| Title | : | The Prince with Amnesia |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781301750054 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | ebook |
| Number of Pages | : | 230 |
| Publication | : | First published November 9, 2012 |
• Its senior year and its time to date
• She’ll have to lie to do it
• She wants to date the hot new guy – Kai
Kai’s sure of three things:
• He has amnesia
• He’s recuperating in secret in America
• He wants to date Violet
Ever dated a hot guy with amnesia who turns out to be a prince in disguise?
- Welcome to Violet’s senior year.
Word Count: 40,981 words
The Prince with Amnesia Reviews
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I'm going to be honest about it, when I browse through possible book deals on my Kindle, I think I feel like an editor/agent feels when they read through the slush pile. Occasionally, you might find something wonderful but more often than not you're going to find pure shit. And that's okay I guess if you're not going to miss the occasional two dollars. But after purchase after purchase, two dollars does add up and I honestly start to feel more than a little annoyed.
But those feelings aside, I know I'm the sucker here.
And I sort of knew what I was getting myself into on this one.
I mean, doesn't the title and the boy band wannabe on the cover say it all? The Prince with Amnesia that's like naming your novel something like The Pregnant Rockstar or The CEO's Virgin Mistress (That one though is a little oxymoronic, don't you think?)
So yeah...I knew this wasn't probably going to end well going in, but I still couldn't help myself. However, fifty percent in I had to pull the plug.
There were lots of things that made this subpar. The tone in general was stilted, the characters were flatter than Flat Stanley, and the plot was just beyond stupid.
Originally, I was going to try to review this in some cool form like use princess characters to state how appalling Evans's version of a monarchy was or make up a fake travel show where the host goes to this fictional country that our dear prince supposedly lives in...but its just not worth it.
I can't be creative with this book review because this book lacks creativity. And besides, I just feel after reading The Elite the Disney Princesses shouldn't be bothered having to read a ripoff of that series.
Oh yeah, Evans ripped off Kiera Cass. I can't believe I'm saying that Kiera Cass, an author whose books I utterly despise, was ripped off since there's a whole Royal Bachelor contest in this book as well.
Oh yeah....and that didn't really make sense either.
Neither did the controlling grandmother who seemed to be a rip off of Grandmere from The Princess Diaries. Or the way the whole country was structured in general.
If I didn't know that Texas A&M graduates were required to take political science courses, I would think Evans had gone without such classes. Her views on what is a monarchy is ridiculous. Case in point, from what I read of the book (which was only half) she viewed the British monarchy as if they weren't a constitutional monarchy.
I am not shitting you. There's a line about how Prince Harry will never marry an American because she A) has no political value and b) no money. Um, Kate Middleton and Princess Di while not American, did not have extreme political value or money when they married into the royal family. Just saying.
And besides that little eye rolling moment, the fact that Kai (I keep thinking of the gorgeous Prince Kai from Cinder, not this asshole ) is being coerced into a prearrange married with so many restrictions while his dad was able to marry a Texan of all things made no sense. In fact, it contradicted the freaking world building.
I just couldn't compute.
And I partially blame that on the writing. I just felt a disconnect. In a lot of ways this book reminded me of a Harlequin. It was fast paced, there wasn't a lot of character development, and it was in shitty third person.
What is shitty third person, you might ask? Well, third person where we don't learn much about the MCs except a) they're rich, b) they're pretty, and c) apparently smart despite acting TSTL.
Okay, to be fair she attempts to form a backstory for our heroine whenever she appears (which is like maybe twenty pages of the book so far), but that backstory makes no freaking sense either. Violet's parents won't let her date because her old sister got knocked up and are trying to force her to go to a college that's name reminds me of Emetrol (which is anti-nausia medication). Violet, meanwhile, just wants to date a buy who she'll go to second base with in less than ten pages after barely saying two words...
Okay, Violet's parents I sort of get your point. But why don't you have a conversation with your daughter about safe sex and self respect, instead of probably increasing the chances you're going to have another episode of Sixteen and Pregnant in your house by doing the whole you're forbidden to date crap?
Oh God, I hated the way this book talked about sex. For some reason, these slush pile books tend to like to use the slut slamming/purity myth tropes more than most mainstream YA books and that's really saying something.
And it was written in third person....Yeah, these tropes are bad enough though a little bit more reasonable (not really) with first person POVs, but with third it just makes you think the author is a dickwad.
Which I'm sure Evans isn't ( a dickwad that is), it's just that in third person I feel more like the author's talking than a character.
