| Title | : | Royal Valentine (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #6) |
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| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 71 |
| Publication | : | First published January 23, 2024 |
Princess Ilaria has had it up to her tiara with the paparazzi, her own wild reputation, and the public eye. Trading places with her assistant, Ilaria wants just one blissfully ordinary weekend. Then a handsome photographer with a sexy Scottish burr offers to be her guide. Sparks fly, but how long can they last? Ilaria’s secret has to come out—and it could ruin a perfectly serendipitous romance.
Sariah Wilson’s Royal Valentine is part of The Improbable Meet-Cute, irresistibly romantic stories about finding love when and where you least expect it. They can be read or listened to in one sitting. Let’s make a date of it.
Royal Valentine (The Improbable Meet-Cute, #6) Reviews
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Out: writing how the accent sounds. In: literally anything else
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1.5⭐
So I was going to rate this 3-stars, but then there was a third-act breakup that was actually terrible. Also, how can a 70-page story have that🤦♀️? The rest in this series didn't. Anyway, let me tell you that it ruined the whole book. The mmc literally was basically disgusted the she was actually a princess and then was like, “I thought you were just this American girl that would mean nothing🙄.” Blah blah blah. Then going on and saying that he doesn't want a relationship especially not with someone like her. The audacity of this man.
“This was what I’d been waiting for. A man willing to fight for me, to stand by my side, to accept all of me.” Girl, what he literally just left you and then came back because his family told him to🙅♀️. -
Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson
Improbable Meet Cute Collection series. Contemporary romance novella. Six short stories with a Valentine theme, a meet cute, and a person, object or place in common with one of the other novellas but not connected.
Princess Ilaria is tired of the paparazzi following her around. Hoping to escape for just a couple of days, she trades places with her assistant Anne and goes out in Rome as if she is any other American tourist. A handsome Scottish photographer comes to her rescue and they spend Valentine’s Day at famous Rome locations and then have dinner with his roommates family eating pasta and dancing in a small courtyard. Is it enough for her or does she want more?
Sweet and flirty. They both enjoy the day but they both have secrets. Endearing.
References back to UW-Madison and Callum in the first book in the series.
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Royal end to the meet cuteness novellas 🥰🤗 This was a fun valentines flight of love!
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2.5🌟
New author and narrator for me. Just didn’t work.
Least favorite. Wish I could have ended the collection on a high note. I almost DNF but it's a short story so...
Oh well…
Now onto the next audio short story collection! So many to choose from…where shall I start!?🤷🏼♀️ -
A cute take on a classic story. A Royal Princess trades places with a commoner (her assistant) for one weekend to see what life is like without the pressures of a crown. She quickly develops a crush on a cute local who doesn't recognize her true identity. This one felt like a mix of a Hallmark holiday movie and an early 2000's romcom.
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•| ⊱✿⊰ |• 2,9 Stars •| ⊱✿⊰ |•
Ilaria is a princess who wants to enjoy a weekend as a normal person.
This is such a cliché…
She trades place with her assistant.
She meets a photographer that has his own secrets too.
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3 stars
This started so cute but I wasn’t happy that there was a . Overall I’ve enjoyed these Valentine’s shorts.
Audio book source: Audible
Story Rating: 3 stars
Narrators: Jesse Vilinsky
Narration Rating: 4 stars
Genre: Romance
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This one felt like at any moment there would be a Vanessa Hudgins jump scare.
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A third act breakup in a 70 page novella is insane.
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The Improbable Meet-Cute is a collection of six short stories involving improbable first encounters which all take place on Valentine’s Day. This was a sweet and enjoyable way to start my February.
• The Exception to the Rule by Christina Lauren (4 stars)
• Worst Wingman Ever by Abby Jimenez (4.5 stars)
• Rosie and the Dreamboat by Sally Thorne (3 stars)
• Drop, Cover, and Hold On by Jasmine Guillory (3 stars)
• With Any Luck by Ashley Position (4 stars)
• Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson (3 stars)
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Not engaging
The writing and dialogue was very stiff. I also didn't care about the main couple at all. I assume this character part of a series, but I found the female heroine blah. I have just never got into secret royal romance stories set in the modern era. I don't mind historical novels with secret dukes, counts, etc., it just makes more sense back then. -
3.5⭐️ Princess Ilaria, sick and tired of the paparazzi, decides to trade places with her assistant for just one day of being "ordinary". When she meets a handsome Scottish photographer, sparks fly almost instantly. But with a end date quickly approaching, will she be able to tell him the truth about her identity, and if she does, will he forgive her the lie?
One day I will finally come to terms with the fact that I am just not a fan of the royal romance trope, unfortunately, that day is not today. That said, I think this was pretty cute overall and the royalty aspect worked here especially for this type of novella. Roman Holiday is a fantastic movie and Wilson did a good job of retelling it with such a unique and fun twist, my jaw might have dropped for a moment.
Read if you like:
•royal romance
•insta love
•mistaken identity
•roman holiday
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Imagine writing a novella and having a third arc break-up.
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The story was a nod to Roman Holiday. Not a film I was gaga over, but appreciate more after reading this. Why oh why did Wilson endow her MMC with a Scottish accent? She never missed a chance to insert a “dinnae” or “ken” into his speech. Like over salted food, a little goes a long way. In this case it pulled me out of the story.
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Royal Valentine, Sariah Wilson
Narrator: Jesse Vilinksy
I think this was the longest story in the bunch, and I guess that means there was room for a breakup? It was bad but wasting time in novellas with breakups is a bit annoying. It was a cute little Roman holiday novella, but pretty forgettable.
