A review by gregoreads
Tarnish by Katherine Longshore

3.0

3.5 stars. This ended up better than expected, despite the beginning. I was so close to putting it down because of the writing and the characterization at the beginning, but I was too intrigued by the thought of a story that focused on Thomas Wyatt and Anne Boleyn, so I continued, and I'm glad I did. It was a pretty good read overall. I found Anne's characterization a little questionable; she spent like 97% of the book having 0 self esteem, and I know it's supposed to be about her coming into her own and all, but I've always had a picture of an Anne confident since, like, birth, so the absolute pale noodle Anne was at the beginning didn't jive as much with me. But yeah, really refreshing to read about her and Wyatt for a change. I also really liked the little nods to other parts of Anne's history, like "the most happy" and her casually saying "I have but a little neck" and other stuff like that.