. Whereas I like the fact that it is not 1000 pages and it gets to the point, unlike Margaret George's version, I hated how Mary Queen of Scots comes across. She is a simpering, whiny, worthless woman.

The book begins in France with her marriage to the impotent, childlike, and sickly dauphin, Francis. Thankfully, he dies quickly in the story. I couldn't take much of him. However, once Francis is out of the picture, his replacement, the Lord Darnley, is even more nauseating. This man fornicates with singing Italian men, kicks his servants in the crotch, and even goes so far as to practically paralyze a man because he walked into a room before Prince Henry. However, for reasons that are not made clear, Mary BEGS this man to marry her. As callous as this is going to sound, I failed to feel sorry for Mary anymore after this even when Henry rapes her in front of his friends. Because up to this point, all Mary has done is buy dresses to impress this guy. There is never any mention of her ruling her kingdom, listening to petitions, or doing anything remotely worthwhile for her country or its subjects. There has been a battle that she supervised only to feel sick afterwards.

I never grew to like this woman. When the gunpowder plot occurs, she practically faints and then has her lady Margaret rub her stomach for her so she doesn't vomit. When she escapes to England and is in captivity with George and Bess as her guardians, she demands cloth of state over chair and more horses and this and that. When an ambush occurs that breaks Lady Margaret's arm, what does Mary do? Hollers for her servants. The woman is unable to do a thing for herself or anybody else. What kind of queen is this?

The most enjoyable parts for me were when the Lord Bothwell came to her "prison" in England disguised as a peddler in order to um.. "ravish" her so to speak. I found that amusing.

I preferred Mary Queen of Scotland & The Isles: A Novel despite its inability to end. Whereas most readers prefer historical accuracy in their historical fiction novels, I respect that an author needs room elaborate on little known information to make a story interesting. I would like to see MORE liberties taken on this subject. If anybody out there decides to put this woman in a kilt and figuratively speaking, give her some balls, I will be glad to read it. Meanwhile, this is my fourth and my last Mary Queen of Scots book because I have grown weary of simpering women that do nothing buy dresses from dwindling treasuries.

[Ericka Jade · Rating 1 out of 5]

I enjoy historical fiction and I understand the liberty that authors use to make a story interesting. This is the first book I’ve read of this author and I will try another but this one was not what I was looking for. I quit the book at chapter 13 out of 15.

My issue started in the very beginning of he book. The author Made up a bit about Bothwell and his secret love daughter from Queen Mary witnessing her execution. That’s a little hard to do when the man died in a Denmark prison a few years before her death. After that, the portrayal of this woman as an emotional ninny just put me off.

[Heather C · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have had a couple Carolly Erickson novels on my shelf for over a year and just never had the time to pick them up – I have also heard many mixed reviews, which could be another reason why I sort of shied away. But while walking through my new library, I saw this on the audio book shelf and decided that now was as good a time as any.

I have mixed feelings about this book. To start off with the good – it was a very dramatic, attention holding story. From beginning to end there was something going on and I never felt like I was left waiting for something more. With this being a first person narrator driven story, I was very happy to not be left with constant description and limited action. There were also some very helpful date references – without it feeling too diary like – that really helped set the time period for me.

Now for the “I wouldn’t exactly classify it as bad, but not great” – this was a very, very fictionalized retelling of her story. While that is not a bad thing – because this is historical fiction and there was an author note at the end (more on that later) – it seemed unbelievable at times. It is commonly told that Mary was wed to Lord Bothwell (her third husband) by force after he took her hostage and possibly raped her. That is not at all how this happened in this memoir. While not giving anything away, Erickson dramatically changed the character of dear “Jamie” Bothwell, which really changed the whole life story of Mary. These changes would have gone over with me better if Mary was more convincing in her reasoning for the decisions she makes. The character felt very wishy-washy to me. Now in regard to the Author’s Note – I usually want the author to provide some sort of insight into radical changes they made or explain something further (an author with a great hand at composing author notes is Bernard Cornwell!). This authors note was probably around 4 sentences basically saying that she fictionalized many details for the purpose of the story to be told – but didn’t go into any details. I would have liked more.

Overall, if you put the history into the background and just follow the story, it is pretty good. I did find myself enjoying the Bothwell/Mary story. If you are a hard stickler for historical accuracy, I would skip this one. I am very glad I chose this on audio book rather than in hard copy.

3.5 out of 5 stars.

[Elizabeth]

The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots is a first person account of the life of Mary Queen of Scots from around the age of fifteen up until her death by the order of her cousin Queen Elizabeth the first of England. The main character Mary in other books has been displayed as a strong rival of Elizabeth who plotted her death, and who was really more vilified in other plot lines that I've read. She had a strong backing in the Catholic movement of the time, who looked at Elizabeth as a "Protestant Whore" and did not believe she was the true heir to the throne of England because the marriage of her Mother Anne Boleyn and Henry the 8th was not considered valid.

This novel portrays Mary as a bit more wishy washy, then I have pictured her, with scenes where her main concern is her wardrobe or how many servants she has. It did however bring out the other side of the story from her point of view, and not just Queen's Elizabeth's who has gained more literary focus. Also this book IS a historical entertainment so many events were added in that most likely DID NOT take place in real life SPOILER such as, Mary having a daughter, bathing at a mineral bath with Queen Elizabeth, and other events. I would recommend this book if you're looking for a fast paced fun read about Mary Queen of Scots...but NOT a strictly historically accurate book about her life.

