From #1 best selling author, Autumn Archer comes a light hearted best friends to lovers romance you will adore.
She has an epic crush––on the wrong guy.
Ada has to marry a wealthy man, but she wants mad love and belly flutters not forced feelings with a price tag. Moving across the globe to attend an elite college will offer options. And that’s when she meets her roomies big brother, Cicero. … roomies big brother, Cicero. He’s rich and gorgeous. Athletic and charming. The perfect guy for a Daddy approved husband. But it’s just a crush, turning obsessive butterflies into forbidden palpitations. Cicero is dating the mean girl.
Ada’s best friend, Theo, is a simple guy. A talented, dependable man who manages the student bar, and also happens to be her boss. He’s super hot, muscular and rides a motorcycle. But they’re just friends.
Until a VIP pool party changes everything. Ada wakes up the next morning with a guilty conscience.
Who did she kiss?
And why is Theo leaving town?
Download The Right Guy, a new adult romance to find out if Ada gets her HEA.
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Love this retelling. Autumn Archer’s unique writing style shines through in these pages, and despite it being different than her usual suspenseful novels, it’s still so dang good! You can’t go wrong with Archer’s ability to capture romance and tension and angst. Theo is a heartthrob and I loved getting caught up in Ada discovering herself and her heart. Such a good coming of age story, perfect for YA and NA lovers.
This was another solid offering from this series! Ada and Theo are best friends. Ada has a crush on her roommate’s brother Ro and can’t see what is right in front of her. Her parents want her to marry someone appropriate and she has decided that Ro fits the bill. There is a lot of push and pull on both characters’ part and at times both needed either a hug or a slap upside the head. Their story is cute and sweet. I really enjoyed reading their story!
Thank you for the privilege of reading this book! Well done
I have read a few Autumn Archer books and enjoyed them, but this one is a lot different. Whereas the others were romantic suspense with adult characters, this was a friends-to-lovers romance where the main girl, who is in college, felt more like a lust-crazed teenager with a celebrity crush. The love interest is a bar owner, and he was the only character I liked. Ada was super frustrating to me because she couldn’t see what was right in front of her, thanks to the aforementioned crush she was OBSESSED with. Again, this felt weird to me, because I think she is 21. She isn’t a freshmen in college; it seemed like she’d at least been there a couple years, but her attitude just really reminded me of a teenager who fantasizes about being with someone rich and famous and handsome. I’m not even sure what Theo sees in her, because there doesn’t seem to be a lot of depth to her personality. I think if the book had been longer, maybe she could have been developed more.
If you like college romance and friends-to-lovers, then you’ll probably like this one, but it wasn’t for me.
3.5
This book is part of the Modern Princess Collection and the first that I have read by this author and I didn’t know what to expect. This book is a quick read and is kind of a fairy tale read and has all the love you need. This book is retelling of the princess and the pea and is a sweet book.
This is book #3 in the collection.
Ada has always had money but now she just wants to be normal and doesn’t want anyone to judge her for her wealth. So she gets a job at the local bar The Reef and this is where she meets Theo who is also her boss. Theo becomes one of the people that she feels like she can talk to and trust.
Theo is a really good guy and hell do anything ton help Ada in any way he can especially as his feelings grow stronger for her. Theo has feeling for Ada but she s totally blind to his feelings and all she can see is her own for Cicero. She is so much in love with her best friends brother Cicero that he is all she sees.
The characters in this romance book all just need to communicate, they all were a tad immature sometimes and made you just want to bang all there heads together.
This book is a quick romantic, friends to lovers story that is a quite sweet to read and a will they wont they get together. But I did feel some parts were a tad predictable and a tad rushed. Although the author has written a good romantic story that of you love fantasy romance then you will love this book. ARC provided in exchange for an honest voluntary review. A cute fantasy romance read. This book is out now.
I really loved this book.I loved the way Ada was thinking. This book will definitely go well with young people. It is so mixed because you see Theo more on the adult side while Ada more juvenil. I definitely recommend this book.
Ada is head over heels in love with her roommates brother ‘Ro’. Problem is he has a girlfriend.
