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I read it slowly over the course of weeks, snuck it in between my review commitments. Katherine Longshore has definitely breathed new life into the Tudors and I hope in the future she goes on to write about some of the other English Kings and Queens as well.Having been greatly impressed by Longshore's debut novel, Gilt, I was eager to get my hands on the sequel, and thrilled when my friend April gifted me her ARC. Most readers will obviously have some knowledge of what happened to Anne in the end but this is still a fresh and new interpretation, aimed at fans of YA historical fiction. I enjoyed seeing this angle explored as I didn't know a huge amount about her own family background prior to reading 'Tarnish'. The story also looks at her difficult relationship with her family, her sister Mary, brother George and her father who she feels abandoned by. It's interesting to see a teenage Anne with all her insecurities and weaknesses, rather than a confident and scheming woman who sets out to snare the King. She wants to be legitimately married and we all know what that desire led to.

The crux of it is that Anne does not want to become anyone's mistress. Although already married, he is deeply infatuated with Anne and although she won't always admit it, she in return has feelings for him too.

They have a wager which means that if he helps her and does what he says he can, then she must follow through with his advances but if he loses then he will leave her alone once and for all. She is trying to secure a place at court and he believes that he can help her to do so.

Instead the focus is mainly on the relationship between Anne and the poet Thomas Wyatt. This book is about Anne Boleyn but provides a fresh take on her life by looking mainly at the period where she is a teenager and not yet married to Henry. Not having read much historical fiction lately, it was a refreshing change which I really enjoyed and I immediately decided that I had to read 'Tarnish' too. A few weeks ago I read 'Gilt' by Katherine Longshore which focused on Catherine Howard's marriage to Henry VIII.