A review by balletbookworm
A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

4.0

Nya and Johan provided us (via Alyssa’s brain) with a lovely ending to the Reluctant Royals Trilogy. I very much liked that the “villain” of the book wasn’t someone out to do physical harm, etc but instead our own human fears and prejudices - of having our softer bits exposed for others to see and perhaps ridicule. Could have done without the ongoing subplot of Nya’s dating game (it got weird after a while) but A+ plot with Johan’s brother and step-dad. Alyssa has also used her books in this series to hit back hard at racism, classism, ableism, and post-colonialism. So well-done.

For anyone wondering, yes, we get to see Portia+Tav and Likotski+Fab but no, not nearly enough ;) (but unfortunately, no Reggie+Gus on the page)