The Sworn Virgin
A Novel

Impressively researched and deftly plotted. One of the pleasures of historical fiction is learning about a new time and place, and here we’re transported to 1910 Albania, where gender roles are rigid and society is ruled by convention. Eleanora, our main character, rebels against gender conventions......more

You can read all of my reviews at Lit·Wit·Wine·Dine. As a avid reader of historical fiction, I was first attracted to The Sworn Virgin because it introduced me to a subject I knew nothing about – the sworn virgins of Albania. While I’ve read many novels with strong female characters that dared to rej......more

A powerful story asking what it means to be a woman and about what it means to be a woman. Eleanora is like Scarlett O'Hara - you may not alway like her or what she does, but you will respect her strength! I found the setting fascinating - I have never read anything about Albania before, let alone the......more

The main character Diana is one of the most relatable characters I have had the chance to read in a stoking. Her perseverance for equality and opportunity for women independence is relentless. In the beginning I was a little confused by the story development of Diana because it was a little unclear......more

This book sounded promising and interesting, but I hated every character and it was super boring. Diana was one of the most whiny annoying characters ever,and her step mother was just stupid. The big twist was incredibly predictable, and kind of gross haha.......more