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beckyrendon's review
5.0
The Princess Problem is an absolute pleasure to read. As a fan of the fairytale princesses of the world, I can only imagine how it feels to become one. As a Jersey girl with no formal training and not knowing much about tiny European countries, I can totally understand Kelsey's dilemma.
A regular girl and an irregular life. It's a clash of unreal proportions. Kelsey went from 4th floor walk up and 600 SQ. FT. to 634 rooms. There is no handbook big enough for those kinds of changes. Not only that but a gloriously handsome man whose only job is to keep her safe but finds ways to make her happy...Yeah, I'm not sure I have an unbiased perspective. I would totally have jumped Elias consequences be damned. Then again, I'm just a Jersey girl.
It's highly romantic and dutiful ways make The Princess Problem a must read. Even better, Christi Barth is continuing to regale us with the royals of Moncriano. I can not wait for all the royal gossip!
4.5 stars
A regular girl and an irregular life. It's a clash of unreal proportions. Kelsey went from 4th floor walk up and 600 SQ. FT. to 634 rooms. There is no handbook big enough for those kinds of changes. Not only that but a gloriously handsome man whose only job is to keep her safe but finds ways to make her happy...Yeah, I'm not sure I have an unbiased perspective. I would totally have jumped Elias consequences be damned. Then again, I'm just a Jersey girl.
It's highly romantic and dutiful ways make The Princess Problem a must read. Even better, Christi Barth is continuing to regale us with the royals of Moncriano. I can not wait for all the royal gossip!
4.5 stars
ldooten's review
2.0
I couldn't get into this one at all. While I don't mind suspending belief to read a story (I mean I read mostly romance, that's a given lol), but this one was just beyond unbelievable. Some random stranger comes to your door to tell you that you're a long lost princess and that you were kidnapped as a kid, and need to come with him right this moment. My first thought would be to contact the parents who raised me, not think, huh well if he says it's true. I just can't. This book reads more for a younger audience, and I'm not a fan of YA. Immaturity isn't one of the tropes I enjoy. Although this one wasn't for me, I would give this author another read.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book.
I voluntarily reviewed an advanced readers copy of this book.
mrcjones's review against another edition
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Not a great start to the year. Not a huge instant love fan, but it picked up and got better in the last 25% of the book
bookishnicole's review against another edition
5.0
I fucking adored this. The characters were both so upfront with their expectations that it was refreshing!!
melly2508's review
4.0
It took a couple of tries to really dive in, but about 15% of the way into the book, I was hooked! Can't wait to read the next book in this series.
kristy_k's review
2.0
A romance book full of clichés and a Mary-Sue protagonist, this one fell short for me. I couldn’t for a second believe that Elias would risk his whole career (and honor) over a girl he just met. Especially when they started out as just being a fling. And I didn’t like how naively American Kelsey was as to somehow not know the slightest basics of how royalty works. Americans love a good royal story. Let’s not act like we don’t know the most basic of royal protocol.
I received an advanced copy through Netgalley in return for an honest review.
I received an advanced copy through Netgalley in return for an honest review.
katsmiao's review
5.0
This is the first book I read by this author, who is now on my favourites list, and I’ll be reading more of her books.
The Princess Problem is written very well, the story flows and engaged me from the start. I didn’t find any plot holes, annoying characters, or parts where the story just seems to drag on and on.
It’s the perfect book if you want to escape reality for a couple hours and dive into a thoroughly enjoyable story with well developed characters and a solid plot. Reading this left me smiling for hours.
The Princess Problem is written very well, the story flows and engaged me from the start. I didn’t find any plot holes, annoying characters, or parts where the story just seems to drag on and on.
It’s the perfect book if you want to escape reality for a couple hours and dive into a thoroughly enjoyable story with well developed characters and a solid plot. Reading this left me smiling for hours.
allysunsun's review
4.0
Christi Barth had written an absolute gem here! A book that had me somewhat nostalgic for the Princes Diaries in the best way. Kelsey has been living her whole life believing she's and American until one day Elias shows up claiming she is a lost princess. Many problems ensue include a dramatic love affair with her bodyguard. This book leaves you guessing as what Kelsey is going to do as she struggles to find her self in this new world. This book had laughs and tears and I can't wait to read more from this author.
