A young gypsy girl finds herself close friends with a
recently freed Cuban slave who has ended up in Spain. Set in the mid-1700’s, The Barefoot Queen portrays many of the
harsh realities faced by slaves and is not a book for young readers. It can also
be a little hard to read at time considering the fact that it was written in
Spanish and translated to English. It does move rather slowly, and quite
frankly took me a long time to read. I found myself putting it down for long
periods of time and having to re-read bits of it to remember what had happened.
The Barefoot Queen is a well-written book, but incredibly
difficult to get through. I probably would have had a much easier time reading
the ebook format on my Kindle, but I have the hardback. As the mother of two
small children, it’s hard to read such a large book and keep it away from
little hands, or to hold on to it while nursing a baby.
With that said, I enjoyed this book. It does not sugar coat
anything and is full of tragedy, but I enjoy historical fiction. The Barefoot Queen allowed me to expand
my reading of that genre to historical fiction set elsewhere besides the United
States.
If you are a mature reader and have the time and interest
for this type of book, then The Barefoot
Queen is for you (although I recommend the ebook). However, younger readers
and most casual readers will probably be better off looking elsewhere.
I received this book
for free from the publisher through the Blogging for Books blogger review
program. I was not required to write a positive review and the opinions and
thoughts I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with
the Federal Trade Commission’s 16 CFR, Part 255
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