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Okay I think we just need to stop an evaluate this for a second. A Cinderella fairytale retelling! I kinda freaked out when I saw that in the title. No lie, I think I actually preferred this over the real Cinderella! It was so heartfelt and swoon worthy that I just couldn’t help but love it.

Bronwyn (who’s name I still can’t pronounce correctly in my head) is the eldest daughter of a suitable, albeit no very wealthy family, nobleman who does everything she can to avoid social gatherings and instead wishes to immerse herself in her books. After her disastrous introduction into the world of fine balls and gowns, Bronwyn is convinced she will never fit in with the socialites because of her love for knowledge and her lack of knowledge of fashion and dancing. She has deigned herself to simply living at home helping her father and her family while forever reading her books or so she thought…
Prince Alexsey has always enjoyed his carefree, flirting lifestyle but when his grandmother, the Grand Duchess, decides it is time for her grandson to wed, she has Alexsey accompany her to Scotland in the hopes she can find him a suitable match. Determined to thwart her plans, Alexsey does everything to avoid his grandmother and runs into a beautiful, stubborn lass that not only challenges his every words but is a women who finally interests him. He seeks to court her, if only to sastify his own desires and to get his grandmother off his back, but to their society Bronwan is not a suitable wife (because she’s 24 years “OLD”).

Bronwyn has no time for the flirtatious nature of the Prince as she must help her younger sisters prepare for their own introductions in order to secure them wealthy husbands. However, what Bronwyn wasn’t prepared for was the desire the Alexsey stirs within her. Though both agree neither wishes to marry and this is to be strictly a flirtatious bout of happiness, neither can deny the ultimate attraction and pull towards each other.

It is the battle of whims between these two as they both devised plans to want the other to want them and it is a constant battle to see who will cave first. It is without a doubt a light hearted but beautiful romance watching those two come together. Especially when both Bronwan and Alexsey finally realized how they felt about one another when everyone else already knew!

For Bronwan’s part, I loved how book smart she was but she was an absolute disaster when it came to anything socially related. She was blunt, improper and sarcastic yet she was fooling around with non other than the prince. It was endearing to watch her grow more and more bolder when it came to sneaking out late and even trysting with the prince! Naughty little minx…

I have to say I think the reason I enjoyed this book more than the fairy tale was because of the stepmother and the stepsisters. Unlike the original Disney version, they were not the evil mean step sibling or mother that we have all come to depose. Surprisingly enough they were just as kind as our heroine and it made the book that much better!

My final thought was how much I enjoyed the Prince and Bronwan’s constant humorous discussions and banter that lasted til the very,


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The Prince Who Loved Me The Oxenburg Princes Karen Hawkins 9781451685244 Books Reviews

I did enjoy this story to a point, it kept my attention most of the way through however it annoyed me how it was set in Scotland yet the lead female didn't have a Scottish brogue and her father at times kept going in and out of a Scottish brogue?? One conversation he ended with a you the next he ended with Ye???? The only consistent one was the cook! As a person with Scottish heritage I thought the author a little remiss in this. Other than this it was a good story, I wasn't fond of the hero though but he did come good in the end. Most of the characters were delightful and it was a clever twist on the Cinderella story. I didn't think this story was one of her best though.
One way to to tell an excellent historical author is when the author actually is historically accurate in reference to the minor details in the stories they write. Not one to say a dog is a minor detail, but Karen Hawkins is historically accurate... "It was the tiniest dog she'd ever seen, and the most ridiculous. Its long hair fanned over oddly up- pointed ears, until it appeared to be wearing a large, butterfly- ­shaped hat that framed its dark eyes and pointy muzzle."
Of course, the fact, that the dog belongs to the cantankerous grandmother of a very handsome prince in this retelling of Cinderella. A step- mother, two step sisters, a slipper... And the young woman who is always scrubbing the floors to help the family make ends meet.
There's something about Bronwyn, the heroine of this tale that I really fell in love with. She has a certain forthright yet innocent charm about her that I found irresistible and apparently so did Prince Alexsey! This is a fun read with lots of witty banter. There is one scene at a party that literally had me laughing out loud and of course the romance that blossoms between Bronwyn and Alexsey is divine. If you're a Karen Hawkins fan, you won't be disappointed. If you're not, start with this book and you'll become one.
This plodded along for the full first third until something finally happened. The characters are set up with potential, but the author never explores them. We are told what a hard-worker Our Heroine is, but we only see her reading books (everyone reads books in this) or mooning over the hero. Our Hero is an unlikeable sort, full of bluster about himself and what he'll do in the world, without giving a solid example of what he's doing now. Oh, but he's handsome and a prince.

