{"id":2986,"date":"2013-01-28T17:43:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T17:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nimsay.blackglass.org\/2013\/01\/28\/review-the-cardinals-heir\/"},"modified":"2013-01-28T17:43:57","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T17:43:57","slug":"review-the-cardinals-heir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/?p=2986","title":{"rendered":"review-the-cardinals-heir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/%22http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1859744%22\" style=&quot;float: left; padding-right: 20px&quot;><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/%22http:\/\/d.gr-assets.com\/books\/1328837636m\/1859744.jpg%22\" border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;The Cardinal's Heir&quot; \/><\/a><br \/>\n      <a href=\"\/%22http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/1859744%22\">The Cardinal&#8217;s Heir<\/a> by <a href=\"\/%22http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/254793%22\">Jaki Demarest<\/a><br \/>\n      My rating: <a href=\"\/%22http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/514175060%22\">3 of 5 stars<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      Guerite, as she&#8217;s fondly called, is a base born woman living during the time of Cardinal Richelieu and the musketeers.  Only two of the famous quartet appear, but this is not a continuation of their story.  Guerite is Richelieu&#8217;s niece and the leader of his spy network.  She&#8217;s been tasked with uncovering the perpetrators of his murder, and thus, many hijinks ensue.<\/p>\n<p>This was a fun read.  Guerite is a spunky protagonist who embraces her sex and finds love in the process.  Being a fan of alternative history, I realize that many of the plot points found in the book would never happen, but that&#8217;s the point.  Guerite is believable as a woman of strength and resolve.  Though she&#8217;s bound by the limits of her society, the fact that she&#8217;s respected and placed in a position of power is refreshing.<\/p>\n<p>The secondary characters could have used a bit more development.  And I think I missed a bit having not read <i>The Three Musketeers<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>      <a href=\"\/%22http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/514175060%22\">View all my reviews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2986\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blackglass.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}