Name: Emmie and the Tudor King
ISBN: 9781953238252

Natalie Murray

Emmie and the Tudor King is the first book in the Hearts & Crowns trilogy, which has received acclaim from Foreword Reviews, YA Books Central, InD'tale Magazine, and popular YA authors Brigid Kemmerer and CJ Flood, among others.

Emmie and the Tudor King

Aundreya Rich

But what if being near you is what makes it harder for me to breathe?" 

Emmie and the Tudor king is the perfect mix of history and make believe.

Emmie finds herself in quite the predicamen as she wakes up somewhere else... and 400 years in the past.
Can Emmie change the coarse of history to save the beautiful man who has stolen glances, time, and her heart?
Or will the sweet king end up the way the history books write him?


The Tudors may be a baaaad news in history, but Natalie writes Nicholas as the king of your dreams. I mean I like my men strong and in control but... wow... the death threats of the monarchy...


Who knew stares across a room, hand holding and stolen kisses could ignite something so fierce in my wanton heart.


What I loved:
-the time period SWOON
-the Tudor Dynasty
-the sweet romance
-a quick one day read that left me smiling
-a little bit of "how dun it"

What was missing:
-honestly, nothing... it wasn't difficult to read and I found myself doing chores with my nose in my book..... I think I just left wanting MORE, so I cannot wait for book 2!

Thank you Natalie Murray for my gifted copy I will cherish it always.

Rating:
story-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
trope- written in history
steam-if kissing does it for ya you're in for a REEEEEAAAAAL treat
 Song- I Found by Amber Run

Emmie and the Tudor Queen is the sequel to the best-selling YA time-slip romance Emmie and the Tudor King, which received acclaim from Foreword Reviews, YA Books Central, InD'tale Magazine, and popular YA authors Brigid Kemmerer (A Curse So Dark and Lonely) and CJ Flood (Infinite Sky), among others.

The Sequel to Emmie and the Tudor King

Emmie and the Tudor Queen (Hearts and Crowns Book Two)

" Your dear betrothed may have the heart of a king, my lady, but he also bears the heart of a man." 

After a crazy ending in book one, I wasn't sure where EATTQ would go.
Turns out everywhere I wanted it!

After Nick's proposal, Emmie must now navigate the Tudor time period and find where she belongs, other than the owner of Nick's heart.


With so many swoon worthy moments and writing so beautiful you feel as if you are wearing gorgeous gowns and jewels yourself, I highly recommend this series to people of all ages.

Read if you love:
-the Tudor dynasty and time period
-a king with anger issues but a huge heart
-a modern day girl living in a whole 'other world
-is it really old England if there isn't a bit of betrayal and beheading?
-Outlander for Young Adults
-a bit of magic
-a love worth traveling time for
-friendships and side characters to find just as interesting as the OTP
-quick and easy escape of a book

The ending had my gasping and racing to the last page, with a cliffhanger I didn't see coming. I am on pins and needles waiting for book 3!

 "No matter where we shall travel, my lady- to the future or to God in heaven, I wish to be by your side. For I shall be a king no more, but merely a man, and I will worship and love yours such until the last breath of my immortal soul. Can you love me not as a king, Emmie, but as a man?" 

Rating:
Story- ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
Characters-⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Genre- YA romance/time travel/historical fiction
Steam- although the men on Nicholas's council was called to watch and verify the consummation of marriage... you my friend.... are not invited.

Song: Into your arms (acoustic) by The Maine

Thank you Natalie Murray for gifting me an ARC to share my love for this story with others ❤️.

Aubrey Erskine

I really enjoyed this book! I am a huge fan of historical fiction so this was a fun twist. 

Emmie was such a lost and unloved little soul with nothing really going for. She rarely gets to see her mom because her mom is a night nurse and her dad is not in the picture. Beyond her two best friends she really doesn't seem to have anyone else in her life. While Emmie is talented in making jewelry and wish to return to school for such in London, she doesn't really seem excited for that either. But everything changes once she finds a magical ring that takes her back in time.

Everything regarding the ring and how Emmie was learning about King Nick at the exact same time seemed a little convenient but it didn't interfere with my enjoyment of the book. It was so interesting that she could hop through time. Emmie herself found a life in the past, with good friends a love interest. I also really enjoyed how her traveling to the past effected her life in the present time. Her time missing didn't go unnoticed by anyone and wasn't swept under the rug like it can be in other books.

The romance was a tad insta-lovey but Emmie and Nick did spend quite a bit of time together though. I am shocked he didn't hang her for being a witch immediately though. She talked funny, appeared out of nowhere and spoke her mind which back then equals witch. Nick genuinely adored Emmie though. While her life is better in the past with him, I'm a tad worried that he's the only thing tying her to it. While she has better friends and more of a life she still doesn't have that "purpose." I'll be interested to see how it goes in the next book.

While it's stated this could be read as a standalone I highly do not recommend it. I attempted it to see if this could be the case and found myself utterly lost a few chapters in. I ended up going back and reading the first book then immediately diving into the second.

I loved the first book for it's unique premise I did question how the second book would hold up. What it came down to though was Emmie changed her mind a TON. Yes she loved Nick but she wanted to go back to the present with him. This kept coming up time and time again to the point where it became redundant and a tad annoying. 

Nick was the only thing really tying Emmie to the past and stealing her future that she had maybe possibly wanted. Your whole life cannot revolve around someone else and that's what left Emmie flailing. She was independent and beyond the that time obviously so she wasn't content with the little freedoms she was granted like the other women of that time. Plus Nick is a king he has his duties and that left her alone quite a bit besides the company of her ladies in wait.

I still really enjoyed the historical aspects of the book. From the clothing to the food and just learning what women did with their days was interesting. The ending was also a tad of a shock. It was intriguing enough that I still think I'll be picking up the third book just to see how it all turns out.

"This book will grab you and won't let go until you've reached the final page. And then it will leave you wanting more. You've been warned." - YA Books Central One moment, Emmie is writing her high school history paper; the next, she is lost in 16th century England, where she meets a dreamy Tudor king who vacillates from kissing her to ordering her execution. Able to travel back to her own time but intensely drawn to King Nick and the mysterious death of his sister, Emmie finds herself solving the murder of a young princess and unraveling court secrets while trying to keep her head on her shoulders, literally. With everything to lose, Emmie will come to face her biggest battle of all: How to cheat the path of history and keep her irresistible king, or lose him-and her heart-forever.

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