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A review by zarzeny
Royally Endowed by Emma Chase
2.0
I really enjoyed the first two books in this series, and I wanted to like this one, but I was disappointed. I like romance best when it is slow burn, when it takes awhile for one or both of the characters to really see and appreciate the other's true self, when the couple has to get over some non-trivial conflict in values or inclination or situation... and when, after going through all of that, both are changed by the experience and by each other.
But while it's not quite as bad as insta-love, Ellie and Logan still fall for each other right away, there is no wondering if or how they will possibly get together, only waiting for Ellie to grow up a bit and one of them to finally say what they both know. Worse, their perception of the other's charms and flaws doesn't much change over time, and the only challenges they overcome are external, which makes them feel superficial - there is no hint of any deeper, more personal struggles of two very different people trying to understand each other and become a team. And, perhaps because of that, there is no need for the characters to change, and so they don't much, and in between the beginning and end of their story, where there should be all the messy good stuff, is instead a rather bland highlight reel of moments (including some irritatingly problematic scenes involving assault/battery and gun safety) from the years they spend just waiting for someone to speak up, and the short and overwrought week of what happens when one of them finally does.
But at least the smutty stuff was still better than average.
But while it's not quite as bad as insta-love, Ellie and Logan still fall for each other right away, there is no wondering if or how they will possibly get together, only waiting for Ellie to grow up a bit and one of them to finally say what they both know. Worse, their perception of the other's charms and flaws doesn't much change over time, and the only challenges they overcome are external, which makes them feel superficial - there is no hint of any deeper, more personal struggles of two very different people trying to understand each other and become a team. And, perhaps because of that, there is no need for the characters to change, and so they don't much, and in between the beginning and end of their story, where there should be all the messy good stuff, is instead a rather bland highlight reel of moments (including some irritatingly problematic scenes involving assault/battery and gun safety) from the years they spend just waiting for someone to speak up, and the short and overwrought week of what happens when one of them finally does.
But at least the smutty stuff was still better than average.