The Sisters of Versailles (The Mistresses of Versailles Trilogy #1) by Sally Christie *Review*



And you thought sisters were a thing to fear. In this compelling follow-up to Sally Christie's clever and absorbing debutwe meet none other than the Marquise de Pompadour, one of the greatest beauties of her generation and the first bourgeois mistress ever to grace the hallowed halls of Versailles.

I write this before her blood is even cold. She is dead, suddenly, from a high fever. The King is inconsolable, but the way is now clear.

The way is now clear.

The year is 1745. Marie-Anne, the youngest of the infamous Nesle sisters and King Louis XV's most beloved mistress, is gone, making room for the next Royal Favorite.

Enter Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, a stunningly beautiful girl from the middle classes. Fifteen years prior, a fortune teller had mapped out young Jeanne's destiny: she would become the lover of a king and the most powerful woman in the land. Eventually connections, luck, and a little scheming pave her way to Versailles and into the King's arms.

All too soon, conniving politicians and hopeful beauties seek to replace the bourgeois interloper with a more suitable mistress. As Jeanne, now the Marquise de Pompadour, takes on her many rivals - including a lustful lady-in-waiting; a precocious fourteen-year-old prostitute, and even a cousin of the notorious Nesle sisters - she helps the king give himself over to a life of luxury and depravity. Around them, war rages, discontent grows, and France inches ever closer to the Revolution.

Enigmatic beauty, social climber, actress, trendsetter, patron of the arts, spendthrift, whoremonger, friend, lover, foe. History books may say many things about the famous Marquise de Pompadour, but one thing is clear: for almost twenty years, she ruled France and the King's heart.

MY THOUGHTS

This is the second book in the Mistresses of Versailles trilogy and it picks up right after the first book in the series.

I have read the first book and enjoyed it and I did enjoy this book just as much as the first one. 
It is very well written and at times it felt like it is written like a soap opera. It isn't as cheesy though .  

I am now patiently waiting for book 3 to come out and I know I will read it as soon as I get it because so far I have just loved the books.

I give this 5 out of 5 stars. 

You can purchase this book online and in book stores near you on April 5th 2016. 



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