✨Undercover royalty
✨”Twin” swap
✨When in Rome
✨Scottish hero
✨Valentine’s Day
Narrator performance: I was mad confused for a hot minute because my attention slipped for a second and I thought he said he was Italian so I was like WHY is Jesse doing a Scottish brogue 😂 turns out he was Scottish and Jesse nailed it lmfao. (Jesse Vilinsky is one of my favorite narrators.)
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I received an eARC via NetGalley. All opinions are honest and my own. -
It probably isn’t necessarily “1” level bad…but I enjoyed it at the “1” level. Even 70 pages was too long for me on this one. Absolutely nothing new to the “princess trying to escape life as a princess” trope here. I didn’t like the MC. Really didn’t like her love interest (he “wasn’t looking for a relationship right now” but totally was when he thought she was some American nobody? Very dumb. There was horrible insta-love. There was a third act break up for no good reason (all in a LESS THAN 100 PAGE BOOK. Hooooow?!? *Why*?!?!) I’m glad it wasn’t longer, though. Overdone trope. Nothing unique. Nothing believable or romantic IMO.
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💫3.5 stars💫
Amazon Original Stories - The Improbable Meet-Cute -
The improbable meet-cute collection
Hii, I decided a couple weeks back to read this little stories and what better than Valentine's week to do so!! So I'll be reading one of this cute stories every day for the remainder of the week ❤️❤️
Last one!! It has been very cute, reading one of these per day, so I might try doing something similar in the future. Before the review, I just want to add that these little stories have lifted my mood through the week and I recomend them to anyone in need of a giggle or fuzzy feelings on their chest <3
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Royal Valentine
I mean, if I found someone unconscious in the street I would probably call for an ambulance, not take them to my house 😭😭 How weird would that look, too: dragging an unconscious woman though the city.
Although it was really sweet to see characters from the other novellas be brought up ❤️
And the story in itself was very cute too
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Royal Valentine by Sariah Wilson - 3 Stars
This is book 6 in a short story anthology series. I picked this one because I have read one other of Sariah Wilson's books and this one had another Scottish male lead - let's gooooo! I enjoyed this short story - very quick audiobook / ebooks on Kindle Unlimited. Her books are just fun fluffy romance reads that while they are instalove-y, they are a good time. (At least the 2 I have read so far.) Anytime Sariah has a Scottish romance involved, I'll be here for it just because that's a fun buzz word for me :)
This has Princess Illaria who trades places with her assistance to hide from the paparazzi on her tripe in Rome. As things would have it, she ends up meeting a handsome Scottish photographer and the rest is history as he becomes her tour guide.
This is a clean romance, with some innuendos but nothing too much for me on the sexual side of things. There was some other content I wasn't crazy about but it was still clean and an enjoyable read! -
Couldn’t cope with the Scottish accent in this, made me cringe so much 😫
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This is just not the story or author for me. I recognize I'm not the target audience for this novella, because I really dislike royalty romance stories and usually only tolerate them in the occasional Harlequin Presents, where the editors seem to think we're all still stuck in 6-year-old-I-wanna-be-a-princess mode. But I'd just finished the rest of the (mostly) fun Improbable Meet-Cute stories so thought I'd just finish off the series, hoping to be pleasantly surprised. But it wasn't to be.
I'm grateful this wasn't a full-on retelling of Roman Holiday, not only because it's one of my favorite films, but because it was so fresh in my mind after rewatching it literally just hours beforehand at a Valentine's Day event at the historic
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. But even without a play by play rehash, the story is dull, the characters are barely sketched in, there’s no real spark between them, and the dialogue is painfully juvenile. His getting mad 3/4 of the way through the story FOR SOMETHING HE WAS ALSO DOING also irritated the shit out of me. I would be more outraged by it, except I'm not a huge fan of hers either.
Several of the other books in this series have surprised me and I very much liked 4 out of the 6. But it's disappointing to have the series end on such low notes. -
This one didn't work for me :\
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This series started off so well. I’m sorry this one didn’t work for me.
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1.5🌟
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now, this one i really didn't like, idk why it was just too cheesy for me to enjoy, the breakup was terrible and absolutely ridiculous 🙋🏽♀️
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I haven’t had luck with this author in the past, but I couldn’t leave this final novella in the series hanging.
If you enjoy royal romances, this might be up your alley! Craving one weekend out of the spotlight, Princess Ilaria trades places with her assistant, leading into a whirlwind romance with Scottish photographer, Callum.
Because of the accents, this was fun on audio! It had cute moments, and I liked the added twists towards the end, but the insta-love and third-act conflict were too unbearable for me.
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Disfruté la química entre Ilaria y Callum y me encantó el escenario de Roma. Sin embargo, no me gusta el tropo de falta de comunicación y esta historia se trata de eso. Esta fue quizás la historia más predecible de la serie, pero aun así disfruté del fácil escape.
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This is a short story in the Improbable Meet-Cute collection (Amazon Originals). This series is such a wonderful idea. The premise is that each story has to be set on or around Valentine’s Day.
This story is about Princess Ilaria of Monterra. She desperately wants to visit Rome without the paparazzi bothering her. So she comes up with a plan.
She ends up meeting Callum (a Scot).
I really enjoyed that most of this story takes place in Rome. And I thought that the Easter egg connected to the Christina Lauren story was great.
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“You’re like a dream come true.”
So a princess meets a prince and they don't know they're both royals? This was such a fun short story and Callum and Ilaria are so cute.
