How to Turn a Frog into a Prince by Bree Wolf
Publisher & Release: Dragonblade Publishing, November 4, 2020
Time and setting: Regency, England
Genre: Historical Romance
Length: 300 Pages
Heat Level: 1 Sweetheart
Rating: 3.5 Gold Crowns
Book Description:
A barefoot maiden.
A painfully proper gentleman.
And a friendship most unexpected.
After losing her entire family to a horrible sickness, Miss Charlaine Palmer leaves Jamaica and crosses an ocean, hoping for a new beginning in England. Unfortunately, she has been marked as an outsider, eyed suspiciously by the English ton.
Her old friend, Lord Markham, as well as his family, however, welcome her with open arms and soon make Charlaine feel at home in a country where she simply cannot fit in. But Charlaine is a woman who never loses faith, her focus always on life’s silver lining, certain that happiness will find her…even if it takes a bit of patience.
And thus, when she spots a most bitter and pained-looking gentleman, her heart reaches out to him. Without a second thought, she approaches him, offering her friendship, hoping that he, too, will come to see that life is beautiful.
Nathanial Caswell is a broken man.
After his fiancée called off their engagement, he fell into a black abyss, the life he had hoped for forever out of his reach. His thoughts turn dark, and he no longer finds joy in his days, only doing what is his duty, what is expected of him.
Until his brother is married and calls him to England to join in his happiness. There, Nathanial meets a most unusual woman. A woman who steps up to him without thought for proper introductions and declares herself his friend. Annoyed, Nathanial shrugs her off, certain he shall never see her again.
He could not have been more wrong. For Charlaine is a woman not easily deterred, and before Nathanial knows what is happening, he finds his new friend is all he can think about.
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Vikki’s Musings
Thanks go to the publisher and New-Galley for the complimentary copy of How to Turn a Frog into a Prince by Bree Wolf for the purpose of reading and reviewing prior to publication. My opinions are my own, and no one has influenced them.
How to Turn a Frog into a Prince is a sweet Regency romance with appealing characters for the most part. This novel has a strong sense of the Regency period, and I enjoyed that aspect of this book. The pacing is fine, but there were parts of the book that could have been more concise.
Charlaine Palmer’s character is charming with many facets I most enjoy. Her optimistic attitude and ability to rise above her adversities appealed to me. Her willingness to extend her hand in friendship is admirable. I especially enjoyed the time she spends with the two adorable little girls in the story.
Nathanial Caswell is the hero, and he was a mixed bag for me. I enjoyed the strong relationship he has with his brother a great deal, but he has a bit of the poor me attitude because of the betrayal from the woman he’d planned to wed. I grew a bit tired of him toward the end. That may have been why I thought the story dragged a little.
The romance is appropriate for a traditional Regency tale. It was hard to become completely vested in the love story between them since I was not fond of Nathanial. Nonetheless, I did enjoy their happy ending quite a lot.
If you enjoy traditional Regency romances with a strong heroine and two sweet, precocious children in it, then you will like How to Turn a Frog into a Prince. The two little girls stole the limelight for me. Happy reading!
Author Bio:
USA Today bestselling and award-winning author, Bree Wolf has always been a language enthusiast (though not a grammarian!) and is rarely found without a book in her hand or her fingers glued to a keyboard. Trying to find her way, she has taught English as a second language, traveled abroad and worked at a translation agency as well as a law firm in Ireland. She also spent loooong years obtaining a BA in English and Education and an MA in Specialized Translation while wishing she could simply be a writer. Although there is nothing simple about being a writer, her dreams have finally come true. "A big thanks to my fairy godmother!"
Currently, Bree has found her new home in the historical romance genre, writing Regency novels and novellas. Enjoying the mix of fact and fiction, she occasionally feels like a puppet master (or mistress? Although that sounds weird!), forcing her characters into ever-new situations that will put their strength, their beliefs, their love to the test, hoping that in the end they will triumph and get the happily-ever-after we are all looking for.
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