Well last night I finished reading "The Other Boleyn Girl" by Phillipa Gregory and it was one of the best reads I have had in a long time.
Basically it's about the rise and fall of Anne Bolyen but told threw the sight and point of view from Mary Boleyn her sister. Full of secrets, betrayal, scheming, love and plotting this book had everything you need for a good old drama, I could hardly put it down but with books that I enjoy I take my time a savor it and definitely did with this.
I never expected this book to be historically accurate and has been criticized for it, but it does have the well known historical events put in it and for most that's good enough I always found history boring as they skipped over the details and into the main points while this throws you into the world of the royal Tudor court and the story telling is spell binding you find yourself reading till the early hours of the morning (like I did) just to find out whats going to happen next. This book also takes the rumors that were talked about in court but never been confirmed as true are used in this book giving that extra drama to it.
This book does portray Anne as being a bit of a heartless bitch at some points and shows Mary as the innocent light but you do have your feelings pulled in different directions one minute feeling sorry for a a character and the next thinking they deserve what they get in the end you never know what the next page will bring.

There is some descriptive sexual text with in this but not so graphic that it becomes smut or porn but it sets the mood, some might find this a bit too graphic for there tastes.

Overall I loved this book and a bit sad that I finished it so will have to read it again at some point and I rarely re-read my books, and made me fall in love with the romance of it all. Probably not the best book if you know your history or like historical accuracies as this is a hugely embellished book and I don't think the events are correct thou from the small research I did nothing is for sure. But the story wins above all and if like a good story and not fussy over the details then this a book I would recommend.

Not seen the film of TV series yet.

Next Book:

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In other news:
The new series of Doctor Who has started filming this week with Matt Smith as the 11th Doctor and Karen Gilliam as Amy Pond. Along with a new look Tardis.



OK I think that's it for now folks, keep wanting to add more to the book review but don't want to give anything away, you will have to read it Just a brill book.

Until Next time...
See you in the Vortex.