Book Review: Taken by a Prince
I am a Christina Dodd Fan; I love all her books but mostly my favorite books that came out by her has to be the Historical Romance Genre because it the Genre I enjoy the best (Even though her Paranormal Romance is equally as good). I have to say that I enjoyed this book a lot; its sorta the sequel to her last book only you don't need to read the last one to understand what was going on with this one so it can be considered as a sequel and it can be read as a stand alone book.
I found the plot interesting as simple as it was having Saber (I will call him Saber as it is his birth name) wanting revenge and take back his family title that was stolen from another family. What I also liked that the book was just about his goals as is it about the romance and the book consisted of an equal balance between the two so Saber's goal was not just a side plot device or something that is just in the background to add a few kicks.
Saber's character was very interesting starting with the first chapter where Christina Dodd really showed us why was he as emotionally unattached as he was; the scenes that she wrote about his childhood really were amazing and done so well and it showed how much of an impact it really made throughout the book. There was the scene were he met Victoria where as soon as he say her he instantly wanted her; that had me roll my eyes due to the cliche' of the moment but then again I am not a guy so I can't really say that guys don't instantly think of that as soon as they lay eyes on a woman.
Victoria was also a strong character; I really like how strong willed she was most of the book. The book showed that she can really defend herself and not be the damsel in distress all the time despite being kidnapped several times (my favorite has to be when she actually did fire a shot at her kidnapper when he mockingly dared her to)
Overall This was a pretty good book to just kick back and relax while reading it.
Although I have to say this; I really hate the cover; most readers like a hot guy to grace the covers of their Historical Romance books and they are 85% of the time but whenever I saw this cover; I find it unimaginative and uncreative there is nothing in the cover that really stood up for me believe it or not.
Rating: 4/5