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There should be much to recommend a novel that features a striking and enigmatic prince. But that cannot happen when the author forgets the character that she created in her previous novel and turns him into someone who is boring and lacklustre when it is his time to be the hero. Add an implausible plot that defies logic and an equally boring one-dimensional heroine and we end up with a novel that can be easily passed over.

The first novel in this serious was all right. When we encounter Nicholas he is dark and charismatic. He was worthy of his own novel. As so often happens, an author will make a secondary character of one novel, an interesting tease, but cannot follow through on that promise when that character is given his or her own novel.

The novel begins with promise that is quickly followed by baffling plot developments. The guarded prince is too emotionally open too quickly. The plot appears to pick up when he is imprisoned at the house but then quickly spirals into incredulity after the secret is revealed and there is no search for the missing prince. The novel then falls into a hum and gets bogged down with more incredulous plot devices, a non-existent romance between the undeveloped hero and lifeless heroine, a baffling proposal and a wedding that was not befitting a royal prince. Besides all the illogical plot twists and the unanswered questions such as why the prince would stay an entire month in France knowing his family was worried about him seems to have importance only in the mind of the reader because the author used a simple note as explanation as if that were enough.

Nothing really happens in this novel to make it exciting or to give it an emotional pull. The characters marry of their own will, but are not in love. There is no romance developed between them. Thankfully, while the writer does not fill the plot with pointless
misunderstandings between Nicholas and Veronique that drag on, the ones that she does use are too quickly and neatly dealt with. The plot drags and any attempt at conflict by the writer lacks intrigue and surprise and feels just as stilted as some of the dialogue in the story.

As I said before, Nicholas loses his magnetism in this novel and Veronique, who starts out as a more exciting character, simply fades after the wedding. She doesn’t have any real value to the plot after that. Even her one page or so conflict with the villain, Pierre, is quickly resolved.

MacLean does not appear to know where to go with her story after the opening and she surely takes an interesting character such as Nicholas and makes him boring. Any attempt she makes to add depth to his character are shallow at best. It’s a trilogy; she had to give him his own book; too bad it isn’t worth it. This is such a disappointment and I skimmed a lot because there is just too much filler.


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The Prince Bride Royal Trilogy Julianne MacLean 9780312552817 Books Reviews

Enjoy reading books with connecting characters. Well written. Would consider reading other books from Julianne MacLean or other books in the historical romance category.
This is a wonderful love story. No scandal is more powerful than love. A good wife is worth more than gold.
One of my favorites to read.
I really enjoyed the second book but this one just seemed fast and a little dry. I did not like that Nicholas was a bastard. But the book had some really good parts.
I have read many of Julianne MacLean's books and I have been thoroughly entertained by each one. I have not yet read this or I am sure it would be a five.
After her last book which I loved I couldn't wait to get my hands on prince Nicholas story. This book was disappointing to say the least. Her last book "Princess in Love" had it all, Drama, Angst, Romance and a great ending. This book however it seemed that the author had to come up with reasons why there should be a conflict between the h and H and what we got was the seemingly lose lifestyle he had BEFORE he met the heroine. To be honest, this read like a bad Harlequin Silhouette romance and I had trouble finishing it.
The storyline of Julianne MacLean's The Prince's Bride begins with a daring kidnapping. The heroine is a seductive lady that lures the visiting Prince Nicholas into a carriage, drugs him and whisks him off to an estate outside Paris. From there the story moves at times predictably and then there would be a twist in the road then back on to a conventional romance.

The heroine Veronique is a French Venus, beautiful beyond belief and she dearly dearly loves her family. Since her father has gambled away almost all their resources she allows herself to be put into an awful situation by the peer who owns her father's debts. She must kidnap the Prince and bring him back to the Lord's estate. Veronique is an innocent until she meets the Prince and suddenly she can barely control herself. I found this portion of the book a bit unsettling as this sweet country miss finds herself in lust as soon as she meets Nicholas. It seemed out of character.

Nicholas is actually an interesting character, one who wants to be admirable and a man who must navigate the waters of infatuation, love and a past that keeps coming up in the present. He is angry at Veronique for duping him and kidnapping him but at the same time he is falling under her spell.

To her credit Veronique does develop a strong sense of justice in this story and she realizes her actions while seemingly honorable have repercussions. She falls hard for Nicholas.

The story then moves to St. Petersburg and here I found at first this to be a rather predictable tale until Nicholas must decide how he will handle all the hidden secrets in his life. Nicholas is torn between duty to his brother, who wears the crown, and truth. He had at one time been quite the playboy and now his reputation and his former lovers are causing strife between him and Veronique, whose country charms though sweet are not as appreciated by the more sophisticated aristocracy of Russia.

This novel is unique in that it takes place in Russia and the opening is unexpected but there are also some slow moving parts to this story, 3 stars.
There should be much to recommend a novel that features a striking and enigmatic prince. But that cannot happen when the author forgets the character that she created in her previous novel and turns him into someone who is boring and lacklustre when it is his time to be the hero. Add an implausible plot that defies logic and an equally boring one-dimensional heroine and we end up with a novel that can be easily passed over.

The first novel in this serious was all right. When we encounter Nicholas he is dark and charismatic. He was worthy of his own novel. As so often happens, an author will make a secondary character of one novel, an interesting tease, but cannot follow through on that promise when that character is given his or her own novel.

The novel begins with promise that is quickly followed by baffling plot developments. The guarded prince is too emotionally open too quickly. The plot appears to pick up when he is imprisoned at the house but then quickly spirals into incredulity after the secret is revealed and there is no search for the missing prince. The novel then falls into a hum and gets bogged down with more incredulous plot devices, a non-existent romance between the undeveloped hero and lifeless heroine, a baffling proposal and a wedding that was not befitting a royal prince. Besides all the illogical plot twists and the unanswered questions such as why the prince would stay an entire month in France knowing his family was worried about him seems to have importance only in the mind of the reader because the author used a simple note as explanation as if that were enough.

Nothing really happens in this novel to make it exciting or to give it an emotional pull. The characters marry of their own will, but are not in love. There is no romance developed between them. Thankfully, while the writer does not fill the plot with pointless
misunderstandings between Nicholas and Veronique that drag on, the ones that she does use are too quickly and neatly dealt with. The plot drags and any attempt at conflict by the writer lacks intrigue and surprise and feels just as stilted as some of the dialogue in the story.

As I said before, Nicholas loses his magnetism in this novel and Veronique, who starts out as a more exciting character, simply fades after the wedding. She doesn’t have any real value to the plot after that. Even her one page or so conflict with the villain, Pierre, is quickly resolved.

MacLean does not appear to know where to go with her story after the opening and she surely takes an interesting character such as Nicholas and makes him boring. Any attempt she makes to add depth to his character are shallow at best. It’s a trilogy; she had to give him his own book; too bad it isn’t worth it. This is such a disappointment and I skimmed a lot because there is just too much filler.