Lori Elliott's Reviews > The Last Queen

I have come to the conclusion after reading this novel that to be a women born into royalty, up until present times, was a curse rather than a privilege. Women were used as pawns in a human chess match. I lost many hours of sleep reading hoping that something, anything, would go in Juana's favor (note: I forced myself not to use Google to see how it all would played out). Even the most stable of people would loose any semblance of sanity after the events she endured. Sane or not, in the end, she was still a woman, a daughter and a mother who deserved much more that what life gave her. I commend CWG on highlighting the woman behind the label. A very compelling novel.