Book Review: And They Called it Camelot by Stephanie Marie Thorton

Book: 40/100

Rating: 5/5

Check this one out if you love: historical fiction, political scandal, a strong female lead,

Summary: Few of us can claim to be the authors of our fate. Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy knows no other choice. With the eyes of the world watching, Jackie uses her effortless charm and keen intelligence to carve a place for herself among the men of history and weave a fairy tale for the American people, embodying a senator’s wife, a devoted mother, a First Lady—a queen in her own right.

But all reigns must come to an end. Once JFK travels to Dallas and the clock ticks down those thousand days of magic in Camelot, Jackie is forced to pick up the ruined fragments of her life and forge herself into a new identity that is all her own, that of an American legend.

Thoughts: An absolute gem of a book. This was a fascinating story of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis: even though the book was fiction, so much of it was based on what actually happened it's like you were reading a memoir or autobiography. It must have been so fun for the author to imagine the closed door conversations between Jackie and Jack, and the Kennedys. I loved seeing her close relationship with Bobby too.

I love reading about American political history, and this was honestly a perfect book for me: a semi-fictionalized account of one of the most famous political families in America. I also learned a lot about Jackie after her life as first lady and opened my eyes to all of the tragedy she faced in her life and I have an insane newfound respect for her.

This is hands down, the best historical fiction book I've read since the Nightingale a few years ago.

Buy it/loan it/skip it? Definitely a buy it!