Review: I Was Expecting More.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2014
“Once broken, can two shattered lives ever be made whole again?”Broken Prince is one of those books where you are glad for the continuation of the story from characters that you have enjoyed in the past, but you feel that the author may have been struggling for ideas for a full book, so in essence has tried to throw the kitchen sink at it just to flesh it out.The one thing that I find a little disappointing is the fact that the ideal part of the story that could have offered more depth and definitely should have been fleshed out more was Brynn's mother's murder, and the information she then discovered in Broken Prince about it. One minute there was the promise of all-sorts different scenarios, and directions that this could have gone, but in the next couple of chapters it was cleanly resolved without much explanation or further development. This can also be said for Eliot’s brother and his wife’s potential political problems, one minute there are riots and upheaval, and the next it all sort of fizzled out.I also found that Brynn, who I really liked in Me, Cinderella, at points, became pretty unlikeable in this book. She seemed to lack the warmth and empathy that I liked about her in the first book, and came across as sneaky and quite calculating with regards to her need for money.Eliot seemed to have more conversations with Brynn in his head, than he actually did with Brynn herself, and for about 70% of the book, they seemed content to pretend with each other that everything is “fine”.I cannot lie; I had high expectations for Broken Prince, especially after enjoying Me, Cinderella? so much, and sadly it all fell a little short. Aubrey Rose has an extraordinary skill in how she delivers prose, and although this is still present at points, in Broken Prince,I didn’t get pulled in like I did before. I liked the end, even after all the grief and loss that came before it, I just wanted the happily ever after to come a little sooner, the sex (because it was written so beautifully in the first book) to be more plentiful, and the characters to spend more time conversing with each other.ARC provided through Netgalley, in exchange for the above honest review.