Review: Fatal Throne

Title: Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell All
Author: Candace Fleming (editor)
Genre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction
Publisher: Ember
Source: Purchased
Format: Paperback
Release Date: February 18, 2020
Rating: ★★★★

Goodreads Synopsis:

Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix’s The Crown , or Wolf Hall , this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of view by some of your favorite authors. 

If you were one of King Henry VIII’s six wives, who would you be? Would you be Anne Boleyn, who literally lost her head? Would you be the subject of rumor and scandal like Catherine Howard? Or would you get away and survive like Anna of Cleves?

Meet them and Henry’s other queens–each bound for divorce or death–in this epic and thrilling novel that reads like fantasy but really happened. Watch spellbound as each of these women attempts to survive their unpredictable king as he grows more and more obsessed with producing a male heir. And discover how the power-hungry court fanned the flames of Henry’s passions . . . and his most horrible impulses.

Whether you’re a huge fan of all things Tudor or new to this jaw-dropping saga, you won’t be able to get the unique voices of Henry and his wives–all brought to life by seven award-winning and bestselling authors–out of your head.

This is an intimate look at the royals during one of the most treacherous times in history. Who will you root for and who will you love to hate?

Review:

This book is a collection of stories about the six wives of King Henry VIII. Each short story about one of the wives was also accompanied by a passage from Henry’s perspective. 

I liked that each story told the wives stories from different times in their lives. Some of them told how they became his wife, while others showed the women at the end of their lives. Each story was told from the perspective of the wives, so they can finally let their story be heard. 

Fatal Throne is a great story for fans of Henry VIII’s wives!

Content warnings: death, adultery, miscarriage

Have you read Fatal Throne? What did you think of it?