Title: His Princess
Series: The Princess Series
Author: Alexa Riley
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: February 22, 2017
Publisher: Alexa Riley
ASIN: B06WGYPXNQ
Alena is a princess, and with that comes responsibility. Like marrying the giant caveman King Roman, who looks more like a warrior than a ruler. Everything about him is intense. Especially the way he looks at her. But she's been promised to him, and there's no way out.
Roman took one look and made up his mind. Princess Alena will be his and no one will stop him from taking her. Everything about her belongs to him now, and waiting one week for a wedding isn't going to happen.
This beast of a man might just claim his princess before she has a chance to say "I do."
My rating:
It was cute and sweet, with a nice (albeit predictable) plot and rather solid characters. The insta-love was bothersome (unbelievable and unrealistic), and the story reminded me slightly of a Barbara Cartland plot.
The flowery prose was kept to a minimum, and everything went along rather nicely, but then in the second part (@ 67%) the hero's inner monologue about his queen's particular position being optimal for breeding ruined it.
Sheesh. Talk about overkill.
Still, it was better than the daddy-debt crap.
Title: Stolen Princess
Series: The Princess Series
Author: Alexa Riley
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: February 27, 2017
Publisher: Alexa Riley
ASIN: B06XCPCX96
Karim is past the time when he should have chosen a bride, but he never met anyone who caught his eye. Forced to choose, he holds a ball and invites all eligible princesses to attend. And that’s when everything changes.
Giselle’s been tucked away on her father’s land and doesn’t know how the royal world works. It’s her first party, and it’s going terribly until she finds herself alone in a room with a man. A man who wants to make her his.
When Giselle gives him everything and then discovers who he is…well, how good do you think she’ll be at hide and seek?
My rating:
Worse (if possible) than the first story in this series, but still better than the daddy-debt crap.
The usual template applies...The hero getting all down and dirty while spouting flowery prose to the virginal, inexperienced, but incredibly beautiful heroine who's also a very quick learner when it comes to sex. They fall instantly in love and do it (repeatedly) without a condom.
The end.
Now you'll ask me, why I keep reading these stories if I don't like them. I call'em palate cleansers. A nice, quick, sometimes even cute, respite from "meatier" story-lines.
Title: Claimed Princess
Series: The Princess Series
Author: Alexa Riley
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: March 6, 2017
Publisher: Alexa Riley
ASIN: B06XGLSNTR
Heavenly and Carlos have been best friends their whole lives. But it’s almost time for Heavenly’s birthday, which means she’ll be married off to a king.
Carlos has been King for a few years now and is being pressured to choose a bride. But he’s only ever had eyes for one princess, and he’s had to wait for her to turn twenty-one.
Heavenly doesn’t have any idea the plans Carlos has made for her, so when she offers to marry his brother, things don’t go so well. Girl, they don’t go well at all… Carlos isn’t having that. She gets a dose of alpha when Carlos lays down the law. But when she runs…how far will she actually get?
My rating:
Definitely the worst so far. Slow, boring, with a childish heroine (she sounded more like eleven than twenty-one), and a virgin hero to boot.
My standards aren't that high, but come on!
Title: Forbidden Princess
Series: The Princess Series
Author: Alexa Riley
Read copy: eBook (Kindle)
Published: March 12, 2017
Publisher: Alexa Riley
ASIN: B06XK8RBPM
Tabitha is destined to marry a king and unite her powerful family with another. But she’s never been one to do what she’s told, and she’s decided to make her own destiny.
Vlad has devoted his life to guarding his king and never thought about taking a wife. But all bets are off when a sassy, dark-haired princess appears.
These two are hot and fast, but when Tabby’s parents step in, things get messy. Can they forgo tradition and make their own way, or will the divide break them?
My rating:
Okay, this is officially ridiculous. Although I don't know which is more. This series (which went from bad to worse) or me for reading it.
I cannot claim these type of stories to be palate-cleansers anymore, they're just shyte. Over-the-top, unbelievable, fantastical, ridiculous crap. The heroes spout flowery prose a real-life man wouldn't be caught dead saying, and let's not speak of their oral fixations—talk about unrealistic. And the heroines are all perfectly happy to spend the rest of their lives alongside a sexually-obsessed maniac who bangs them without a condom to make as many babies as possible with a complete disregard to the woman's health.
I only read this one because I liked Tabby and Vlad in the first book, but I should've known that their story would ruin all good feelings from that little short scene. And I was right. Does that make me a glutton for punishment?
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