Idunno, man. Maybe it's my age and where I'm at in life. This book was very, very good....until the wedding. After that it became dull, tedious, and exactly like every other romance novel I've ever read. I love the history aspect and I can tell the author did her research very well. But she focused so heavily on the 'life after marriage' parts where the main characters are SO in love and they are SO attracted to each other and have SO much sex....it was just very boring and annoying. Not sure if I'll be able to finish it. Maybe watching the TV show perks it up a bit?