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A review by rjordan19
Say Yes to the Princess by Charis Michaels
adventurous
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Overall: ⭐⭐️⭐️⭐️
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: Third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: they are kind of on page from the beginning but don’t really interact until about 7%
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after for the couple
Epilogue: kind of? The last chapter is a bit of a wrap up, but not too far in the future
Format: listened to audiobook version through Hoopla – but I did receive an e-book from NetGalley when it originally published and am just getting around to reviewing/reading
Should I read in order?
This is the first of Michaels’ Hidden Royals series.
Basic plot:
Elise is determined to find her missing brother. So when ‘the royal fixer’ starts managing her, she uses him to help her in her case.
Give this a try if you want:
- Georgian – 1803
- London and country settings
- light road trip
- royalty – princess heroine
- son of an Earl hero that works for the King
- light mystery aspect – the heroine is searching for her missing brother
- class difference – heroine is a princess and hero is the son of an Earl and a dancer (that has affected him socially)
- instalust (from hero)
- one horse
- child in the story (hero’s nephew) – not a huge part of the story
- must remove your wet clothes in the abandoned cottage in the woods...
- lower steam – 1 full steam but quite a few kiss scenes
Ages:
- Heroine is 25, hero is 33
First line:
Killian Crewes was known as the royal fixer.
My thoughts:
Hero falls first is such a favorite of mine! And when he has all this unrequited love roiling inside him….soooo good!
I enjoyed the premise of this one – sometimes books with royalty in them get a bit too plot focused and political for me but I found this one remained character focused. Killian was such an enjoyable hero for me. But, I LOVED Elise. I find this with Charis Michaels. She writes my favorite heroines. I adore them all. They are women I love and want to be friends with. And Elise just worked her way into my heart. And there was even a scene where she broke it a bit with her concern for her missing family.
I am not sure how I feel about a few things in this book – like the ending. I’m not sold on the hero’s actions and they annoyed me a bit. But overall this was a really sweet story that made me excited for the brother’s story next.
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- animal cruelty – in cages and in shows
- some scenes of panic from the heroine
- parental death
- carriage accident
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex: The first time, no, but it’s mentioned the rest of the times the hero was more careful.
Hows the consent? It’s good!
19% - neck kisses
56% - drying off, kisses, dry humping
67% - kisses in the carriage
82% - kisses and touches
85% - 🔥 kisses, missionary
92% - mention of sex
Readability: 📖📖📖📖
Feels: 🦋🦋🦋🦋
Emotional Depth: 💔💔💔💔
Sexual Tension: ⚡⚡⚡
Romance: 💞💞💞
Sensuality: 💋💋💋💋
Sex Scene Length: 🍑🍑🍑
Steam Scale (Number of Sex Scenes): 🔥
Humor: Yes, a bit
Perspective: Third person from both hero and heroine
More character focused or plot focused? character
How did the speed of the story feel? medium
When mains are first on page together: they are kind of on page from the beginning but don’t really interact until about 7%
Cliffhanger: No, this ends with a happily ever after for the couple
Epilogue: kind of? The last chapter is a bit of a wrap up, but not too far in the future
Format: listened to audiobook version through Hoopla – but I did receive an e-book from NetGalley when it originally published and am just getting around to reviewing/reading
Should I read in order?
This is the first of Michaels’ Hidden Royals series.
Basic plot:
Elise is determined to find her missing brother. So when ‘the royal fixer’ starts managing her, she uses him to help her in her case.
Give this a try if you want:
- Georgian – 1803
- London and country settings
- light road trip
- royalty – princess heroine
- son of an Earl hero that works for the King
- light mystery aspect – the heroine is searching for her missing brother
- class difference – heroine is a princess and hero is the son of an Earl and a dancer (that has affected him socially)
- instalust (from hero)
- one horse
- child in the story (hero’s nephew) – not a huge part of the story
- must remove your wet clothes in the abandoned cottage in the woods...
- lower steam – 1 full steam but quite a few kiss scenes
Ages:
- Heroine is 25, hero is 33
First line:
Killian Crewes was known as the royal fixer.
My thoughts:
Hero falls first is such a favorite of mine! And when he has all this unrequited love roiling inside him….soooo good!
I enjoyed the premise of this one – sometimes books with royalty in them get a bit too plot focused and political for me but I found this one remained character focused. Killian was such an enjoyable hero for me. But, I LOVED Elise. I find this with Charis Michaels. She writes my favorite heroines. I adore them all. They are women I love and want to be friends with. And Elise just worked her way into my heart. And there was even a scene where she broke it a bit with her concern for her missing family.
I am not sure how I feel about a few things in this book – like the ending. I’m not sold on the hero’s actions and they annoyed me a bit. But overall this was a really sweet story that made me excited for the brother’s story next.
Content warnings: These should be taken as a minimum of what to expect. It’s very possible I have missed some.
- animal cruelty – in cages and in shows
- some scenes of panic from the heroine
- parental death
- carriage accident
Locations of kisses/intimate scenes:
Safe sex:
Hows the consent?
19% - neck kisses
56% - drying off, kisses, dry humping
67% - kisses in the carriage
82% - kisses and touches
85% - 🔥 kisses, missionary
92% - mention of sex