[Cathy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Frequently while reading "The Memoirs of Mary Queen of Scots" I found myself wanting to slap her. First of all, when faced with a dilemma she inevitably chose the worse of her two options. Her reasoning? "Because I'm a queen, and I'm not meant to stay in the background." Ok, you're a queen who never gets to rule anything and ends up being beheaded by your cousin. Enough said. Also, the prologue where her husband is watching her head being chopped off doesn't match the events in the rest of the book. He refers to her as the woman he has both loved and hated. I missed the part where he ever hated her; instead, he was fiercely loyal and loving to her from beginning to end, despite those aforementioned poor decisions. Another peeve for me is loose ends at the end of a book. Ok, no mention of her miscarrying twins prior to her being removed from Scotland - I get it, it doesn't fit in with the plot. But what was the point of the secret daughter with Bothwell? Did she survive? Did anybody ever figure out who she was (besides Queen Elizabeth who may or may not have agreed to keep her secret)? Did she do anything important? It was all a little vague at the end, which made the addition of the character kind of a waste. Still, there's something to be said about a tragedy that, despite knowing how it ends, you want to see the main character escape her fate.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm pretty sure that when you look at my negative review of the very highly popular "Bite Me" and then this positive review of a book that's usually scored quite lowly, well...it's probably hard to think my opinion counts for much of anything. Still, I really liked this book. A lot. I know a lot of people had problems with the fact that it wasn't true to the history of Mary, but I didn't buy it for that reason - I bought it because it looked like a well written and interesting book, on a day when I hadn't even intended to shop for books. Does that demean my review? To a lot of individuals, certainly, and I can understand why they would feel that way. Still, I think this book was very well written, very interesting and intriguing, and something that kept me coming back for more. I looked forward to reading this book every night very much, and was very pleased with my purchase of it. I'll probably even read it again in future, and hopefully like it just as much. Yes, there were some questionable scenes and bits I could have done without, but those were quickly drowned out by a writing style I enjoyed and characters I found interesting.

[Orsolya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Mary Stuart's life is fantastical enough without needed to up it's entertainment value. However, of course Carolly Erickson went at it again, adding drama, events, and made-up storylines. Now this is fine by me, as it is her writing style. Who am I to judge? My only qualm is that sometimes it is TOO unebelivable and reads like a romance novel.

The major "ugh" plotline in this novel is the effect of creating Bothwell's chracterization as one of a lovable, tender man who is Mary's true love. Excuse me?! Bothwell was a two-faced, overly ambitious, jerk (for lack of a better word) who is much hated by fans of Mary Stuart. When did he suddenly become the good guy?!

As for Mary, she was a always a little spoiled but brave and fierce since birth. Sadly, in this book she appears to be a somewhat prissy, lovesick puppydog.

Aside from the usual Erickson imaginaries, this is still a pleasant novel with a good introduction to the life of Mary, Queen of Scots. Not bad, but not the best.

[Lois · Rating 3 out of 5]

The first half was good, the second half just strayed too far from reality, with Mary having a daughter Marie-Elizabeth by Bothwell born during her captivity before she escaped Scotland.
Has a highly suspect meeting in a healing bath between Mary and Queen Elizabeth at which time Elizabeth confides that can not have children and does not like children.
Mary is regularly visited by Bothwell during her English captivity as Bothwell disguises himself as a traveling merchant.
The final straw for me has Mary rescued from England and taken to Rome for a secret meeting with the Pope.
Ridiculous and I generally enjoy Erickson's books.

[Liza · Rating 3 out of 5]

Writing this on my ipad since hubby had to work late and is napping near the computer, so no fun gifs this time, and hopefully minimal typos.

I'll start by saying that I liked this enough to read more by Carolly Erickson. It was a good story, an imagining, and definitely entertained me. I'm on a bit of a Mary kick thanks to Reign, so I liked reading another perspective of her life and more ofher later years. This is a work of fiction, and it really was quite fanciful. I almost wish it wasn't called "memoirs" because it really made me ache for something a little bit more historically accurate.

Overall, an entertaining read that I liked. Solid three stars.

[Francine · Rating 2 out of 5]

I'm not sure why I even have this book on my "historical" shelf because there is nothing historical about it. It was pure fiction with very few if any accuracies and boring to boot, and I don't get bored by historical fiction or non-fiction easily. I was warned it wouldn't be good and they were right. I can't recommend it to anyone really.

[Lyd's Archive (7/'15 to 6/'18)]

i can't. I Can't. I CAN"T. I looks too much like....


THE TSARINA"S DAUGHTER!!!!!

nononononononononoNO!

[Jane Martinez · Rating 2 out of 5]

Easy, quick read

Engaging FICTIONAL account. Interesting to speculate on things that could have happened, allowing Mary a "happier" existence than her years in confinement were. Rather shallow character development, but believeable.

[Ellie · Rating 1 out of 5]

This was by far the absolute worst book I have ever read in my life!!! All fabrications...no truth..I threw it in the garbage and didn’t even keep it!! Horrible!
Save your money....

[Victoria · Rating 1 out of 5]

AWFUL! That is all! :(

[Tracy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I'm finding myself very bored in this audiobook, struggling to pay attention, etc. When that happens I find it best to move on....