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3.04 AVERAGE
3.04 AVERAGE
I really wish I could rate this 3.5 stars.
Anyways, to the meat of this. I would have rated 4 stars but I just did NOT like Reza or Maggy all that much. First off, Reza is trying to hard to be a cold, calculating, uncaring king because he does not want to be his father. Ok, I get that. You want to be better, but that doesn't mean you get to be a fucking prick.
What the fucking fuck? Okay, okay, this is him trying to be hard and badass, right? No. This is him being douche city! And seriously, get over yourself dude. You are a grown ass man, fucking act like it. And the heroine? Maggy? She is supposed to be a scrappy chick who was raised is foster care, which has made her some kind of bad ass. Well.... kind of. She was pretty awesome at the beginning of the book, but after being whisked away on a plane, she turns into a worm. A worm that wants someone who wants to change everything about what makes her, her.
Ummm, when I think of bad ass chick, usually they aren't pining for jerks. Usually. Thats not to say they don't have great chemistry, CC can write some great sexually charged scenes. But when they finally do fucking kiss, hes a god damned ass hole about it, because he needs to be a stone all the time.
So, 3 stars instead of rounding up to 4 because they irritated me the whole time.
Anyways, to the meat of this. I would have rated 4 stars but I just did NOT like Reza or Maggy all that much. First off, Reza is trying to hard to be a cold, calculating, uncaring king because he does not want to be his father. Ok, I get that. You want to be better, but that doesn't mean you get to be a fucking prick.
Reza could not recall the last time any person had managed to get under his skin. Much less a woman. [...]and if they found themselves on their knees, it was for entirely different reasons
What the fucking fuck? Okay, okay, this is him trying to be hard and badass, right? No. This is him being douche city! And seriously, get over yourself dude. You are a grown ass man, fucking act like it. And the heroine? Maggy? She is supposed to be a scrappy chick who was raised is foster care, which has made her some kind of bad ass. Well.... kind of. She was pretty awesome at the beginning of the book, but after being whisked away on a plane, she turns into a worm. A worm that wants someone who wants to change everything about what makes her, her.
But most of all, she wanted to be Reza's.
Ummm, when I think of bad ass chick, usually they aren't pining for jerks. Usually. Thats not to say they don't have great chemistry, CC can write some great sexually charged scenes. But when they finally do fucking kiss, hes a god damned ass hole about it, because he needs to be a stone all the time.
So, 3 stars instead of rounding up to 4 because they irritated me the whole time.
Rating: 3-3.5/5 stars
Recommend: Yes
Quick Summary: A beautifully tragic story with a happy ending for a Cinderella type
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Recommend: Yes
Quick Summary: A beautifully tragic story with a happy ending for a Cinderella type
NetGalley
This one was just okay. I kept thinking Princess Diaries or The Prince and Me but there was just no character development for Maggy. It was all "Yay I'm a princess, better learn how to do that job!" Reza was more the focus for moving beyond a tragic upbringing than Maggy.
I don’t know about you, but sometimes I just want a really good Harlequin Presents read. I want the tropes to be laid on thick, I want to laugh at the outrageousness of most of it, and I want to lose myself in a world of pure imagination. When I don’t want that itch scratched, HPs are annoying and so I read them selectively. I’m so glad that Bride by Royal Decree is a fab example of the line and that my Christmas break provided an excellent opportunity to enjoy it.
Full review at All About Romance: http://allaboutromance.com/book-review/bride-by-royal-decree-by-caitlin-crews/
Full review at All About Romance: http://allaboutromance.com/book-review/bride-by-royal-decree-by-caitlin-crews/
A lost princess, assumed long dead, is found twenty years later by the man she was promised betrothed to at birth.
Reza, King of the Constantines, leaves his European country and travels to a small town in Vermont to rescue her promised bride.
What he finds is a bleached blonde, spitfire, on her knees scrubbing the floor of the coffee shop where she works. From the very first moment, Maggy’s spitfire personality lashes out at Reza in so many amusing ways.
Assuming that Maggie would be happy to be told that she is a princess, Reza was shocked when Maggy kept throwing no holds barred insults at him.
Their first meeting in the coffee shop grabbed me and got me hooked. The rest of the book had a few slower bits, but Maggy’s sass rescued it when it started getting dull.
It was an interesting take on the Cinderella story and I lurrrve my fairy tales! This was a fun read because of Maggy and Reza’s oh so unwilling attraction to her. It was fun watching him try to fight against the inevitable.
Reza, King of the Constantines, leaves his European country and travels to a small town in Vermont to rescue her promised bride.
What he finds is a bleached blonde, spitfire, on her knees scrubbing the floor of the coffee shop where she works. From the very first moment, Maggy’s spitfire personality lashes out at Reza in so many amusing ways.
Assuming that Maggie would be happy to be told that she is a princess, Reza was shocked when Maggy kept throwing no holds barred insults at him.
Their first meeting in the coffee shop grabbed me and got me hooked. The rest of the book had a few slower bits, but Maggy’s sass rescued it when it started getting dull.
It was an interesting take on the Cinderella story and I lurrrve my fairy tales! This was a fun read because of Maggy and Reza’s oh so unwilling attraction to her. It was fun watching him try to fight against the inevitable.