A review by linesuponapage
And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thornton

4.0

And They Called it Camelot was like reading Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis' own diary.

Ms. Thornton creates a view of one woman who fell in love with a extremely rich, handsome and charismatic man. Like many men of his era he was a philanderer when it came to women. This could've broken the average woman. The thing is that Jackie was stronger than even that man who everyone saw as the "golden one".

I don't care if you thought she was weak because she "stood by her man" or if she sold herself out for fame, Jacqueline Kennedy was no sell out, didn't like the fame and loved her husband just like so many other women of her day. She was grace, strength and smarts.

The writinge was easy, lyrical and showed a side of a woman that like the novel says, no one knew when the real Jackie showed up of if she was there the whole time.

I loved reading And They Called It Camelot.

Thank you Berkely Press, Edelweiss and Stephanie Marie Thornton for the opportunity to read this book in honor of my honest review