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The Princess Trap by Talia Hibbert

14 reviews

hjb_128's review against another edition

emotional lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Sexual content, Physical abuse, Child abuse, and Cursing

Moderate: Death of parent, Death, Racism, and Body shaming

nxyzarorealms's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was cute, emotional and fun 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Emotional abuse, Domestic abuse, and Child abuse

Moderate: Death and Death of parent

trishnasaha's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Child abuse

Minor: Death and Death of parent

headinthepages's review against another edition

dark emotional funny lighthearted medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Body shaming, Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Racism, Bullying, Confinement, Death, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Toxic relationship, and Violence

marywahlmeierbracciano's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

When Cherry is sent by her coworkers to scope out the handsome man who’s appeared in their office building, she certainly isn’t expecting a Scandinavian prince (although, she only comes to know this later, and it’s a rude awakening).  Whip-smart and gorgeous, Cherry is a fat Black British woman with a tight-knit family and a dead-end job.  She immediately captures the attention of Ruben, a bisexual Dane scarred from childhood abuse and a recent betrayal-turned-scandal.  Fast forward to an alleyway tryst broken up by paparazzi, and Cherry finds herself in a fake engagement with a non-disclosure agreement.  This whirlwind romance has an enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity feel and features light domination play—these faux fiancés have to fall in love and save the day somehow!  The audiobook is a lot of fun with accents galore. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Sexism

Minor: Body shaming, Physical abuse, Pregnancy, Racism, Suicide, Biphobia, Child abuse, Chronic illness, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, and Fatphobia

abby_shupe's review against another edition

dark lighthearted tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

It was.. something. I liked the plot okay, but the sex part got a little weird with all the dominance stuff for me personally. I love Cherry. Ruben is a mix damn unlikable and protective/nice. A weird combination but he had a good character arc. Two of the sex scenes lasted four chapters each - interpret that as you will. This book had me thinking “I should probably get to reading more educational literature.” because this was really just pure spice, non existent plot. To take place in a realistic world, it was a tad bit hard to get a grasp on how truly unrealistic the ongoings of this novel were. Finally when there was some developing action with Lydia, the ending was so rushed and everything “resolved” in 2 chapters. I do love Talia Hibbert, but definitely prefer her Brown Sisters series much more.

Read TWs before starting this!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Physical abuse, Child abuse, Death, and Sexual content

Moderate: Death of parent and Sexual harassment

plumpaperbacks's review against another edition

lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I’ve yet to read a book by Hibbert with a protagonist I didn’t like. Cherry is bold and clever and fun, and I liked her from the beginning. My issue was with the love interest, Ruben, who seemed like a decent guy but inexplicably rubbed me the wrong way. I also wasn’t a big fan of the sex scenes, as he wanted Cherry to submit to him and do as he said. Maybe that’s a form of BDSM? I’m not familiar with any of it. I respect people involved in it, but it’s definitely not my cup of tea. Additionally, it was kind of disappointing to see my two other favorite characters shoved to the back burner in favor of Cherry and Ruben’s romance. Extra half star given because the bonus epilogue—which is available to subscribers of Talia’s online newsletter—was rather cute.

Representation

• fat Jamaican bisexual protagonist
• bisexual love interest
• Jamaican sapphic side character with sickle cell disease
• Muslim hijabi side character

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Physical abuse, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Death, Death of parent, Grief, Fatphobia, Biphobia, Body shaming, and Racism

Moderate: Chronic illness

Minor: Suicide and Pregnancy

Suicide occurred prior to the story, by a minor character. It’s briefly mentioned.

asmah's review against another edition

dark lighthearted reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Sexual content, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Sexual violence

caseythereader's review against another edition

emotional funny tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

 📚 Y'all, I love Cherry so much! Hibbert is so great at creating women who power their way through the world, but aren't so armored that the book becomes entirely about letting down walls.
📚 Loved the extremely casual bisexual rep - Hibbert is the queen of "everyone's a little queer."
📚 Loved how populated this book felt for being a standalone - Ruben and Cherry had what felt like complete lives and relationships outside of each other.
📚 This book's main drawback for me was that the power/kink stuff felt really undernegotiated - Cherry barely consented to it at the beginning and then didn’t have much of a say in how it proceeded. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Grief, Physical abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Biphobia and Fatphobia

lisacanteven's review against another edition

emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I love Talia Hibbert, and I swear that every book I read by her is better than the last. This book had some challenging content, but I love the way Talia handles this. I also loved the resolution. 

My favorite thing about Talia's female characters is that they are usually plus-sized, but she never describes them as such. She makes their body shape and curves seems normal because NEWFLASH THEY ARE NORMAL. Her male characters are attracted to her women not despite their body shapes but BECAUSE OF THEIR CURVES. That is a new normal we need to see in books, movies, and on TV. Because being plus sized is normal!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse and Death