Besides the use of tropes and the poorly crafted characters and flimsy plot, this book just felt disjointed. While Evans usually changed view points every other chapter, there would be an occasional moment where we'd get a random shift in POV with very little transition in the middle of a chapter. It also didn't help that I got no sense of time with this story at all.
Also, there were some culturally offensive things about this book too. Being from Texas, I was sort of appalled that there were characters that were from my state who mocked Kai for having an accent and telling him to talk normal. Personally, I always thought that Texans generally don't talk normally (we tend to over use the word ya'll too much but whatever). Also, this is not a culture thing but more of a Texas thing, it's not excruciatingly hot in January. At worst in the Houston/College Station area (which is where the book took place) the high can be about eighty and that's like record high. Usually in January its fairly pleasant (think like the 60's for the high). Whatever though.
Anyway, this is one of those books in which I hoped I was wrong about it. Honestly, as cheesy as this book sounds it could've been sort of interesting. I love books that are about royalty, especially YA in royalty. But I just can't find one redeemable thing about this one and that's sad. I recommend not to let curiosity get the better to you on this one. It's just as bad as its title makes it out to be. -
Kai is heir to the throne of his small European country and engaged to a girl he doesn't even love but is for the sake of politics, royalty, and money. His grandmother wants to marry him off even though he is still technically in High School. She starts a reality TV show like The Bachelor - Royal Edition. This reminded me of Kiera Cass's The Selection series which I loved. I was so excited for this book as I love Royalty, Reality TV and Amnesia in books and The Prince with Amnesia had it all. During one of the first episodes filming, a bomb goes off in the castle and Kai is concussed. He loses his memory, and so his mother takes him back to her family ranch in Texas to recuperate. Here in enrolls in public school and meets Violet. Violet has never dated, and it's finally her senior year when she's finally allowed a boyfriend. One thing leads to another, and the pair starts dating. What will happen though when Kai's memory returns, and it is revealed who he is and that he is already engaged to someone else ? Will he break off his engagement and stay with Violet or will his Grandmother stand firm in his way and be against her grandson - heir to the throne marrying a commoner? Find out in Emily Evan's YA novel "The Prince with Amnesia."
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I loved this book. Even if the plot was not at all realistic (Come on people, a hot guy who has amnesia, turns out to be a prince in disguise!! who are we kidding?), i loved the characters. i actually quiet liked how they reacted in those situations. Violet and Kai have great chemistry, and i could relate to both characters.
Prince Kai was likeable(*caugh-hot-*caugh), although i liked him more as kai the highschool student rather than Kai the prince.
Violet is the sweetest girl.
Kai's grandmother on the other hand is well.. a little crazy. she has this weird Reality show idea to find kai a bride. although they made him betrothed to a girl already.. no wonder prince life is so complicated!
the disappointment came though when i realized that the plot had much more potential than this short cute novel.
The ending itself was not good enough. There are still so many questions unanswered.. -
It is actually 3.5 stars. So...what are the good and bad side of the story???Here is my humble review :
- The good side :
1. I like how Emily Evans set the pace and the background of the story. For some people, it might feel a lil bit too slow, but hey, by telling it, we know about how honest and innocent Violet is and how under-pressured Kai is.
2. Violet character’s is adorable. She was being honest with herself and expressing it through her looks and words. She was trying to be realistic and fight for what she wanted. Two thumbs up for her.
3. One of my fav scene is when Kai called the dibs as soon as he saw her for the first time. His willingness to understand Violet parents and trying to get their approval is so sweet. Basically, I love half of the story where Kai lost his memory and just simply being a guy who fell head over heels about a girl.
- The bad side :
1. Half of the story where Kai regained his memories was THE annoying part. He is being indecisive and ON & OFF Type of guy. As soon as he regained his memory, he wanted to end the relationship with Violet....but when Violet visited Halterra, he confessed his love to her (WADDA HELL...!!!) As a prince, he should his brain better than his emotion.
2. Once Violet left Tarren for Halterra, the friendship story ended. Is that it??? Come On...there’s got to be a way to explore the friendship. This kind of bond doesn’t just cease away. Even when Tarren became a bitchy friend, she was there for Violet.
3. So, Kai changed his mind about his feeling for Violet after finding Grandpa’s treasure...and that’s it, It is where the story ended...I was like “MAN..Where have you been? Don’t you feel sad when she was shot and sick because of you??”. The story ended too fast, too short, and lacking of romanticism at the ending. I think there should be a second book for it. There should be more of it after Kai’s question to Violet...im really looking forward to it. -
This is a fun read as most Emily Evans' books are. Don't mind the unrealism and the fluff and you're good to go. Personally, I love the ease of her writing style and the edginess. Gotta love the edge!