said this was a Cinderella remix, but you could have fooled me. Yes, step-mother, step-sisters and prince—but that's it. The story is set in Scotland, which means that the serving folk have accents but no one else does, except the Romany prince and his grandmother. (When I see "Scot" in a Regency/Victorian romance, I usually run, and if I see "Romany" I do so as well, but here I crossed my fingers and hoped for the best. These are overused tropes, and really aren't exploited here except to be used as keywords.)

I would have liked to have seen Our Heroine working with her dad so we could see what keen stuff he was involved with, maybe see that she had a mind and was inventive as well. I would have liked to have seen her working in a robust manner. You know Cinderella. It would have been great if Our Hero had had redeeming characteristics, or if the "twist" ending hadn't been something that had me saying, "huh?" Exactly what happened? And why would it make sense on both sides? Nope, it didn't.

Too pat, too cardboard, too slow, too lacking in effort. Karen does MUCH better than this in some of her other books. I'd suggest you look for those.

Nice cover.
Okay I think we just need to stop an evaluate this for a second. A Cinderella fairytale retelling! I kinda freaked out when I saw that in the title. No lie, I think I actually preferred this over the real Cinderella! It was so heartfelt and swoon worthy that I just couldn’t help but love it.

Bronwyn (who’s name I still can’t pronounce correctly in my head) is the eldest daughter of a suitable, albeit no very wealthy family, nobleman who does everything she can to avoid social gatherings and instead wishes to immerse herself in her books. After her disastrous introduction into the world of fine balls and gowns, Bronwyn is convinced she will never fit in with the socialites because of her love for knowledge and her lack of knowledge of fashion and dancing. She has deigned herself to simply living at home helping her father and her family while forever reading her books or so she thought…
Prince Alexsey has always enjoyed his carefree, flirting lifestyle but when his grandmother, the Grand Duchess, decides it is time for her grandson to wed, she has Alexsey accompany her to Scotland in the hopes she can find him a suitable match. Determined to thwart her plans, Alexsey does everything to avoid his grandmother and runs into a beautiful, stubborn lass that not only challenges his every words but is a women who finally interests him. He seeks to court her, if only to sastify his own desires and to get his grandmother off his back, but to their society Bronwan is not a suitable wife (because she’s 24 years “OLD”).

Bronwyn has no time for the flirtatious nature of the Prince as she must help her younger sisters prepare for their own introductions in order to secure them wealthy husbands. However, what Bronwyn wasn’t prepared for was the desire the Alexsey stirs within her. Though both agree neither wishes to marry and this is to be strictly a flirtatious bout of happiness, neither can deny the ultimate attraction and pull towards each other.

It is the battle of whims between these two as they both devised plans to want the other to want them and it is a constant battle to see who will cave first. It is without a doubt a light hearted but beautiful romance watching those two come together. Especially when both Bronwan and Alexsey finally realized how they felt about one another when everyone else already knew!

For Bronwan’s part, I loved how book smart she was but she was an absolute disaster when it came to anything socially related. She was blunt, improper and sarcastic yet she was fooling around with non other than the prince. It was endearing to watch her grow more and more bolder when it came to sneaking out late and even trysting with the prince! Naughty little minx…

I have to say I think the reason I enjoyed this book more than the fairy tale was because of the stepmother and the stepsisters. Unlike the original Disney version, they were not the evil mean step sibling or mother that we have all come to depose. Surprisingly enough they were just as kind as our heroine and it made the book that much better!

My final thought was how much I enjoyed the Prince and Bronwan’s constant humorous discussions and banter that lasted til the very,