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A review by fulltimefiction
A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
3.0
3.5 stars
A very enjoyable historical romance. I really liked the characters. I recommend it for HF and romance fans only.
What I didn't like about this book, however, and kept me from rating it 4 stars is the events around 80% of the book. In every romance novel, we have this obstacle that comes up around 75-80% of the book. An event/revelation that keeps our main characters from having their HEA. Usually, I don't mind them although they are always to be expected. However, in this book it was overdone. An event happened that was COMPLETELY unnecessary and unjustified. I was even surprised by it. McNaught could've done completely without it even if the story would've been cut short. She could've replaced it with many things instead.
Other than that, I found the story to be sweet and cute. The heroine was complex and always standing up for herself. There were some hot scenes and the chemistry between Royce and Jennifer was obvious. (Honestly, that's something I love about this genre is that we can always see the sparks and the burning tension. Many books can't manage that even though romance isn't the main genre/focus -which imo makes easier to create a sparkling connection between the characters because that's not their main focus. They have less "romance" moments which makes us want more, not sure if I made sense but I hope you got the idea.)
I don't think I'll be continuing with this series, I'm not a fan of a different romance story for several characters in the same world.
A very enjoyable historical romance. I really liked the characters. I recommend it for HF and romance fans only.
What I didn't like about this book, however, and kept me from rating it 4 stars is the events around 80% of the book. In every romance novel, we have this obstacle that comes up around 75-80% of the book. An event/revelation that keeps our main characters from having their HEA. Usually, I don't mind them although they are always to be expected. However, in this book it was overdone. An event happened that was COMPLETELY unnecessary and unjustified. I was even surprised by it. McNaught could've done completely without it even if the story would've been cut short. She could've replaced it with many things instead.
Other than that, I found the story to be sweet and cute. The heroine was complex and always standing up for herself. There were some hot scenes and the chemistry between Royce and Jennifer was obvious. (Honestly, that's something I love about this genre is that we can always see the sparks and the burning tension. Many books can't manage that even though romance isn't the main genre/focus -which imo makes easier to create a sparkling connection between the characters because that's not their main focus. They have less "romance" moments which makes us want more, not sure if I made sense but I hope you got the idea.)
I don't think I'll be continuing with this series, I'm not a fan of a different romance story for several characters in the same world.