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A review by mxphoebesviewpoint
Once Upon a Princess by Harper Bliss, Clare Lydon
4.0
A runaway princess sounds almost too good to be true, especially when one is too busy falling in love.
Olivia Charlton has been many things: a soldier, a sister, a daughter, a lover, oh and a princess. Now she is being forced to marry an ex-lover who her mother the Queen approves of. Except Olivia is not in love with Jem and vice verse.
Olivia asks her parents for time away to get her thoughts together. She is granted a short reprieve to stay at their family home in Cornwall. Enter her alter ego, Charlie the name she used when she was in the Army. Charlie is laid back, has copper colored hair, and wears glasses.
Charlie also promptly meets café owner Rosie Perkins. Rosie is down-to-earth, hard-working, and has a fantastic butt. Charlie and her hit it off and cannot seem to keep their eyes off each other and soon find themselves spending all their time together. Too soon, Charlie’s time comes to an end just as her two worlds are about to collide with Rosie getting broadsided by more than love.
Clare Lydon and Harper Bliss team up to write Once Upon A Princess (LadyLit, B07D81VYXH, 2018). “A Princess and a Gentlewoman” is what Olivia should be called as she does not cross the line in the process of falling in love with Rosie. She tries to respect everyone’s wishes, except for her own. Lydon and Bliss create two strong women who believe in standing by family and only through falling in love with each other do they grow.
(laugh) I sound a little mushy don’t I? The story is a little fairy talish and that is why it works. Every girl wants a Princess who is flawed, but is also a hero. A soldier who also can pick china patterns. (laugh). (I can’t do this - sorry ladies.) Rosie and Charlie work together and make you want to root for them and if they can’t be together, you root for them individually.
Lydon and Bliss create a town and a set of side characters that make you want to root for everyone - even the horrible ex-lover. Hopefully they come together and write something for her who can sing karaoke. You will enjoy the trip to Cornwall - I did and I want Lydon and Bliss to take me back there and you will too.
Olivia Charlton has been many things: a soldier, a sister, a daughter, a lover, oh and a princess. Now she is being forced to marry an ex-lover who her mother the Queen approves of. Except Olivia is not in love with Jem and vice verse.
Olivia asks her parents for time away to get her thoughts together. She is granted a short reprieve to stay at their family home in Cornwall. Enter her alter ego, Charlie the name she used when she was in the Army. Charlie is laid back, has copper colored hair, and wears glasses.
Charlie also promptly meets café owner Rosie Perkins. Rosie is down-to-earth, hard-working, and has a fantastic butt. Charlie and her hit it off and cannot seem to keep their eyes off each other and soon find themselves spending all their time together. Too soon, Charlie’s time comes to an end just as her two worlds are about to collide with Rosie getting broadsided by more than love.
Clare Lydon and Harper Bliss team up to write Once Upon A Princess (LadyLit, B07D81VYXH, 2018). “A Princess and a Gentlewoman” is what Olivia should be called as she does not cross the line in the process of falling in love with Rosie. She tries to respect everyone’s wishes, except for her own. Lydon and Bliss create two strong women who believe in standing by family and only through falling in love with each other do they grow.
(laugh) I sound a little mushy don’t I? The story is a little fairy talish and that is why it works. Every girl wants a Princess who is flawed, but is also a hero. A soldier who also can pick china patterns. (laugh). (I can’t do this - sorry ladies.) Rosie and Charlie work together and make you want to root for them and if they can’t be together, you root for them individually.
Lydon and Bliss create a town and a set of side characters that make you want to root for everyone - even the horrible ex-lover. Hopefully they come together and write something for her who can sing karaoke. You will enjoy the trip to Cornwall - I did and I want Lydon and Bliss to take me back there and you will too.