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Title: Shallow, Sappy and Predictable
Review: I actively seek out books that teach good morals, but this one was way over the top sanctimonious. Our protagonist, Shelby, is whiny, weak and simplistic. (Oh, but she's a believer, so that makes it all okay.) Ditto for her love interest, Prince Nick. Dialog is flat, unnatural and preachy. And, really, everyone seems to behave like little automatons, with nothing more to do than wring their hands and pray over our main characters' marriage. I found NO realistic or interesting characters in this book. And while this is an age-old storyline centered around an arraged marriage turned love match, I believe that with (much) more deft handling, it could have been made interesting. Try Lizz Curtis Higgs or Francine Rivers for Christian romance that you can sink your teeth into. "The Princess" was little more than stilted dialog interlaced with preaching--a dash of needless fretting thrown in for good measure. Ugh.
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