A review by kirstenrose22
Sex with Kings by Eleanor Herman

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.