A review by freyajhugroo
Sovereign by C.J. Sansom

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

One utterly decent man navigates through the perils of tudor society.  I love the character of shardlake but I tend to hate 80% of what happens to him. I love that these books consider history from different  perspectives to usual. Shardlake has a visible disability that outcasts him from many people he meets. One of his close friends is of morrocan descent and from granada and so is met by suspicion and racism in London. (Sidenote: not enough Guy in this book!). I adore this series but knocked a star off for shardlakes insistence on taking risks when he knew people were trying to kill him.