4 Stars
Book 2 in the series
Starting with book 2 in this series made me feel like I missed some important details. So, I would first say read book 1 The Boss Prince (It’s Raining Royals Book #1). But I didn’t realize I needed to read it before I started The Bastard Prince … Arnaud Launay and Sasha de Croy are our two main characters. Arnaud is a plastic surgeon in Cannes, France and Sasha is primarily a journalist who is also researching a supposedly hidden kingdom located in central Europe for a book she plans on writing. Sasha also has a medical condition that plays a prominent part in the story. The story reads a little like The DaVinci Code in that it has a lot of research done by the main characters and a little action provided by the villain working against them. A romance develops between the two of them and has challenges for them. I believe I would have enjoyed this book more had I read the first one, but the story is interesting, and I wanted to know what happened to Arnaud and Sasha. Read book 1, then enjoy reading this book. There will be additional books in this series. I received this book from BookSirens and this is my honest opinion.
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