My gut reaction after the first few chapters of this book was “oh this author was also definitely really into the ‘06 Sofia Coppola Marie Antoinette movie, and probably also read the Antonia Fraser biography after too”. Largely speaking, if you know the broad strokes of Marie Antoinette’s story, you will be able to see it spread across the three monarchies that the sisters marry into, and, for the most part, be able to predict how things go for each sister, with a few small exceptions. Common things across all three include handovers, marriage consummation, and court intrigue. There’s also the pretty bog standard YA trope of “what your duty is said to be vs YOUR HEART”. There’s also just the barest hint of fantasy to the whole setting. Honestly, most of my rating for this is coming from the potential of the twist in the final chapter (which also can explain why the focus is overall on the political intrigue vs actually characterizing the sisters), and how it might play out over the rest of the trilogy. Picked this up from the library, and will probably do the same for the next book.