I wish that during the first half it had been given a feel of some importance because I honestly had no idea of the point of this plot and blew it off to some extent. There is a small secondary storyline about a young girl that occasionally runs through the first half of the novel and then ties into the second half and becomes very important. I loved the ending – you were not really sure what they were going to do next – the writing really kept you on the edge of your seat. Even if you know the poem quite well you are still surprised at the twists and turns that are made throughout the novel. Almost every detail that is given in the poem is integrated in some way.
His Last Duchess by Kimm does a wonderful job of taking what is given in the poem and building an entire world around it. The famous Robert Browning poem is getting quite the novel treatment these days – his first duchess, Lucrezia de Medici, and star of the poem, is featured in His Last Duchess by Gabrielle Kimm while his second duchess, Barbara of Austria, is featured in His Second Duchess by Elizabeth Loupas. His Last Duchess gorgeously brings to life the passions and people of sixteenth-century Tuscany and Ferrara.” Lucrezia longs for love, Alfonso desperately needs an heir, and in a true story of lust and dark decadence, the dramatic fireworks the marriage kindles threaten to destroy the duke's entire inheritance–and Lucrezia's future. “The chilling story of Lucrezia de Medici, duchess to Alfonso d'Este, His Last Duchess paints a portrait of a lonely young girl and her marriage to an inscrutable duke. Source: Received from the publisher for review
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