Before I begin I would like to add that even though I had Dr. Tiffany last year for my Shakespeare class, it has no influence of why I loved this book. It merely means that I found this book in the first place. Anyway this book was right up my ally, it was a historical fiction-esq of Judith Shakespeare's life. From what I know of her, most of the things that happen to her are pretty much made up, but I could always be wrong about some of the stuff. But it is an interesting tale none the less. If flows well from her childhood and the death of her twin brother (who she believes most of her life that it was her fault that he drowned and the source of her rage because she also blames her father.), to her several years later leaving for London and pretending to be a young boy which results in her joining her father's company (which was her plan all along).
After being discovered by Nathan Hale and her father she is sent back home and that's when the story gets a little slower, but it is still very good. She grows up, and eventually goes back to London, and her father returns, she gets married, and that's about it. Possibly the most exciting thing about the second half of the book is that Judith returns to London and picks up a "relationship" with Nathan, and as much as I wanted them to get married and live happily ever after, I knew deep down that this couldn't happen.
One of the reasons why I liked the book so much is because it was a quick read and as I mentioned earlier the writing flows very well. Dr. Tiffany meshed the modern English language and the old language very well. And unlike one of her other books Will I could understand what the characters were saying right off the bat. Which, don't get me wrong, a challenge is nice every now and then, but with the term i just got done with, it was a pleasant surprise.
So over all I'll give it a 4 (I'm docking it a point because I can be surprisenly petty when it comes to romance stuff in books. ;D )
