Review: Loved Roman's POV
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 2, 2014
Gilding the Lily-pad is the fourth book I've read of this author, and I simply love her unique, light, witty, and charming writing style.  As intended, her books read like real-life fairy tales, and The Frog Prince and Gilding the Lily-pad especially fit this mold with the commoner falling in love with a prince (well, actually, king).  This book has everything you want in a romance novel...chemistry, sweet courting, other characters that both support and challenge the evolving relationship, and character growth.Leigh Fromm is a woman from Colorado who can best be described as a nerdy supermodel.  She's gorgeous, but her lack of social skills has left her single.  She has the habit of blurting inappropriate comments when she is nervous or there is too much silence. Her point of view was told in The Frog Prince, which I highly recommend is read first.  This time we hear the story from the point of view of Prince Roman Karl Franz Joseph Max Heinrich Ignatius Habsburg von Lorraine, or just Prince Roman.  Well, it's not even really a prince because Austria no longer recognizes the monarchy.  But, he just might be a prince to Leigh because he thinks her quirks are endearing, and he sticks through a couple awkward encounters to really get to know Leigh.I cannot wait to read the next book in this series, The Frog King.