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The Wild Queen is another Carolyn Meyer historical fiction. I have read a few of her other Young Royal books so I went in with expetations of loving it. I however was dissapointed. The Wild Queen recounts the life of Mary Queen of Scots as a little girl till her house arrest in England by Elizabeth.
The Good: Meyer always gets the history aspect of the novel right on. This is no different, through her writing I felt like I was not reading about France or Scotland, but that I was in France and Scotland. I also got a good mental image of the clothes and faces of everyone.
The Bad: The downside of this book can be summed up to one word; Mary. Mary, Mary, Mary... She made ALL of the wrong choices! ALL OF THEM! I felt so freakin frustrated reading about her making all of these horriable errors! Seriously I kept face palming and muttering 'girl you so going to be offed' over and over while reading this. lol
The Book: This book was a frusterating read but Meyer's writing did make as entertaining as it could be. Do keep in mind that Meyer is writing a historical novel; in which it follows the true events of Mary's life. In this case Mary was just was not the brightest nor the most logical, which always spells disaster in court life. I honestly think it was the subject matter that brought down this book. I would only recommend this book to the Carolyn Meyer fans. If you are not a fan of hers; as in you don't care to read everything she has wrote, go ahead a skip this one.