Historical fantasy is a genre I tend to really enjoy but something about this one didn't hit.
I was switching between audio and my physical copy and I think that was my down fall. I had a harder time following along with the audio because of the names and non-English words were unfamiliar to my ear. When I was physically reading the book, I found myself enjoying it more. 

The Spanish Inquisition isn't a time in history that I know much about and isn't a huge point of interest, so that too probably added to my trouble getting into the story.