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A review by erpedraja
Daughters of Rome by Kate Quinn
5.0
Katie Quinn again manages to transport the reader back into ancient rome, by featuring four cousins during the time of four emperors.
I found it interesting, having read "Mistress of Rome," to once again meet some of the characters prior to the start of the novel, and see how they evolved into the characters they are in Mistress.
What I most enjoyed though was the constantly changing relationship between the cousins, as their lives were thrust into different directions depending on the current emperor. One cousin is required to marry into each new family, while another plots the downfall of the newest emperor. The third cousin stays naively unaware, and the last tries to manipulate each situation to her choosing, only to have the entire endeavor backfire.
I found it a testament to Quinn's writing ability that these characters grew so much over the course of the novel- the one heroine I found myself most identifying with in the beginning was the one I came to loathe- which is a compliment! The changes to each character seemed so organic and unforced, that I was able to admire her ability to create such complex and three dimensional characters.
Overall a great read!
I found it interesting, having read "Mistress of Rome," to once again meet some of the characters prior to the start of the novel, and see how they evolved into the characters they are in Mistress.
What I most enjoyed though was the constantly changing relationship between the cousins, as their lives were thrust into different directions depending on the current emperor. One cousin is required to marry into each new family, while another plots the downfall of the newest emperor. The third cousin stays naively unaware, and the last tries to manipulate each situation to her choosing, only to have the entire endeavor backfire.
I found it a testament to Quinn's writing ability that these characters grew so much over the course of the novel- the one heroine I found myself most identifying with in the beginning was the one I came to loathe- which is a compliment! The changes to each character seemed so organic and unforced, that I was able to admire her ability to create such complex and three dimensional characters.
Overall a great read!