At 17, Kai is betrothed and resigned. Grandmother is a bitch and everyone bows to her will. Kai is distant and subdued. But when he loses his memory it's his chance to reassess his life from unbiased eyes. They don't tell him he's a prince. They don't tell him he's engaged. They don't tell him he's the heir to the throne. When he wakes up, he thinks he's a mega loser with no life.
When they fly him to America to recuperate, he is serious, controlled and never smiles. A blink is a score for Violet. It's so cute that his body remembers by instinct all his old-fashioned royal manners even though his brain doesn't. He is also still very arrogant, referring to rude people as “insolent”. He's quick to pick up on Americanisms though I cringed because it was the jocks that taught him. Still, it was funny because he's so sophisticated that hearing him use American slang is startling.
Violet and Kai like each other straight away. Not so much on a physical or even personality level. But there's something soothing about each other that they're attracted to. I always find Emily Evan's chemistry so delightfully well done. She is the master of the non-cheesy insta-like.
Violet is a normal American teen. She's a good girl with strict, almost nasty parents. Despite that, Violet is confident. I loved her. In a fiction world full of shy, incompetent and self-conscious heroines, Violet's swagger is refreshing. Violet is fundraising for a trip to Europe and I liked seeing her bulldoze through people's objections and convince them to go on the trip. She doesn't actually care about the project, but she is wired for success.
The wrap-up felt a bit weak. I wanted Kai to try harder and not be such a push-over. I did love the last line though. -
Violet’s sure of three things:
• Its senior year and its time to date
• She’ll have to lie to do it
• She wants to date the hot new guy – Kai
Kai’s sure of three things:
• He has amnesia
• He’s recuperating in secret in America
• He wants to date Violet
Ever dated a hot guy with amnesia who turns out to be a prince in disguise?
- Welcome to Violet’s senior year.
This is a really cute novella. What I love is how realistic it is. Ok, so the situation may not be, but the way the characters react to their circumstances and the emotions they go through, are. I thought Evans did a wonderful job shining some light on the dimly lit side of royalty, or any public figure really, that’s subject to the public eye. Everything is about perception.
Unfortunately, it is perception that rules Kai’s life. Who he can hang out with, what he can do, who he can date or possibly even marry? The list goes on and on. All these things have been chosen for him, up until his accident. A blessing in disguise, that he doesn’t even know he has, Kai now has a chance to see what it’s like to be in control of his own destiny. Recuperating in Texas, Kai doesn’t remember any of his life as a prince. Finally free to make his own choices, he wants the one thing he can’t have; Violet, no matter how much Violet may want him in return.
I’m always a sucker for forbidden love, and this story certainly delivered. It’s wonderfully written and is a fun, light read. You can really feel the pull and tug between these two, and it's interesting to watch how they mature by the end of the novella. It's romantic, sweet, and it's heartwarming. A definite recommend. -
I thought this book was really good! I loved that Kai was a clueless boys willing to fall in love and find a new him. He got more comfortable with himself and who he was, as an amnesiac, in the book. With Violet... She was determined to be own person and not be weighed down by a family member's previous mistake. She accepted Kai when she knew she couldn't see the real him because even Kai didn't know who he really was. But the night he remembers changes everything. He becomes distant and colder. He walks and talks like a prince. He acts like he wasn't falling in love with Violet. A love that couldn't happen... he's engaged! Not for love. His engagement is strictly business.
Violet is a very innocent character. Kai is not an innocent character until the day he loses his memory... Then he's vulnerable and learning things about himself that may be a but unnerving.
Kai realizes what's happening between the two of them and backs off. If Maria, Kai's fiancée, weren't in the way could Violet be a princess. A dangerous monarchy with threats.
READ THIS BOOK! I give it four stars. -Ashley -
I'd actually give this 3.5 stars...This is a cute little story. I’m still on my royal prince kick. This time it’s Kai, the prince heir of the European nation Halterra. Kai is 17 and about to turn 18. He is already engaged to a girl whom he has no feelings for; it’s a business deal for the welfare of the nation. His grandmother, the Queen, is a tough old bird. She’s not friendly and everything is done as she desires. And she wants to bring more attention to her country and she plans to do this with a staged, bachelor-type reality TV show. And she wants Kai to be the bachelor. Kai refuses and in his place, his cousin steps in. During the premiere episode, there is a bomb scare and Kai is injured; resulting in amnesia. He and his mother return to a small town in Texas, where she’s from, for him to wait out his recovery in an attempt to regain his memory. And while there, he falls for Violet. I really cute story. I recommend.
