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A review by montigneyrules
When a Princess Proposes by Kerrelyn Sparks
3.0
#readingchallenge2023 (my extra books!)
I really enjoyed the world built; reading about the embraced & the elements of their magic created a fun premise with so much potential. It would have been a stronger read to dive deeper into the politics & societal impacts of the embraced and non-embraced, continuing to explore themes approached by Evie & Quentin’s romance (such as male/female role reversal, self-determination, identity challenging, while looking at morals and motivations) but the book was overall young and naïve.
The novel was a quick, charming read, giving positive feels, but the strength & enjoyment from the beginning of the novel diminished as the romance evolved. The initial ‘discovery’ & chase of the romance was compelling, with butterflies in stomach- desire to read quickly to follow their journey, but once they acknowledged their desires my gosh did the writing become cringe-worthy. The romance began to ruin the ‘adultness’ of the world built by being cheesy and too comedic.
For example, the scene looking at each other naked- with the cringe cringe cringe dialogue of a flacid versus hard penis- the dialogue read like it was written by a ten year old; giving a real drop in quality of the story feeling.
Overall, yes a charming quick read, with a strong storyline, fantastic world built, but ugh reading as an adult the last third of the book really ruins the strength.
I really enjoyed the world built; reading about the embraced & the elements of their magic created a fun premise with so much potential. It would have been a stronger read to dive deeper into the politics & societal impacts of the embraced and non-embraced, continuing to explore themes approached by Evie & Quentin’s romance (such as male/female role reversal, self-determination, identity challenging, while looking at morals and motivations) but the book was overall young and naïve.
The novel was a quick, charming read, giving positive feels, but the strength & enjoyment from the beginning of the novel diminished as the romance evolved. The initial ‘discovery’ & chase of the romance was compelling, with butterflies in stomach- desire to read quickly to follow their journey, but once they acknowledged their desires my gosh did the writing become cringe-worthy. The romance began to ruin the ‘adultness’ of the world built by being cheesy and too comedic.
For example, the scene looking at each other naked- with the cringe cringe cringe dialogue of a flacid versus hard penis- the dialogue read like it was written by a ten year old; giving a real drop in quality of the story feeling.
Overall, yes a charming quick read, with a strong storyline, fantastic world built, but ugh reading as an adult the last third of the book really ruins the strength.