A review by fictionmajorette
Not so Prince Charming by Lauren Landish

4.0

I know hitman turned romance hero might not be everyone's cup of tea, but I loved it. I thought their chemistry was amazing from the beginning (who knew dry humping in the forest could be so hot?) and I liked how we got some cute domestic-y scenes with them together. I do wish we would have gotten a little more of Gabe studying Bella or doing his initial recon of her so we can see how his feelings have changed. The book opens when he has been watching her for a while and has already formed most of opinions of her whereas she has no idea who he is. It would have been interesting to have him think of her one way and then be along with him for the journey as he finds out more about her which leads to him changing his mind. This book is split POV between Gabe, Bella, and Blackwell (the big bad guy across the series). We get more of Blackwell's POV in this book than we did in the first, which I really liked. This book really reminded me of a Nicole Snow type plot where it leans a little into the action-movie space and a bit of suspension of disbelief for some aspects (Bella finding out Gabe's secret, for example) but I'm a sucker for those types of romances so I'm on board 100%. I loved Bella as a character and really respected her trying to make her own way in the world which just made me love Gabe for taking care of her in any way she'd let him. The whole cast of characters surrounding our main couple was really well developed and I really enjoyed the scenes with Bella and her diner family. I thought Gabe's relationship with his brother was really sweet and I thought it was a nice twist on a revenge trope.