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Princesa em Teoria by Alyssa Cole

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peytonm's review against another edition

5.0

Ledi, a STEM grad school student, is dealing with misogyny in her lab, a problematic best friend, and spam emails claiming she is an African prince's betrothed. Please, she doesn't have time... except it's true and the prince comes to find her. Thabiso goes along with a case of mistaken identity ("Jamal") in order to get to know his betrothed and find out why her family betrayed his. There's even some fake relationship tossed in there. It's great! I inhaled it! Can't wait to read more from Alyssa Cole.

julie2525's review against another edition

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3.0

Themes: False Identity, Fated Mates, Royalty, Women at Work, Man more romantic that woman, light mystery, Series

Ledi grew up an orphan in the States, jostled between foster parents, having no memory of her youngest days. Now she's now a graduate student in Epidemiology, works 2 jobs, and avoids attachments with other people. Thabiso knew Ledi from childhood. They were betrothed as babies, and when her parents fled to NYC, he missed her and dreamed of seeing her again. The story begins with him coming to the states to find her. She mistakes him for a new hire, and he rolls with it. The spark and the false identify are real. So are the revelation and reaction. At this point you might be thinking that all the Epidemiology and Biostats references are a bit much. 1) They are a bit much 2) We actually do talk and think like that 3) It's important for Part II of the book. Part II takes place in Thesolo. A mysterious outbreak is occurring Ledi's birth town. Ledi figures it out.

I kept being distracted while reading this book. This might be bc this takes place in current time, and even though it's about a fake country, I tend to not like modern love stories. My biggest issue is that the mystery at the climax of the story is not particularly advanced for someone who actually studied epidemiology and reads a lot of mysteries. I mean, I liked the book. It was fine. I wanted to love it.