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A review by thereadingwren
Royally Screwed by Emma Chase
5.0
5/5
Give me steamy royalty and kind yet feisty bakers any day. This was amazingly entertaining. So full of steam, I nearly choked when the first dirty thing fell out of Nicholas' mouth in the first chapter. Damn. I love the brashness of this, Nicholas is horny all the time and he's not afraid to say it... Same goes for Olivia and I absolutely adore it. None of the blushing virgin nonsense.
The whole situation is utterly unbelievable from start to finish but it's so damn entertaining that I don't even care. I don't care that their love seems to come more from sex than actual deep and meaningful conversation, I don't care that Nicholas is bratty and aggressive and possessive, I don't care that Olivia forgives him WAY too easily. I don't even care that basically all of the royalty aspects come directly from the current British royals. It's all just so fun and steamy that I love it.
The sex scenes were perfection, I'm a stickler for well written sex scenes and it's really rare that they're done well but Emma Chase has pulled it off. The chemistry between Nicholas and Olivia is palpable and I definitely felt their connection. The love part of it was a little instalove for me but like I said, I don't care.
I appreciate the depth to Nicholas and Olivia too, they were more than just this romance. Nicholas had a lot of baggage with the death of his parents and the mental state of his brother. Olivia had a failing business and an alcoholic father. They had their issues and it made them seem like real human beings. While there was a bit of 'romance fixes all the problems' I again didn't care.
I cannot wait to read the rest of this trilogy.
Give me steamy royalty and kind yet feisty bakers any day. This was amazingly entertaining. So full of steam, I nearly choked when the first dirty thing fell out of Nicholas' mouth in the first chapter. Damn. I love the brashness of this, Nicholas is horny all the time and he's not afraid to say it... Same goes for Olivia and I absolutely adore it. None of the blushing virgin nonsense.
The whole situation is utterly unbelievable from start to finish but it's so damn entertaining that I don't even care. I don't care that their love seems to come more from sex than actual deep and meaningful conversation, I don't care that Nicholas is bratty and aggressive and possessive, I don't care that Olivia forgives him WAY too easily. I don't even care that basically all of the royalty aspects come directly from the current British royals. It's all just so fun and steamy that I love it.
The sex scenes were perfection, I'm a stickler for well written sex scenes and it's really rare that they're done well but Emma Chase has pulled it off. The chemistry between Nicholas and Olivia is palpable and I definitely felt their connection. The love part of it was a little instalove for me but like I said, I don't care.
I appreciate the depth to Nicholas and Olivia too, they were more than just this romance. Nicholas had a lot of baggage with the death of his parents and the mental state of his brother. Olivia had a failing business and an alcoholic father. They had their issues and it made them seem like real human beings. While there was a bit of 'romance fixes all the problems' I again didn't care.
I cannot wait to read the rest of this trilogy.