Thanks to netgalley and the publishers for providing me and arc for an honest review! :)
Thanks to netgalley and the publishers for providing me and arc for an honest review! :)
liralen's review
2.0
Well. Let's dig in, shall we?*
Heroine: Wow, New York! I'm soooo excited to watch other people have adventures without having to have any of my own.
Hero: Never mind that. You're a princess, kidnapped as a baby and raised by IMPOSTERS. You're coming with me.
Heroine: Uh, can I think about this for a second?
Hero: No! Absolutely not! If you're allowed time to think about how sketchy this all is, you might not come with me. So no, you can't think or pack or make any phone calls or check in with the embassy of a country you've never heard of that's telling you you're a princess.
Heroine: He just broke down my door because I refused him? OMG how sexy. I can't even. Okay! I'll, like, totally go with.
Heroine's sister 1.0: Can you tell us a little more about this possibly nonexistent country?
Hero: Of course. It's next to a little country called Italy, which you've probably never heard of. We're thinking about joining the European Union, which you've also probably never heard of. We speak a language commonly referred to as 'my language', 'their native tongue', or 'the Moncriano language'. Despite being vaguely Mediterranean in location, we are also the only non-Commonwealth country where crumpets** are a common thing.
Heroine: I guess that's all I need to know. Hey, what about my loving adoptive parents? Not that I really care or am going to have more than half a paragraph of angst about the fact that I've suddenly learned that I was adopted, my parents have been lying to me my whole life, et cetera.
Hero: We had them arrested. Obviously.
Heroine: Oh, okay. No big deal.
Heroine's sister 2.0: A real princess wouldn't have let herself be kidnapped as an infant. She'd also not be caught dead in those plebeian rags.
Heroine's sister 1.0: Well, that's rude.
Heroine's sister 2.0: What are you doing here?
Heroine's sister 1.0: Oh, don't mind me. I'm just here to do the scutwork while the heroine is being treated like royalty (and I'm not) and to prove that nobody cares about our loving parents. I'm also here to accidentally get shot, and, most importantly, to provide groundwork for a later book in which I hook up with the heir to the throne and there's Drama because we're not sure if I can have kids.
Heroine: So, like, now that I'm royal...what am I supposed to do? Should I get to know my new family or something?
Royal family: No, no. We don't actually want to have conversations with you. We'll leave that to the bodyguard/hero/whatever. All we care about is that you have a wardrobe befitting a princess and don't embarrass us tooooooo terribly. Which will be hard for you, we're sure, because of your pathetic American upbringing.
Heroine: I knew it. I knew I wasn't special enough to be a pretty pretty princess.
Hero: Don't say that, my treasure. You're not like other women! Somehow you're not a total ditz, a bratty little kid, or totally wrapped up in money and status, like every other female person I've ever met.
Heroine: Oh, wow. He must really think I'm special.
Royal family: Now that you have the right clothes, we'll introduce you to the nation. Now remember, it's only in the last decade that we changed our name from 'Villain' to 'Villani', and we're still not sure that the softer-image thing is a good idea. So no PDA or romance or any of that.
Heroine: A full-on makeout sesh with my totally hot, brand-new boyfriend (who doesn't think I'm like other women!) on a balcony in front of the country's entire population is fine, though, right?
Royal family: Well, we don't care enough about you to actually reinvestigate your kidnapping now that we have more information, or to ask you a single thing about your upbringing or personality or hopes or dreams or anything like that, so—we don't really care about that, either. We're totally cool with assuming that your inappropriate two-week fling is definitely going to be Twu Wuv. We'll introduce him to the public as The One, so better not change your mind once you actually get to know him.
Heroine: Wow. I guess being royalty really is all it's cracked up to be.
*There's a valid point to be made that I should probably stop reading books that I know—or realise very quickly—are going to exasperate me to no end. But! What fun would that be?
**Do you know how hard it is to find crumpets, let alone decent crumpets, outside the UK? I bought two packets the last time I was in England, but the last ones went mouldy before I could eat them. (I cut off the mould and ate them anyway. Didn't die, so...)
