There was nothing inherently wrong with this book. It was well-researched and had a good idea, but some things were... bothersome. The book was not what it was marketed as. It was more of a book on the question of Elizabethan/Edwardian succession with a slight emphasis on the Grey sisters. The book focused too much on Jane Grey, compared with the others. She had half the book to herself with only the occasional mention of the other two. Additionally, she was mentioned only half of her time. The other just dealt with every... single...little...thing her family got themselves into, every single little fight and scandal. It droned on and on about this rebellion with no later impact and this disagreement that would never be mentioned again. I understand the background knowledge is necessary to understand Edwardian times and succession, but not the amount the book went into. Part 1 and 2 should have been titled "Life with Tudor Royals with recurring character Jane, who later became Queen." Then when her sister finally got mentioned, the book became "Elizabethan Succession with the remaining Grey sisters and how Elizabeth hated them and jailed them." The majority of the last two sections was only about the Elizabethan succession, nothing else about their life, only how it affected Elizabeth's attitude toward them. I just couldn't get into it, as I felt this was not the book I signed up for. If someone is interested in Elizabethan Succession with slight emphasis on the Greys or the Life of Jane Grey, then they should read parts of the book. As I only wanted to know about the younger sisters, and they turned out to be ignored, the book was a massive flop for me. I was personally most interested in Mary's marriage before reading, but had not realized that they were together so little, so Katherine's story became the most intriguing. The political machinations during Jane's life were overdrawn and lengthy which caused to lose interest in her very early on