A review by jaclyncrupi
Matrix by Lauren Groff

4.0

When I think I finally have a handle on the kind of writer Groff is she goes and writes a novel about a female warrior with royal blood turned nun in the 12th century. And it’s fierce as hell. I loved this. Groff basically takes the plot of The Favourite but changes the setting to an abbey and the year to 1158. Women are and always have been a force and Groff seems keen to illustrate that in the most interesting of ways. The research is so well folded into the narrative. I love it when writers surprise me. I love it.