Well, it took me a long long time to get into, I really didn’t know how I felt but the more I read the more I wanted to know! Anne Neville was a Queen!!! I loved her counsel. The royals are a crazy crazy bunch!!! Not my usual genre but I ended up enjoying and I’m tempted (ever so slightly to read more)

Hello!

Finally got my hands on a Philippa Gregory I hadn't yet read! Thanks to my husband, as he got it for me for Christmas. :D

I haven't really read any books that pre-date King Henry VIII, but in addition to this one, I read 'The White Queen' who is actually about Elizabeth Woodville, and is the other half of THIS book, who is about the Brother in law and his wife, of Elizabeth Woodville.

I read The White Queen first, so I kind knew what was going to happen in this book, however, I did not expect the book to end as it had, and I don't recall this ending being in The White Queen either, BUT, Gregory does do a great job about tying the books together through things such as Richards painful sword arm in the Kingmakers Daughter, with Elizabeth Woodville actually casting magic in The White Queen', to hinder Richard with this pain.

I don't think it's her best work, but I do like it, even though it's certainly not my favorite thus far.

I plan on owning and re-reading Gregory's entire collection in chronological order at some point.

Definitely worth owning. It's fiction sure, but historical fiction and she does such a great job at RESEARCHING her books and the people in them, that you have a very great idea of what ACTUALLY took place in that time, or what could have taken place, since there is such speculation about several events of that time period, such as the disappearance of Queen Elizabeth Woodvilles boys, the young princes in the tower.

I would LOVE to find out what ACTUALLY happened to them!

- CJ

3.5 stars. Decent but a little repetitive--by this point in the series, we're pretty familiar with most of the events. On the plus side, I've downloaded Richard III, which I haven't read yet, because the repetition has finally gotten me fairly comfortable with the litany of Richards, Henrys, Georges, and Edwards from this time period.

Lowering my rating to 4 stars after reading this 3.5 years ago. I'm just not obsessed with Philippa Gregory's writing anymore, but I still think this is one of her best books. I also read this in French this time!

It may have been the narration of the audiobook but I found the lead character constantly petulant and therefore I was not very invested or interested in her life or her fate. I suspect it is the narration.

A fascinating, though wholly saddening, account of Anne Neville. As I've been saying since Book 2, I cannot wait for "The White Princess." This really is a great series.

Three and a half stars. I found the other books in the series to be more enjoyable. The first third of the book, when Anne was young, was not that interesting. It was mostly a long winded way of establishing what a bastard -- I mean what an ambitious man her father was (Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warwick). The story started to move along after that.

The first 3/4 of the book was really good but the last quarter was so repetitive. Good book but not one of her best.

My full review can be seen on my blog here: http://armywife2310.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/the-kingmakers-daughter-by-philippa-gregory/

I listened to the Audible edition, and while this isn't fantastic, I enjoyed the chance to get to know one of the minor character's in The Cousin's War on a deeper level.