Theo… Ada’s Boss and BFF is totally in love with Ada. But she can’t see past Ro and has friend zoned him hard.
Thus begins our little love triangle which comes together at a pool party
Will our friends take it to the next step or will Ada follow what she thinks it is she wants because that is what daddy expects of her.
We don’t always see what is staring us directly in the face. Will it all work out fo4 the best.
A cute retelling of the classic Princess and the Pea.
I was given an ARC but voluntarily chose to review
I Give this Book a 3.5/5 Star Rating, Listing as 3.
I received an ARC from Author for an Honest Review.
HEA(?): Yes
Romance: 3.5-4/5
Heat: 3-3.5/5, it’s on the lower spectrum. This is a New Adult Romance.
Suspense: 3.5-4ish/5
Drama: 3.5-4/5
No Spoilers.
The book was pretty good, I do wish that it was a bit longer cause I don’t know how I feel about the ending, it does feel a bit abrupt and too easily resolved.
Otherwise I did like this, I would say for me that this a very good palate cleanser read between heavy reads. 🙂
3.5
Right Princess brings us Ada story, she’s a sweet, real and funny girl, heiress to the jewelry empire her family owns.
She’s best friend with Theo and she has a major crush on her roommate’s brother Ro.
Get ready to join her story while discovering friendship and true love.
I am a sucker for a good fairy tale re-do. This is my first exposure to Autumn Archer, and it just so happens to be a retelling of the old Princess and the Pea fairy tale. Autumn attends college, works as a common-person despite coming from a rich family, lusts after her roommates older brother Ro, and has a hot best friend, Theo. The angst caused by Autumn’s indecision made the story deliciously entertaining. I loved the push and pull of her own mind as she works her way through her personal drama – living up to family expectations or following her heart. She was obliviously naive in the best way, that had me want to shake her sometimes. Each of the characters are built in such a way that I was loving the drama caused by the “secrets” they all try and keep from one another. I love how the story’s perfectly imperfect ending. I will definitely read more by Ms. Archer.
I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
The Right Princess is a modern telling of the Princess and The Pea. This fast paced quirky story is a friends to lovers between Theo and Ada. These two will at times frustrate you as neither will disclose their true feelings. As love, lust and confusion have Ada and Theo in a battle of their hearts. The Right Princess will take you to a fairytale ending like no other. Their story is passionate, steamy, heartfelt and completely enchanting.
In this modern retelling of The Princess and the Pea, Ada comes from a very wealthy background – even though you wouldn’t really know it at face value – and she is totally in lust over her roommate’s brother. She seriously obsessed over him a ton, which was annoying at times, but her head-over-heels-in-lust with Cicero manifests in a way that I wasn’t quite expecting but wasn’t totally mad about.
Then there’s Theo, her talented and supportive best friend who is more than meets the eye – in lots of different ways. Their chemistry is evident from the beginning, but it takes some random circumstances to really bring things full circle. Once they got it together, I really enjoyed the story and how they both find their happily ever after.
Thank you to the author for an advanced copy of this book. This series is wonderful!
I thought that this was a good read. This is a modern twist on The Princess and The Pea fairytale. I did enjoy the storyline and felt it was quite fun. For me the characters were mostly likable but also a tad annoying too. Still, I enjoyed this book and am really liking this series. This is my frank, freely posted review.
Ada and Theo drove me bonkers. Theo may have been Ada’s prince, but he sure acted like a toad many times though this story. Sure, he was trying to get Ada out of his head, but he was needlessly cruel more than once. Had he simply stopped and listened to Ada, he would’ve known where her head and heart both were. Instead, he acted like a spoiled, immature brat. Funny thing, he acted just like Ro, who I couldn’t stand.
All of the characters in this book were flighty and immature much of the time, and only Ada truly redeemed herself because she was actively trying to communicate with the selfish Theo. That said, I’d still read this author again because she sure brought the irritation and angst, so it was a well written tale of people who needed to pull their heads out of somewhere to see the sunshine.
