A Royal Christmas Princess: Book Review

• Author: Scarlet Wilson  
• Published: 2016  
• Genre: Holiday Romance  
• Rating: ★★★★★   

Are you a sucker for Hallmark Christmas movies and looking for a book to read? Do you love down-on-her-luck ladies who are swept away by charming and handsome European men? Then do I have the book for you! A Royal Christmas Princess by Scarlet Wilson has all of this and a little bit more for you.

I'll be the first to admit that I do not enjoy Hallmark Christmas movies; they're always a little to uplifting, a little too cheesy, and a little too merry. However, put that in a book and I will gobble it up for breakfast! This book had just the right amount of cheesiness and the right amount of self-awareness of the genre and tropes to toe the line between Hallmark style ridiculousness and real world fairy tale. This is honestly a very good book to get you into the holiday spirit if you, like me, are a bit of a Scrooge.

At only 165 pages this book flows right along and not once did I think that Scarlet was wasting her pages by being pedantic, but instead she gave just enough information and detail to keep thinks trucking along. She also did a good job of making our leading lady as relatable as possible without going over the top in terms of emotions and drama. Keep in mind though that there is a little drama and she isn't 100% relatable for reasons I won't spoil.

The other thing I really enjoyed about this novel was that Scarlet wasn't too heavy handed with the Christmas part of the story. Christmas, in this instance, played a subtle yet significant part of the story by setting the stages for certain events; that being said, not every page was twinkling lights and giant trees. There was an excellent balance between reminding the reader that it was Christmas and actually exploring this exotic land of Coronia, meeting the people and exploring outside of the castle.

This is really a perfect, bite-sized Christmas fairy tale that is palatable by even this Scrooge.

Do you like to read Christmas-themed novels? What are some of your favourites? Does this seem like one that would be up your alley?

Cheers!