Heroine: Wow, New York! I'm soooo excited to watch other people have adventures without having to have any of my own.
Hero: Never mind that. You're a princess, kidnapped as a baby and raised by IMPOSTERS. You're coming with me.
Heroine: Uh, can I think about this for a second?
Hero: No! Absolutely not! If you're allowed time to think about how sketchy this all is, you might not come with me. So no, you can't think or pack or make any phone calls or check in with the embassy of a country you've never heard of that's telling you you're a princess.
Heroine: He just broke down my door because I refused him? OMG how sexy. I can't even. Okay! I'll, like, totally go with.
Heroine's sister 1.0: Can you tell us a little more about this possibly nonexistent country?
Hero: Of course. It's next to a little country called Italy, which you've probably never heard of. We're thinking about joining the European Union, which you've also probably never heard of. We speak a language commonly referred to as 'my language', 'their native tongue', or 'the Moncriano language'. Despite being vaguely Mediterranean in location, we are also the only non-Commonwealth country where crumpets** are a common thing.
Heroine: I guess that's all I need to know. Hey, what about my loving adoptive parents? Not that I really care or am going to have more than half a paragraph of angst about the fact that I've suddenly learned that I was adopted, my parents have been lying to me my whole life, et cetera.
Hero: We had them arrested. Obviously.
Heroine: Oh, okay. No big deal.
Heroine's sister 2.0: A real princess wouldn't have let herself be kidnapped as an infant. She'd also not be caught dead in those plebeian rags.
Heroine's sister 1.0: Well, that's rude.
Heroine's sister 2.0: What are you doing here?
Heroine's sister 1.0: Oh, don't mind me. I'm just here to do the scutwork while the heroine is being treated like royalty (and I'm not) and to prove that nobody cares about our loving parents. I'm also here to accidentally get shot, and, most importantly, to provide groundwork for a later book in which I hook up with the heir to the throne and there's Drama because we're not sure if I can have kids.
Heroine: So, like, now that I'm royal...what am I supposed to do? Should I get to know my new family or something?
Royal family: No, no. We don't actually want to have conversations with you. We'll leave that to the bodyguard/hero/whatever. All we care about is that you have a wardrobe befitting a princess and don't embarrass us tooooooo terribly. Which will be hard for you, we're sure, because of your pathetic American upbringing.
Heroine: I knew it. I knew I wasn't special enough to be a pretty pretty princess.
Hero: Don't say that, my treasure. You're not like other women! Somehow you're not a total ditz, a bratty little kid, or totally wrapped up in money and status, like every other female person I've ever met.
Heroine: Oh, wow. He must really think I'm special.
Royal family: Now that you have the right clothes, we'll introduce you to the nation. Now remember, it's only in the last decade that we changed our name from 'Villain' to 'Villani', and we're still not sure that the softer-image thing is a good idea. So no PDA or romance or any of that.
Heroine: A full-on makeout sesh with my totally hot, brand-new boyfriend (who doesn't think I'm like other women!) on a balcony in front of the country's entire population is fine, though, right?
Royal family: Well, we don't care enough about you to actually reinvestigate your kidnapping now that we have more information, or to ask you a single thing about your upbringing or personality or hopes or dreams or anything like that, so—we don't really care about that, either. We're totally cool with assuming that your inappropriate two-week fling is definitely going to be Twu Wuv. We'll introduce him to the public as The One, so better not change your mind once you actually get to know him.
Heroine: Wow. I guess being royalty really is all it's cracked up to be.
*There's a valid point to be made that I should probably stop reading books that I know—or realise very quickly—are going to exasperate me to no end. But! What fun would that be?
**Do you know how hard it is to find crumpets, let alone decent crumpets, outside the UK? I bought two packets the last time I was in England, but the last ones went mouldy before I could eat them. (I cut off the mould and ate them anyway. Didn't die, so...)
peixotodust's review against another edition
3.0
I really liked this book but the foundation for the plot was just so all over the place at the beginning. I did start liking it more after the fourth and fifth chapter. The romance is sweet and it does leave me a little intrigued to read the next book in the series.