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Short, sweet, simple and uncomplicated love story.
Hmm i like the chemistry between Kai and Violet, not too showy, not too overacting, just enough to let you feel the "kilig" factor in them.
I love Kai as i read through page by page, I think i like him much better when he has amnesia, he's soft, vulnerable and plain and different, I dont think he'll be this good and loving if there is not an accident at all, but I am a bit wrong, he still is nice, caring and loving when he finally gets out of his amnesia, he still cares for violet.
That reality show Sven's in reminds me of the show The Bachelor hahaha. I wish the author didn't include that but it's okay tho, brings a lot of twist in the story. I really don't like the ever annoying grandmother who meddles with her grandsons life. GAAHHHH!!
I like this! I got this kilig feeling whenever Violet is near Kai and vise versa, I like Violet's attitude, the go for it kind of girl, never hesitates to voice out how she really feels. -
2.5 stars.
This is my second Emily Evans book and I have to admit I liked
The Accidental Movie Star more than this one. The blurb was intriguing that's why I read it, but it didn't meet my expectations. I didn't feel any connection with the characters. I didn't like the prince much, but with amnesia, he's likable enough. The whole reality TV thing was a bit OTT, and her grandmother's crazy plots.. *face palm*
Overall, it was a cute and fast read. Not very memorable but something you can still enjoy. =) -
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I was excited to read this because I loved The accidental Movie star by Emily Evans so I was hoping that it would leave me with similar feelings like the first book did.
If only we can fall in love with a undercover prince in high school. Wait what that can't happen in reality. LOL
This book was cute yet predictible I however preferred The Accidental Movie Star to this book. This review is short and sweet like the book. -
This was supposed to be a cute, fun read, and it kinda was, but I had a big problem with this one and it was that I felt disconnected from the characters and what they were feeling. I hadn't realized that it was the same author of The Accidental Movie Star, which it turns out I had the same problem that I did with this one.
This had a good solid plot and I did like the characters, but it was all show instead of feel. I just couldn't really get into it.
So for me this book was ok, and after 2 misses with this author I don't think I'll bother with another one. -
I am a little hesitant on the first read because of all that ritz and glam. But I was thankful to the outlook of Kai that got me snatched and affirmly instigated me to reading this through by the bomb incident, I was curious to as to why was that box so important to him. And Violet's a person to just add the cherry to this amazing whip of delicious!. The attraction was instant like *snap* and the progress was agonizing but sweet, hot, and explosive. Damn the next book from Emily Evans wouldn't stand a chance to my craving this line of writing! XD love it.
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I've read a lot of negative comments but then sided with the ones who actually liked this book.
It has a great plot; I'll give you that, but I guess it didn't reach my standards. The plot held so much potential. The ending was a bummer.. I kind of started wanting more by the last chapter..
The characters are very real though, and I admire that. The persona is quite different as to being third-person telling the characters' point of view; I thought that was cool.
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Cute story. I liked Kai, and Violet was very sweet, but I didn't really get sucked in by the plot. Time flew, I think that was part of it...at times it felt a little rushed. An interesting read though.
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I liked this story, none of the details were out of order and it felt genuine. The kissing scenes were sweet and lovely. I could have been a bit more inside the main characters' hearts and minds at the beginning of the book, but by the end I felt well into it.
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This was a sweet tale. I loved this book. I want there to be more. She kept the story sweet and simple. But you fell so deeply for the main Characters. It was really easy to get comfortable and get drawn into this book.
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This is a cute story. Short and sweet. It didn't WOW me, but it was still good :)
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Cute story. Reminds me of Disney' s Anastasia and princess diaries. -
I enjoyed the story, but i felt the ending was not complete. like he suddenly changed his mind as soon as he saw the stuff in the room.
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This was a pretty good book, but it was not as good as Emily Evans other books. I felt like it moved to fast and was too short.
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Overall a cute, good read.
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I am really enjoying this change of pace with non-urban fantasy books. This was a great addition to my new found reading genre.
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Hoping there's a sequel!
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A very nice story though...
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I like the build up of the whole story. But I felt that the ending could be a little more elaborated. But I like the candy sweet moments between the two characters!
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This is a great read... Emily Evans tells a great story. Good for teens and adults who are young at heart.