Sharon Kay Penman's Cruel as the Grave

Sharon Kay Penman’s Cruel as the Grave
Begin: 10/25/07
End: 10/26/07
Quality: Five out of Ten.
Reason: Unread. Random.
Genre: Historical Fiction. Mystery.
Original Language: English.
Date of Publication: 1998.
Fog Index: 8.7/82% are harder.
Flesch Index: 70.7/83% are harder.
Flesch-Kincaid Index: 6.8/81% are harder.
Complex Words: 8%/83% are harder.
Number: Second.
Synopsis: The story takes place in the spring on 1193. It is part of a series involving Justin De Quincy, the Queen’s Man. In this novel, De Quincy helps Eleanor defuse a political situation with her youngest son as well as solve the murder of a young welsh girl and has some drama with the Lady Claudine.
Thoughts: Horrible writing! Horrible! If it wasn’t for my love of Eleanor and the fact that it’s a really short novel, I totally wouldn’t have read it. I just felt that the writing was mediocre at best.