I loved this book. I wasn’t expecting quite so raunchy, and won’t comment on historical accuracy, but the story was really engaging, the characters very alive, and the narrator was very talented.

This was a sheer collercoaster of emotions embedded in a well researched historical background. I loved all of this book.

Great listen. listened twice, once a few years ago, and for the second time recently. very engaging and descriptive. loved it twice!

Too juvenile for me

Trashy. Shallow.

No thanks - not my cup of tea.

Gut wrenching rollercoaster. Flaming hot passion. Ugh! Loved it.

best novel i have read in a long time. a real love story between two men who suffer bc they keep trying to love each but too keep doing what is right. the sex scenes are explicit but move the story and develop the characters so appropriate for mature audiences. similar to Red Rising series by Pierce Brown.

The story was outstanding. I like the setting of medieval times, where intrigue, favoritism, and conspiracy was just daily life. And in all this cruelty flourishes love. But I also agree with the others, that the sex scenes have been quite descriptive and sometimes long.

Story was great but could do without the extremely long overly descriptive young teenage boy on boy sex episode. Not realistic that young underage first experience with sex would be this explicit and the length of them took away from the story.

Loved it..all the trills, all the surprises!

It was a fun read to have this gay romance set in medieval times with all the accompanying splendor, royal pomp, and cruel political and military machinations. Wasn’t sure such a forbidden relationship could actually have happened back then in such a homophonic age, but it wasn’t so preposterous that one couldn’t believe it.

I like this a lot I was surprised I enjoyed it to the end. Sometimes the narrator was hard to understand but did very well

It was good writing a bit too much sex but actually a love story that survived prejudices, war, separation and death...Great Narrator!