3.75/4 Stars
Isabella “Belle”
Kensington is about to become a princess. But two weeks ago she was a jilted fiancé,
nursing tequila in Vegas, and making up for her marriage loss by wedding a
stranger. It was supposed to be a joke, but it’s no joke that her new husband
is also about to become her new stepbrother and he’s the crown prince of
Protrovia.
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Prince
Albert, Albie as Belle calls him, is the headline making, hot, dirty talking royalty
with jewels in his family jewels and a playboy reputation of meaningless one
night stands. Belle is his exception
though, having spent the night talking rather than consummating their marriage.
But that’s all about to change. Or at least the prince hopes so.
“‘I’m definitely not a gentleman….Although I always let a lady come first.’”
The premise
of the story was cute, the royalty aspect original as far as erotic contemporary
romances on the market right now. The
author warns in the opening notes that this story is implausible and over the
top so you can prepare to be in for a crazy ride. I didn’t have a problem with
that. It’s all light-hearted and silly, sexy fun, but I did grow tired of Belle’s
surface dislike of Albie—made it hard to believe she was falling in anything
more than lust, and the references to becoming siblings (like so many step
romances) grew old fast. With so many
stories on the subject, it hardly feels taboo anymore. I would have much rather
they capitalized more on the fact that they were already married, which was a more
unique spin.
For the most
part I found Albie and Belle likeable, but they also felt a little flat,
sometimes one dimensional, and some of the supporting characters stereotypical. Told via their dual first person point of
view, there are plenty of sexy times by the prince and his technically already
princess. And some of those encounters
are fairly original. They have no problem keeping their sex life
interesting. If you are looking for
romantic comedy erotica, this would definitely be one to pick up. For me it would have been a more solid 4
stars had they not handled their Vegas marriage how they did in the end. It
certainly disappointed me and seemed to go against Albie’s characterization of
breaking the rules and not caring about appearances. Plus it seemed like a mute
point at that stage anyways. All in all,
the sexy times are detailed and well done but more build up of chemistry (perhaps their Vegas night as the prologue rather than in flashback might have helped) and a
few swoon-worthy scenes would have made this a real prince of a tale.
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