THE PRINCESS PROBLEM, by Diane Darcy, is a feel-good, sweet (wholesome) contemporary romance with a fun twist on Princess and the Pea. I loved watching Jonas (heir-apparent to the family's mattress company dynasty) and Alicia (who only wanted to do her job by promoting the mattress company and develop a fantastic ad campaign) fall for each other. Their sweet romance develops at a believable and interesting pace, aided a bit by Jonas's matchmaking momma. I enjoyed the premise, the circumstances, the twist that neither Jonas nor Alicia were looking for love....nor did they want it when it fell in their laps!Diane Darcy consistently writes sparkling dialogue, believable characters who are 3-D, well-motivated, sympathetic, and people I'd like to be friends with.The BEAUTIFUL COVER has EVERYTHING to do with the story! The book is free of grammatical errors and typos, cleanly formatted, and professional in every way.Kudos to the author! This book has it all: humor, romance, tender and sweet emotions of falling in love, genre-appropriate conflict, and a heartwarming happily-ever-after. Highly recommended to fans of wholesome contemporary romance. This is a novella, a retelling of the fairy tale "Princess and the Pea." It is a cute, sweet story and fairly straightforward because, after all, how much story traction can you get in a novella? And to the reviewer who complained that it was predictable? PPLLEEAASSEE! That is the entire nature of the romance genre. That said, perhaps comparing this to normal-length (whatever that is) books, I might rate this three stars but I do not know whether that is fair. For a novella, this was a good one and I give it four stars.
What do You think about The Princess Problem (2013)?
Modern take on "The Princess and the Pea". Not as well written as her others but still OK.
—eightyseven08
cute, fast read. something to fill time when my sweetheart falls asleep and I can't.
—amymariej
