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This is the second book in the Reluctant Royals series, and I think it was a little bit better than the first! Portia is the best friend of Ledi, from the first book, and Portia is a bit of a mess. She’s recently stopped drinking and started trying to get her life in order and figure out what she wants to be when she “grows
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This was a fun romance between Ledi, a no-nonsense graduate student who grew up in the foster system and doesn’t know she’s essentially African nobility, and Thabiso, prince of her home country who was betrothed to her when they were young children. When Ledi ignores multiple emails telling her she’s betrothed to an African prince, blowing them off as spam, Thabiso travels to her in
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If I had partial stars to work with, I would rate the first 3 books in this series as The Duchess Deal – 4.25 stars; The Governess Game – 4.5 stars, and this one – 4.0 stars. Penelope is a fun and unconventional character, which is entertaining to read, but Gabriel is kind of a rollercoaster who doesn’t have much depth beyond “used to be very poor, now wants
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I actually liked this book slightly more than The Duchess Deal, perhaps because Alex is just a more interesting female lead. She has an unusual profession (clocksetter), despite that she isn’t actually doing that work during the timespan of the book, and an unusual background. The 2 young girls were also a nice addition to the story, and they reminded me of the older 2 sisters
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