Book Review: Once Upon a Royal Christmas by Teri Wilson

3.5⭐
Genre ~ royalty contemporary romance
Series ~ Once Upon a Royal
Setting ~ Denver & fictional San Glacera
Publication date ~ November 1, 2022
Est Page Count ~ 288 (21 chapters +e)
Audio length ~ 8 hours 5 minutes
Narrator ~ Melie Williams
POV ~ dual 3rd
Featuring ~ grumpy/sunshine opposites attract, no steamage

My review:

Gracie & Nikolas
Gracie’s love for her job as Princess Snowflake really comes through on the pages. She is so sweet with the children and as a person. When she arrives at San Glacera for a contest, she wasn’t expecting to enjoy the company of a prince she meets right away. Problem is that she thinks she’s hanging with a fake Prince Charming who is in the contest with her.

Prince Nikolas is the real prince of San Glacera. He meets a lovely princess, but the problem is he thinks she’s an actual princess, not some fake pretender. I liked him okay enough when we first meet him, but then he’s a tool for a little bit, but then he really hooked me when we learn he volunteers at the animal rescue. He wasn’t overly grumpy like I thought he was supposed to be.

This was definitely Hallmarky Christmas vibing with some cute moments. I don’t know how I know this since I don’t think I’ve ever watched a Hallmark movie in my life. But I think this will appeal to those that do, especially this time of year.

Narration notes:
She does mostly great, but this would have benefited from a male narrator.

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I’d love to hear your thoughts if you’ve read it.

Book blurb:

She pretends to be a princess at children’s parties.

But can she melt a real prince’s frosty heart?

Get swept away by a Christmas story from Hallmark

and bestselling author Teri Wilson— the queen of royal romance!

“I’m Prince Nikolas of San Glacera. Oh, you’ve never heard of us? Well, you’re not the only one. Our country relies on winter tourism, but we’re attracting fewer and fewer visitors. I admit it’s a problem. I just don’t think the solution is an American who likes to play dress-up.

You see, while I was away on a trip to honor our military, the palace talked my family into holding a contest. The winner gets to play a character in our annual Ice Village festivities and accompany our royal family to holiday events.

And did they at least choose an accomplished actor? Hardly. This woman, Gracie Clark, runs a children’s party business and performs as—I kid you not—‘Princess Snowflake.’

Of course, I do respect the fact that she volunteers at children’s hospitals. I suppose to some, she might have a certain charm… But the whole cheap spectacle is beneath our dignity.

I’m not going to shirk my duty to my kingdom. I’ll go to every event with her. At least, once Christmas is over, she’ll be gone…”

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