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.
