Book Review: How to Catch a Prince by Rachel Hauck
Book Description:
Behind him, beside him, before him, the synchronized cathedral bells began to ring out.
One, two, three . . .
Then she said it first. The words his heart burst to share. “I love you, Stephen. You are my true prince.”
An American heiress and a crown prince seem destined to be together. Will the devastation of war keep them apart forever?
American heiress Corina Del Rey caught her prince once. But the tragedy of war kept her too long in a fog of grief. Now she’s shifting her life forward, reigniting her career as a journalist. Still, nothing can relieve her of the secret and the love she carries in her soul.
Prince Stephen of Brighton is one of the world’s most eligible bachelors and a star rugby player, trying to make sense of his life. His days in Afghanistan with the Royal Air Command will mark him forever. And he can’t shake their dark shadow.
But when his brother, King Nathaniel, confronts him with a document the prince thought long buried and forgotten, Stephen is forced to face the pain of his past and the love he left behind.
With a little heavenly help, Prince Stephen and Corina embark on a journey of truth. But when the secrets are revealed, can they overcome, move forward, and find love again?
This is book three in the Royal Wedding series, but like the others, it’s possible to read them as a stand alone. Corina Del Rey is an heiress who gave up the stereotypical heiress life after her brother died. Her family has been paralyzed by grief, Corina most of all, as the person she needed most in the worst time in her life, wasn’t there at all.
Prince Stephen is from Brighton and back from serving in Afghanistan. He’s trying to move forward from all he saw and experienced but like Corina, he has grief he’s yet to deal with. When his brother, the king, shows him official paperwork to further bring the past, he has to bring a lot of his past to the present. And there’s a lot of conflict there.
What I liked about How to Catch a Prince was the modern angle of royal life. Corina’s boss thinks Corina has a Kardashian name or two in her address book. Twitter is a major force to drive the plot forward, and I really enjoyed that.
What I found a little disappointing was there wasn’t as much forward as there was past. As the Del Rey family was stuck in grief, it was brought up a lot about how life stopped after Carlos died. That when Corina was left grief-stricken, she was also left brokenhearted. It came up quite a few times and after awhile, I was ready for the healing process to show itself. It had been five years.
I believe it’s a good read and of course, another escape into a royal romance, which I always enjoy reading.
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I received a copy of How to Catch a Prince in an exchange for an honest review.
