Medici's Daughter is The Cat's Meow

Happy Friday! Usually, I'd be asking if you're as excited as I am that the week is over, but I can't even say that because it's been *such* a great week. It started with a review I'd been looking forwards to, that of Sophie Perinot's Medici's Daughter, then continued with a lovely Author Q&A with Sophie herself. Wednesday was really the best day of the week. For one thing, it was June 1, which made me happy by itself just for the sheer fact of meaning that May 2016 was finally over (terrible, horrible, no good, very bad month of nightmarish awfulness. I blame Mercury). And I am taking it as a good omen that June 1 was also the night of the long-awaited online party celebrating the 6-month anniversary of the release of Medici's Daughter.

Medici's Daughter Author Q&A with Sophie Perinot

Hello, and Happy Hump Day! Welcome back to Drink Read Love. Today, I'm being joined by Sophie Perinot, author of Medici's Daughter, which I reviewed yesterday. You can read it here if you haven't already. When I reached out to Sophie and asked if she'd be willing to do a Q&A, I was delighted when she said yes. Quite frankly, Author Q&As are my favorite part of this blog, and getting to chat with Sophie is no exception.

Anyways. Today is the big day: the online party celebrating the 6-month anniversary of the release of Medici's Daughter! I'm pre-gaming with a glass of ginger ale (gotta save my champagne for tonight, and I do have to drive and care for children today). Grab a drink and join me for a chat with Sophie.

Book Review: Medici's Daughter by Sophie Perinot

Happy Tuesday! I have to tell you, I’m so excited about this week’s posts. This week, I’ll be reviewing Medici’s Daughter, Sophie Perinot’s novel about Marguerite de Valois. But wait, there’s more. We’re not just reviewing the book, we’re also doing an Author Q&A with Sophie Perinot (that will be posted tomorrow) and then on Thursday, there will be a special post, but I’m keeping that a surprise. So, why am I so excited about this week? Well, aside from the fact that this book is awesome and the Author Q&A was a lot of fun to do (and, I think, will be fun for y’all to read), this is all part of a special Facebook event. Tomorrow, June 1, Sophie Perinot is hosting a special event: an online party to celebratethe 6 month anniversary of the release of Medici’sDaughter. There will be prizes/giveaways and party favors, and there will be special guest hosts, other historical fiction authors introducing us to other women in history about whom they have written. Names like Kate Quinn, Stephanie Dray, Laura Kamoie, and more. It’s going to be EPIC! Anyways, since I was already working on the review and the Author Q&A, I figured why not make it all a part of the festivities. So, head on over to the Facebook event and mark your attendance down so you get all the updates, and join us in the party.

On to the review of the book. Like I mentioned last week in my review of Perinot’s debut novel TheSister Queens, I first discovered Sophie Perinot when Michelle Moran (another favorite historical fiction author) posted on Facebook about the release of Medici’s Daughter. Last year, I stumbled upon the tv show Reign on Netflix, and so when I saw the title and cover of Medici’s Daughter, I immediately thought “Hmm, I wonder if this is connected to Catherine de Medici, Queen of France through her marriage to King Henry II of France and mother of King Francis II.” Well… I might have thought it more like “Huh. Related to Catherine de Medici of Reign notoriety?”, but I think the other way sounds better and introduces her a little more. Went looking and yup, she figures prominently into the book. And an awesome book it is.

Book Review: The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot

Cover from sophieperinot.com

“’Tis sisters who shape the world plain and simple.” –Sophie Perinot, The Sister Queens

Hello, and happy Monday! Today, I’m reviewing The Sister Queens by Sophie Perinot. I first discovered Sophie Perinot when Michelle Moran (another favorite historical fiction author, and the gateway to many of my new discoveries for HF authors) posted in December 2015 about Sophie Perinot’s new book Medici’s Daughter. I went and read Medici’s Daughter… and was so happy with it that when Amazon helpfully suggested The Sister Queens as being by the same author, I bought it. It took me a little while to get around to reading it because that was about the same time as life picked up with moving us into our new house, but I have finally read it and am ready to review. Woot!