This historical novel laid a big focus on it's soap opera like drama with heavy inspirations from Romeo and Juliet. I read the German translation and it might be for that reason but the language was very unrefined. The story itself was good but very shallowy viewed and the characters felt like cardboard cutouts. Despite all of that I did enjoy my experience with this book and suggest it if you like TV dramas or such. But absolutely don't except historical accuracy from this one as it is a fictional novel.