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I was supposed to just be 'taste testing' this as part of the Bloomsbury Books Big Night. You know, read a couple of chapters to get the vibe so I could post about it, but I got SO HOOKED right away that I couldn't put it down. I pushed aside everything else I was reading so I could binge this story of a young pretender to the English throne in 1487.

I thought John was a hilarious POV character. I wasn't sure I'd get along with a child POV in historical fiction but his interpretation of events ended up being why this was so engrossing. There's a lot of political machinations in this, trying to overthrow the King and all. It had the potential to be quite dry but seen through John's eyes, everything was endless entertaining. The final section is significantly more sombre (or dole, as John would say) which wasn't the ending I was hoping for but historical fiction can only stray so far from actual history so what can you do.