The Princess Plan – Blog Tour
The Princess Plan (A Royal Wedding #1) by Julia London
Harlequin Trade Publishing – November 19, 2019
*Book Review copy provided by Harlequin Trade Publishing via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*
Anyone else feel like the end of the year snuck up on them?! I know the fall has flown by for me. On the one hand I’m glad to be close to the finish line for this semester of grad school, on the other hand though I am not ready for it to 2020! While I come to terms with another year passing, I will be reading as voraciously as I can. This includes this scrumptious book from Harlequin.
I’m thrilled to be a part of this Romance & Women’s Fiction blog tour for Winter 2020! My first read for the blog tour is Julia London’s The Princess Plan.
About the Book
FICTION/Romance/Historical/Victorian
Mass Market | HQN Books | A Royal Wedding
9781335041531
Princes have pomp and glory—not murdered secretaries and crushes on commoners
Nothing gets London’s high society’s tongues wagging like a good scandal. And when the personal secretary of the visiting Prince Sebastian of Alucia is found murdered, it’s all anyone can talk about, including Eliza Tricklebank. Her unapologetic gossip gazette has benefitted from an anonymous tip about the crime, prompting Sebastian to take an interest in playing detective—and an even greater one in Eliza.
With a trade deal on the line and mounting pressure to secure a noble bride, there’s nothing more salacious than a prince dallying with a commoner. Sebastian finds Eliza’s contrary manner as frustrating as it is seductive, but they’ll have to work together if they’re going to catch the culprit. And when things heat up behind closed doors, it’s the prince who’ll have to decide what comes first—his country or his heart.
My Thoughts
This book had a bit of slow start for me, however I was immediately drawn to the characters, particularly Eliza’s feistiness and friendship with her sister, Hollis, and their friend ,Caro. I enjoyed the sort of Cinderella-esque story of a prince falling for a commoner, but more importantly I love that London flipped the script and had Sebastian fall for Eliza’s intelligence and forthrightness rather than merely her beauty. Additionally, I appreciate that London get class and gender in mind with this book
I’m not sure the mystery aspect completely worked for me. At times it seemed like an odd mix of mystery and romance when I really just wanted to get to the romance. I think this also speaks to the pacing and why it felt like a slow start to me. However, the mystery does bring the two together more so it is important to the plotline, it just wasn’t my favorite aspect of the book.
Despite some qualms about the mystery and pacing, overall, I really enjoyed this book! I would recommend this if you are looking for a historical romance not set in the regency era, has a prince-falls-for-real-girl or sort of fairy tale come to life aspect, as well as some fun things like a ladies gazette and a mystery.
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Julia London
Julia London is a NYT, USA Today and Publishers Weekly bestselling author of historical and contemporary romance. She is a six-time finalist for the RITA Award of excellence in romantic fiction, and the recipient of RT Bookclub’s Best Historical Novel.
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