Review: Had so much potential!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 21, 2014
When I first saw the cover of this book and read the description, I was dying to read it! What bookish girl isn't a fan of adventure, London, and handsome princes?!Sadly, the story did not live up to the excitement I first felt when I purchased it.The main character vascilated between confident and then insecure, sassy then shy, dumb then brilliant. It was frustrating following the roller coaster of her personality. Plus, I felt it was unrealistic for her to be so oblivious about a supposedly famous playboy royal.And can we talk about names?! I'm not opposed to unique names (I loved the Selection!), but these names were so incredible cliche. And Lola?! Why oh why is the main character named Lola?! Of COURSE she would be compared to Lolita!Despite all of my griping, the novel wasn't all that bad. I enjoyed the sexy times as well as the snark. Learning more about art history was a plus as well, but then again, I am a nerd like that.Overall, I wish the book had delivered the fun, sparkling story like I had hoped.(This review was also published on Goodreads.)