He also decides to set up a dating profile for Layla and begins to vet potential husband’s for his daughter. Weir's 'Innocent Traitor' is one of my favourite books I've read, and her first novel about Elizabeth, 'The Lady Elizabeth'--prior to her Queen ship--was a good read too. Layla is a really great protagonist. I really tried to like this book. Her books are usually well researched and well done. The Marriage Game by Sara Desai is an adult contemporary romance filled with drama, wit, and a hilarious enemies-to-lovers romance.. Yes, I understand that Elizabeth was smart in playing her marriage card in astute political ways but seriously there was a lot more to her reign than just that. Queen Mary is dead! She uses others that are interested in her to her advantage-which only makes Dudley jealous. Yet Queen Elizabeth did just this! Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. I've had this one since it first came out, but just got to reading it now (ran out of library books for the week). Finding the perfect book at the perfect moment can feel a lot like falling in love. I feel like we are blessed with so many new romances from a talented women... What an absolutely delightful debut from Sara Desai. Yes, I understand that Elizabeth was smart in playing her marriage card in astute political ways but seriously there was a lot more t. What a disappointing novel. I loved the main characters Layla and Sam and the chemistry between them. I enjoyed this a lot. So this one was a bit... disappointing. Refresh and try again. I started this book with high hopes; it seemed as if it would make vie quickly and tell an interesting story of Elizabeth's reign from her perspective. However, I was slightly disappointed with this book. I had to force my way through the pages as the repetition of will she/ won't she in regards to marriage went from bad to worse. Tudor history is one of my passions, but I have never been lured in by the story of Queen Elizabeth I. He also decides to set up a dating profile for Layla and begins to vet potential husband’s for his daughter. Throw in a large dose of family and culture and what could possibly go wrong? The story was honestly a lot like other contemporaries I've read, like the Hating Game and the Trouble With Hating You, but I still liked it a lot. With Elizabeth’s capricious behaviour at the centre of the intrigue there is much speculation as to whether the couple were actually lovers in the physical sense, but what is obvious is that there was a deep and abiding affection between them, which lasted throughout the whole of their lives. I am not able to speak to the historical accuracy of this novel, as the only exposure I have had to anything close to this time period is from the TV show The Tudors. The queen's relationship with Dudley is also "over written". I've had this one since it first came out, but just got to reading it now (ran out of library books for the week). Alison Weir is a respected novelist and writer of historical fiction. Meet Layla Patel, our main character, she is fiesty, and proudly brown. From the humor, to the heartwarming family bonds, to the off the charts chemistry, it's impossible for me to love this book anymore. This one however falls completely flat. I am so disappointed. This one however falls completely flat. Sweet and sassy! Though Elizabeth has always been shadowed for me in contrast to her legendary father and his wives, I have always found her intriguing so I was looking forward to the book. However, by midway through I knew it was not meant to be. Alison Weir wrote a marvellous non-fiction book The Six Wives of Henry VIII. And poor Robert Dudley, the biggest sap of them all, according to this novel. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, Reviewed in the United States on September 29, 2019. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published She was a strong ruler in a time that believed a queen must marry and turn the governance of her kingdom over to a man. Refresh and try again. For being too implausible. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. The Spanish Armada? Here's hoping her nex. It isn’t a very complimentary picture of Elizabeth. I love the positive rep of Indian culture. She brought peace to a kingdom that had been at war for decades. However, by midway through I knew it was not meant to be. The Marriage Game book. I started this book with high hopes; it seemed as if it would make vie quickly and tell an interesting story of Elizabeth's reign from her perspective. The chapters cycled through the same info.....Dudley pursues Elizabeth; she lets him get only so close. Even the brutal episodes of internecine family bloodshed of the Wars of the Roses have nothing on slow-motion car crash that is Henry VIII’s six wives, Reformation, and Elizabethan England. What a difficult era to live in, full of political intrigue, probably much like today although the penalties for being caught in the wrong camp were extreme and incredibly cruel. Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2019. The whole setting of the Indian Restaurant was amazing! While the author does select one aspect of Queen Elizabeth's reign, namely her reluctance to marry, she beats it to death.

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