You know how there are popcorn movies - movies with no big message but just enjoyable? - I would use that to describe this book. It is a popcorn book, of the Hallmark flavor, but that doesn't mean it's not good. It was good but knock my socks off good. It's good enough for me to grab the next book and see what happens with the family but I could also see myself never getting into the sequels too. It's fine if you just stop but, if you want, you could continue the story.

The reason that I'm downgrading it to three stars is that the queen was WAY too over the top, even for being the evil villain. Also, editing was needed. The Prince of Wales is the automatic title for the heir to the throne and not the spare. It threw me out of the narrative every time it was used for Christian and it took a few beats for me to get back in. Also, King Arthur? I know it could happen in my lifetime - one of HRH Duke of Cornwell's names is Arthur and he could pick it when, God forbid, Her Majesty the Queen, leaves us - but it leaned too much into the Hallmark sweetness of the novel.

So, three popcorn buckets and a bag of M&Ms thrown in.