The Queen's Choice - Anne O'Brien - Spoiler Free Review

Title - The Queen's Choice
Author - Anne O'Brien
ISBN - 9781848454071
Genre - Adult > Historical Fiction
My Copy - Purchased
Format - Hardback
Where You Can Find It - Goodreads - Waterstones - Book Depository - Amazon UK

Joanna must choose, her family and country or King Henry IV and England choosing one means she must leave her children behind and choosing the other means she will forever be unhappy. After making her choice Joanna must stumble through the life she has made for herself and the consequences of her actions and the people around hers actions as well the English will never accept a French bride let alone a Breton so will she make the right choice for her and everyone around hers sanity or will she throw it all in, in the name of love and lust.

I am not entirely sure how i feel about this book, at times i am really happy about how this story is portrayed then other times not so much, and at times it was confusing and not very clear. I definitely over looked that because i always fall in love with O'Brien writing and it draws you in, and keeps you hooked for the entire book.

The characters were good my only tiny mark down were there was just so many it got confusing at time, and also many of them had the same names it is nothing to do with the author since that is the way it was back then but just going in know you are going to have to pay attention to who's who. I like Joanna as a main character she was a very strong female lead for this time era and the male characters were all very different her first husband to Henry IV were complete opposites, and it seemed like all the men were contradictions of each other. 

The story was good and Anne O'Brien tells amazing stories and has such amazing world building it makes you feel like you are right there back in the 15th century but i would have liked a little bit more, but really only on emotions and not much else. It was very sad and emotional, i could never do what she had to do and O'Brien wrote this perfectly. What i love about O'Brien's writing is that even though this is an adult Historical Fiction she doesn't go for the Romance & Sex angle. There is romance but sex is not a huge part of it like it is in so many other AHF's novels. I have so far loved every book i have read by her and i cant wait to read more about the woman history forgot.

My only couple of marks down is the ending was very anti-climactic, it was amazing up until the last about 50 pages and then it sort of tailed off, not the best ending because it leaves you feeling unsatisfied and that isn't very fun when you have been reading this book for a while and the ending isn't memorable, and to go with that there were periods of this book that nothing really happened then it felt like at other times too much was happening it was very hard to find a balanced section where just the right amount of stuff was going on to be able to follow it. 

I really did enjoy this book it was good, sad, and happy all rolled into one. I cant wait to read more from this author. 

Until Next Time

Happy Reading