Rose Bride is my absolute favorite of the Lust in the Tudor Court series by Elizabeth Moss. I think seeing the court from a different perspective, but still close enough to all the nobility and even the King, really allowed the book to weave its own story while still giving that amazing Tudor feel.

I did not like Margerie the first time I met her. I thought she was a little bit up in everyone's business, but I was quickly proven wrong. She's a sweet woman that has had her past manipulated and she has only recently come into her own self.

Virgil was a great character. Trying his best to help King Henry get his new queen pregnant, he has to resort to some new herbs and medicine, but he isn't allowed to use them on the King until he has tested them himself. I loved how this set up some very interesting confrontations between him and Margerie.

I wish there was more to the series, but it also ended in a really great place for all our characters. I think this is a series (especially book three) that I will have to revisit again sometime soon.

**I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book**

I really enjoyed Margerie and Virgil. There was a whole lot of back and forth with these two that one would think that they were never going to get their HEA, but they finally did. A great conclusion to the series!

This book had such promise, but it didn't deliver the sexiness or emotion it said it would. I was bored and nearly DNFed it. I will not read another Elizabeth Moss book.