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mborer23's review against another edition
4.0
An entertaining overview of the lives of royal mistresses since the Middle Ages.
heather_freshparchment's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Infidelity
Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Body shaming, Bullying, Cancer, Child death, Death, Fatphobia, Miscarriage, Medical content, Grief, Pregnancy, and Classism
Minor: Eating disorder and Hate crime
scunareader's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty much self-explanatory. And only cursory at that.
tillur_'s review against another edition
This book had me snickering!! It’s like reading little pieces of gossip!
kirstenrose22's review against another edition
3.0
A fascinating subject - though the book was a little more light-weight than I was expecting. And the writing and organization were just *terrible*. She tries to link the stories thematically, but this means she keeps circling back to the same people and telling you other little scraps she'd failed to mention before - so eventually they all blur together into one big muddle. (Especially because they are all French, so most of the kings are named Louis and the mistresses all had names starting with M - Montespan and Maintenon and whatnot). I can't remember details of any one person - except maybe Lady Castlemain and Nell Gwynn, because they both really stood out. As I got muddled, I got bored and started skimming. A big meh from me. This should have been So Much Better.
toyajwilliams's review against another edition
4.0
This is such an interesting account and it made me chuckle a lot in places. My one gripe is that the layout is all over the place and at times I didn’t know who I was reading about. It darted from name to name, from one paragraph to the next, and simply confused me. I had to re-read paragraphs a lot because of the sudden leaps. Apart from that, I really enjoyed this!
herri1je's review against another edition
2.0
The format of this book left a lot to be desired. If you decide to read this, get ready for 300 pages of switching back and forth between monarchs, centuries, and countries every 5 sentences. I have no idea why her publisher thought this was a good idea.