So..this was delightful. Especially after you reach page 200...the 400 pages was a little daunting but I tore through about 75% of this book in one sitting so once you hit a good stride you will tear through it. Way to go UppercaseBox. 
 While I recommend this book, it is not without its nitpicks: It undoes all of history. Like, all of it. And I pride myself on actually knowing what's going on, especially around that time period, so there were more moment where the actual truth was muddled instead of making clever references. Also the Catholic/Protestant conflicts that people literally died over are glossed over in a persecution of people who can turn into animals vs. people who can't and don't understand why. And it really doesn't add depth to this chaotic fight over the crown in a way that makes every character sympathetic. Bloody Mary is still the Disney villain she is always portrayed as with no depth or character development, Elizabeth is the true queen, Mary Queen of Scotts is like, the most ethereal and wonderful person who ever lived. So there were moments I was holding back some bile. Especially when one of the characters is supposed to be Shakespeare. Not literally Shakespeare, but it's a running joke that an established, actually lived in the real world before Shakespeare nobleman is a poet and drops a lot of Shakespeare's best lines and someone chimes in "You should really be writing that down!" I hated that. I really hated it. 
 But it was a silly, romantic, fun little book, despite its length. I totally enjoyed myself.