Review: In Search of a Prince by Toni Shiloh

 

About:

It seems like a dream come true . . . until it forces her to question everything.

Brielle Adebayo is fully content teaching at a New York City public school and taking annual summer vacations with her mother to Martha's Vineyard. But everything changes when her mom drops a bombshell--Brielle is really a princess in the island kingdom of Ọlọrọ Ilé, off the coast of Africa, and she must immediately assume her royal position, since the health of her grandfather, the king, is failing.

Distraught by all the secrets her mother kept, Brielle is further left spinning when the Ọlọrọ Ilé Royal Council brings up an old edict that states she must marry before her coronation, or the crown will pass to another. Brielle is uncertain if she even wants the throne, and with her world totally shaken, where will she find the courage to take a chance on love and brave the perils a wrong decision may bring?

My Thoughts:

What an absolute delightful read this was. I haven't read a princess story in quite some time and this one brought back all the feels of a couple of stories I read in the past and to this day they are some of the most memorable I have read. This one is no exception and I enjoyed not only getting to know the characters, but also the island nation and its people even though they are fictional.

Brielle is just an ordinary woman, a schoolteacher, a daughter, until she finds out she is not. Her mother has been keeping a pretty big secret from her. She is a princess to an island nation off the coast of Africa and her grandfather needs her desperately. Brielle understandably is in shock and has a little bit of bitterness grown in her towards her mother. I certainly understood her feelings, however bitterness needs to be rooted out before it grows any larger and destroys more of the relationship. Her parent's story was sad, and my feeling was that her mother suffered enough.

We walk along with Brielle and her best friend Iris as they get to know the rules, the island, the people, and her grandfather. There is some family and political drama going on and there are those who are not happy about these new circumstances. The romance, though, not dominant at first does pick up and is quite swoony and loving. I hope to visit there more in the future.

I received a copy of this novel from the publisher. I was not required to post a positive review and all views and opinions are my own.

About the Author:

Toni Shiloh (www.tonishiloh.com) is a wife, mom, and multi-published Christian contemporary romance author. Her novel Grace Restored was a 2019 Holt Medallion finalist, and Risking Love was a 2020 Selah Award finalist. As a member of the American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW), Toni loves connecting with readers and authors alike via social media.