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One day, one of these books is going to knock my socks off…I hope

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

October 2, 2021 by Malin Leave a Comment

Official book description: Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend in one fell swoop. The last thing she’s in the mood for is to rehash the story of her grandmother’s infamous summer fling with a runaway prince from Ibarania, or the investigator from the World Federation of Monarchies tasked with searching for Ibarania’s missing heir. Yet when Beznaria Chetchevaliere crashes into her life, the sleek and sexy investigator exudes exactly the kind of chaos that organized and efficient Makeda finds irresistible, even if […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, How to Catch a Princess, LGBTQIA, Malin, royalty, Runaway Royals

Malin's CBR13 Review No:37 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, How to Catch a Princess, LGBTQIA, Malin, royalty, Runaway Royals ·
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Are we cake? Are those cake versions? Of us?

How to Find a Princess by Alyssa Cole

May 24, 2021 by Emmalita Leave a Comment

I enjoyed How to Find a Princess. Alyssa Cole is such a good writer that even the parts I struggled with were really good. In fact, the anxiety and frustration I felt about Bez and Makeda was largely because of how real Cole made them to me. I think some people are going to find How to Find a Princess a challenge to get into, and it definitely benefits from a second read. Once I was comfortable with the story, I could appreciate how Bez […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: advance reader copy, Alyssa Cole, How to Find a Princess, NetGalley, Reluctant Royals, Runaway Royals

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:49 · Genres: Romance · Tags: advance reader copy, Alyssa Cole, How to Find a Princess, NetGalley, Reluctant Royals, Runaway Royals ·
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Field Guide to Queendom

How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole

May 6, 2021 by Emmalita 1 Comment

I think Alyssa Cole is really up there with Courtney Milan (5 steps ahead of me for sure), in thinking about and wringing all the juice out of romance tropes. How to Catch a Queen uses the arranged marriage trope to dive into toxic masculinity, patriarchy as governance, and recovering from the harms of Colonialism. I can always count on Cole for excellent mental health rep, and she brings it here. Shanti Mohapti might be my very favorite character created by Alyssa Cole, and that says […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, How to Catch a Queen, Runaway Royals

Emmalita's CBR13 Review No:39 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, How to Catch a Queen, Runaway Royals ·
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Sadly, yet another Alyssa Cole hero kind of unworthy of his heroine

How to Catch a Queen by Alyssa Cole

March 25, 2021 by Malin 3 Comments

3.5 stars Official book description: When Shanti Mohapi weds the king of Njaza, her dream of becoming a queen finally comes true. But it’s nothing like she imagined. Shanti and her husband may share an immediate and powerful attraction, but her subjects see her as an outsider, and everything she was taught about being the perfect wife goes disastrously wrong.   A king must rule with an iron fist, and newly crowned King Sanyu was born perfectly fitted for the gauntlet, even if he wishes […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, Anxiety, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, How to Catch a Queen, Malin, royalty, Runaway Royals

Malin's CBR13 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, Anxiety, CBR13, Contemporary Romance, How to Catch a Queen, Malin, royalty, Runaway Royals ·
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What it means to be king

How to Catch a Queen (Runaway Royals, #1) by Alyssa Cole

February 11, 2021 by J 5 Comments

This might be my favorite Alyssa Cole yet. The story continues in Cole’s established universe–cameo appearances by most of the Reluctant Royals gang. Sanyu is the new king of an isolationist African nation Njaza. Tradition demands that he wed before his father passes away, and his advisors present him with Shanti (found on RoyalMatch.com). Don’t. Stop. I hear you laughing. Just go with it. The thing is, tradition also demands that the king’s marriage is for a four month trial period, after which the queen […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Alyssa Cole, Runaway Royals

J's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Alyssa Cole, Runaway Royals ·
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