I sort of want to squeal about this book. I really, really, really enjoyed it, and for so many reasons.
1) It's about the freaking Tudors and the great Queen Elizabeth. It's hard to mess that up.
2) The plot addresses the long-held conspiracy theory that Queen Elizabeth was actually a boy who was chosen to impersonate the Princess after she unexpectedly died before King Henry VIII's visit, and then that boy grew into a man queen.
3) Cotton's son, Gary, was a great addition to this plot, and it was great to see more of that relationship develop.
4) It answered A TON of questions remaining around Cotton's affair and his wife's infidelities and Gary's paternity. Like, yeah, it was good.
So, anyway, I could probably be more eloquent on the subject, but let's just suffice to say that it was a deeeeelightful read!