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Cute little novella, really liked this one.

Can't Escape Love (Reluctant Royals, #2.6) by Alyssa Cole

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This was stinking adorable. I enjoyed it so much! I’ve been waiting since I read the first book for Reggie’s story, back when we first heard about her GirlsWithGlasses website. That felt like something you don’t just introduce and then leave alone. I would say that I wish she would have gotten a full book rather than a novella, except that I think this book was exactly the right size. Any longer and it would have dragged. Reggie reaches out to an internet acquaintance when he takes down the archive of his livestreams, an archive which she had previously been […]

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12/3/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 96 |

Prince Harry in disguise?

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

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I’ve seen Alyssa Cole books around for a little while, and they looked interesting. I was going to read Duke by Default but a scene in the beginning turned me off. I didn’t ever get into it. So, instead, I eventually picked up A Prince on Paper (2019). I think I was intrigued because the character of Johan reminded me of Prince Harry and I wondered if that was done on purpose. Now I realize I probably should have started with the first book in the series. After some events in A Princess in Theory that I did not read, Nya is coming home to Thesolo […]

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11/26/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 37 |

I liked it!

A Prince on Paper (Reluctant Royals, #3) by Alyssa Cole

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This is my favorite book in this series by quite a large margin. (Although I haven’t read the second novella yet.) It still wasn’t a perfect read for me, and had a lot of the same problems I felt the others did, but I just loved the characters so much, and unlike in the other books in this series, I never thought their connection felt forced. And aside from how much I liked the two main characters and how well they meshed together, I thought this book brought some fresh perspective to some old romance tropes (not spoiling how): *The […]

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9/30/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 77 |

And That Would Be Enough

Hamilton's Battalion: A Trio of Romances by Rose Lerner, Courtney Milan, Alyssa Cole

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Bingo Square: The Collection I originally downloaded this about a year ago because I wanted to read the Courtney Milan novella before going to see Hamilton in New York again.  However, I didn’t quite get around to the other two, and Bingo seemed like a good opportunity to go back and read the entire collection. The collection kicks off with Rose Lerner’s story, about a young Jewish woman disguised as a man fighting for the Revolution.  It’s the eve of the battle of Yorktown, and “Ezra Jacobs” (or Rachel Mendelson) discovers her husband in the camp.  Given his previous loyalist […]

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8/24/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 38 |

A “Reluctant” Beginning

A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole

Once Ghosted, Twice Shy by Alyssa Cole

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                Welcome to Bingo, where I finally start playing catch up on my stack of unreviewed books I’ve read this year! For Bingo counting purposes, they count as follows: A Princess in Theory is Far and Away. Not only does Prince Thabiso rule the fictional African nation of Thesolo, but the back third of the book requires our heroine, Naledi, to follow him there. Once Ghosted, Twice Shy is Own Voices. Alyssa Cole is a brilliant black woman writer creating a novella about two fantastic black women in love.   These two are […]

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7/23/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 6 |

I’m not sure Alyssa Cole’s contemporaries are my kind of thing

A Prince on Paper by Alyssa Cole

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#CBR11 Bingo: Birthday (Alyssa Cole’s birthday is August 12th) From Goodreads: Nya Jerami fled Thesolo for the glitz and glamour of NYC but discovered that her Prince Charming only exists in her virtual dating games. When Nya returns home for a royal wedding, she accidentally finds herself up close and personal—in bed—with the real-life celebrity prince who she loves to hate. For Johan von Braustein, the red-headed step-prince of Liechtienbourg, acting as paparazzi bait is a ruse that protects his brother—the heir to the throne—and his own heart. When a royal referendum threatens his brother’s future, a fake engagement is the […]

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7/15/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 40 |

Cannonballing with an Alyssa Cole book I enjoyed very much.

An Unconditional Freedom (The Loyal League, #3) by Alyssa Cole

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I liked this! Almost without reservations! It feels so good to really like a book Alyssa Cole has written. I had some troubles with the first book in this series similar to the ones I’ve had with Reluctant Royals (character chemistry, mostly), but the second two have both been my favorite things by far that she’s written. I think maybe it’s because they’re such hardcore historical fiction, and with this one especially, the focus is almost equally split between historical detail, individual character arcs/growth, and the romance plot. There’s only one sex scene, and it was pretty brief, and I […]

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5/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 52 |

Dream Big Dreams

Prince on Paper: Reluctant Royals by Alyssa Cole

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I got an advanced copy from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. A Prince on Paper is the third novel in the Reluctant Royals series. I think you would be better off reading the first two books before you start this one so that you have a context for Nya and Johan. Nya Jerami fled Thesolo for the glitz and glamour of NYC but discovered that her Prince Charming only exists in her virtual dating games. When Nya returns home for a royal wedding, she accidentally finds herself up close and personal—in bed—with the real-life celebrity prince who she loves […]

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3/28/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No: 18 |


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