boy oh boy...I ended up just giving up on this book when I hit the halfway mark. I could not for the life of me understand the point of it. The writing was...okay, not great but okay. The plot was just nonexistent. I could see the "surprise" about Johan's preferences coming from the beginning, there was nothing to interest me and I LOVE historical fiction and I LOVE Europe and I LOVE Denmark. This book was incredibly disappointing and mind numbing boring. At page 30, I had to switch audiobook because I just simply wouldn't keep reading...audiobook didn't help though. Big waste of time.