A review by tishamae
The Diamond Secret: A Retelling of Anastasia by Suzanne Weyn

3.0

This book is decent and is a little more historically based than the movie "Anastasia" that it is heavily borrowing from. As a fan of the musical as well, I loved the character of Ivan as he was a perfect combination of Dmitry and Gleb, whom while watching the play I felt had amazing chemistry and seemed to have a fondness for Anya. This was written before the play, so it is fairly original though

The writing is stilted and not very natural in speech, but the story keeps your interest and honestly I liked it even if the real life tale is not a happy ending