I would highly recommend this if you’re a fan of the movie The Prince and Me as well as anyone who enjoys royal clean rom-coms! I don’t know that it’s 100% necessary but I would recommend reading Royally Rearranged first so that you get all of the background character info. Plus, I totally loved that story so I think you’d enjoy it anyway. 😊

I’ve been eagerly awaiting book 2 of this series. Phillip asks an adviser to help him find the perfect woman for him and trusts the advisor’s charts and rubrics and goes to a small town in Italy to meet Alessia. His plan was to propose marriage as an arrangement, that they could choose to commit to one another day by day. But once Phillip sees Alessia and starts talking with her, all of his plans fly out the window. She doesn’t know he’s a prince yet and he takes advantage of that to just be a regular man and get to know her better. I’m sure you can see the flaw in this logic. 😉 Eventually Alessia discovers he’s a prince and you get to see her manage royal life.

I wish we could have seen a little more between Phillip and Alessia as they were first getting to know one another. There were interactions between them in the early chapters that were just referenced in the past tense by one of the main characters instead of letting the reader witness them in full as they were happening. And you all know me and my need for a strong emotional development between my characters. I just felt like I was missing out a little. However, once those few chapters passed, we were experiencing everything in time with the main characters and I really enjoyed the rest of the story! There were so many fun supporting characters and some very sweet and swoony scenes. I also loved seeing Alessia bringing out Phillip’s playful side - their swim in the sea 😍😍 - and thought it was so fun to see his siblings include Alessia into their antics right away. And of course there were some meddlesome birds, because no Emma St. Clair book is complete without some quirky animals!

Thank you to the author for an advanced copy to review!

Are you a fan of royal romances? What's your favorite?