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Royally Screwed by Emma Chase
2.0
'Royally Screwed' tells the story of Nicholas, Prince of Wessco, and his avoidance of his ultimate duty: find a woman to marry (who obviously has to be of some sort of royal or noble blood). In addition, this book is about Olivia, a NYC native who trying to make ends meet with her family-run pie shop. Can you see where this is going? In a chance encounter, Prince Nicholas becomes enamored with the smart-mouthed Olivia and decides he can't stay away.
Unfortunately, my problems with this book outweigh my positive feelings about it. Nicholas is a womanizer and a bit of an asshole, but for some reason he becomes SLIGHTLY less stupid around Olivia. Personally, I didn't find this personality shift justified given the amount of time the passes in the novel. Additionally, Olivia is characterized as this semi-jaded New Yorker who doesn't let anyone (especially men) walk all over her. However, Prince Nicholas is constantly talking to and treating Olivia like she is a trophy to be won. I feel like at times Olivia is a very strong woman, but then other times she folds to his advances with no real reason. This book is lightly smutty, but most of the sexy scenes are a little more romantic than anticipated considering how disconnected Prince Nicholas appears to be from the opposite sex. He's supposed to be in it for himself with his hookups in the past, then shows unexplained shifts into being gentle and caring for Olivia... It just didn't justify itself in the writing.
Okay, I'll admit it... I fell victim to reading this book because I was looking for a potentially smutty romance novel on my library's 'available now' section on Overdrive. I needed an audiobook to fill time on my commute and didn't have the time to find an actually interesting book. This isn't to say I hated this book or wouldn't recommend it, but I will say it was not a book that I will be recommending very often.
I will probably continue with this series ONLY because a few books later I see that some of the characters I actually enjoyed (secondary characters, mind you) are featured. So... we'll see if this continues for me or not.
Unfortunately, my problems with this book outweigh my positive feelings about it. Nicholas is a womanizer and a bit of an asshole, but for some reason he becomes SLIGHTLY less stupid around Olivia. Personally, I didn't find this personality shift justified given the amount of time the passes in the novel. Additionally, Olivia is characterized as this semi-jaded New Yorker who doesn't let anyone (especially men) walk all over her. However, Prince Nicholas is constantly talking to and treating Olivia like she is a trophy to be won. I feel like at times Olivia is a very strong woman, but then other times she folds to his advances with no real reason. This book is lightly smutty, but most of the sexy scenes are a little more romantic than anticipated considering how disconnected Prince Nicholas appears to be from the opposite sex. He's supposed to be in it for himself with his hookups in the past, then shows unexplained shifts into being gentle and caring for Olivia... It just didn't justify itself in the writing.
Okay, I'll admit it... I fell victim to reading this book because I was looking for a potentially smutty romance novel on my library's 'available now' section on Overdrive. I needed an audiobook to fill time on my commute and didn't have the time to find an actually interesting book. This isn't to say I hated this book or wouldn't recommend it, but I will say it was not a book that I will be recommending very often.
I will probably continue with this series ONLY because a few books later I see that some of the characters I actually enjoyed (secondary characters, mind you) are featured. So... we'll see if this continues for me or not.