A Recommended Modern Fairytale
Rogue Royal, by Megan Slayer, is a modern tale, of sorts, about a young new king and a down-to-earth commoner and the ways in which both men come to realize the other is exactly what they had been searching for all along and didn’t even know it. With this discovery comes their very own little fairytale….
A fairytale with lots of intrigue, mystery, angst, and dreamy heartwarming moments that lead the way for such an addicting story. A story containing a plot with so many twists and turns that kept me on the edge-of-my-seat throughout this read. With a need to abide by a specific decree in order to maintain the familial crown and a tricky plot with varied characters, many came to its call for many different reasons. A call that would pave the way for a semi-fake relationship, companionship, love, trust, greed, power, and, newly formed friends and family.
EEEP! I really liked the main characters, Nathan and Charlie. Nathan a single hard working father and Charlie a new contemporary king with a whole lot of pressure on his shoulders. While it took this reader a bit longer to get on board with one of these characters, ultimately both were great individuals. Both on a mission to prove their initially fake but necessary relationship was actually made in the stars for them both.
I enjoyed Rogue Royal, with it’s great storyline of king meets commoner who form their own small family having fought their way through unspeakable angst. My kind of story. However. Even though its premise is a great one, there had existed some bumps along the way. No pun intended. With it’s initial slow pace, an intermittently confusing plot, a need for more character background, depth and development, and a need for more editing due to various typos, I needed more from this story. That all being said, however again, it all came together as a really great read. Despite these needs, I really enjoyed it, as a whole, as the storyline, characters, and end result were all components of a recommended modern fairytale.
*star rating: 4.20 ‘I really liked this story” stars*