Before I dive into my review, here’s some information about this new series:
“Modern Princess Collection – Once upon a kiss, a modern romance becomes a fairytale.
The prestigious Camelot University comes fully equipped with elitist guys, a castle, and a Glass Ball, but these self-proclaimed princesses don’t need crowns to prove their worth. They’ve taken love and life into their own hands and written their own fairytale. The ladies of Cam U are a dangerous combination of cute and badass, full of attitude and imperfections, and coming of age secrets. Follow seven of your favorite fairytale heroines as they find their happily ever after, in these standalone, contemporary romance novels.
The Collection includes:
* Sonya Jesus’s emotional, contemporary romance about an imperfect girl and her scars will chill you in this modern version of “The Snow Queen.”
*Lauren Helms’s straight-laced girl meets a bad boy in this “Rapunzel” retelling, full of innocent first love, music, and just a little illegal hacking.
*Autumn Archer’s modern “Princess and the Pea” retelling follows Ada in her search for the right guy.
*Lynn Steven’s version of “The Hunchback of Notre Dame”combines military romance, sweet love, and a rebel heart.
*Clare Lesbirel’s bookish Roma princess is torn between the perfect guy and the boxer in this contemporary “Beauty and the Beast” retelling.
*Tasha Lewis’s story, based on the history of Pocahontas, revolves around an ousted outdoors girl, in love with her best friend.
*Cam Johns’s suspenseful, modern version of “Cinderella “has twists at midnight and love on every page.
Order your copies today!
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All of this, I did not know before reading “Right Princess” – Goodreads let me know that a new series was coming, the titles caught my eye and even though I don’t ’t think I’ve ever read most of the authors before, Autumn Archer and Clare Lesbirel have been recurrent presences in my chosen ARCs and reading history overall. So I just knew I had to check it out. I didn’t even read the blurb, I jumped straight in.
I’m also super curious about Clare Lesbirel’s “Beauty and the Beast” retelling, since that is my favorite fairytale/princess/Disney movie of all time. Belle’s library and what not. 😀
Now, on to the review.
Autumn Archer’s writing-style is so rich, beautiful and distinguishable that I’m pretty confident that I’d be able to recognize it anywhere: her descriptions are excellent; elaborate without ever feeling tiresome, repetitive or with one single once of padding.
And then, when you least expect it, she’ll throw you a passage so magnificently meaninful, deep, eye opening and romantic, that you have no choice but to stop, read it again, absorb it, hightlight it and – if you’re me, you also immediatly start thinking of the best way to display within a teaser.
“Right Princess” is the story of Ada: a girl with a huge crush on her roommate’s brother Ro Huxley, who happens to be gorgeous, popular, rich as her father would prefer, dating something else already and almost completely unknowledgeable of Ada’s existence.
Then there’s BMF hotAF Theo, towards whose Ada´s developing feelings must be kept secret from in order to not ruin their friendship.
But what happens when you finally get what you always wanted, only to realize that maybe you were wrong the entire time? What will Ada do when she realizes that perhaps she already had everything her heart desired, only with a man different from the one she used to daydream of?
Will she risk the perfect friendship while persuing somethign more?
I got to admit, there were times when I wanted to shake Ada out of her Ro induced fog and give her one big shove that would land her straight into Theo’s arms, but I always ended up understanding her side: that’s lust for you. Lust and the side effects of a prolonged, cultivated crush on someone that you think, someday might just look up and finally see you, realizing that you’re all he/she ever wanted.
Fairytales, am I right?
Well, I didnt say they didn’t exist; maybe our focus is just off, that’s all.
You know that ol’e “I was happy and I didn’t even know it” thing?
Yup, it happens more times than you think. We can become so fixated on what’s supposed to be happening and what we’re suposed to get that we don’t recoginze what we already have. Until we lose it.
This is such a beautiful story: just like most, if not all of Autumn Archer’s books, I cried my eyes out for the bigger part of it and it was so freaking worth it.
I highly recomend checking out more of her work – I promise you won’t regret it.
In the meatime, keep an eye out for your fairytale. If you’ve already found it, you’re one of the lucky ones.