Book Review: A Royal Christmas Wish by Lizzie Shane

A few years ago, I read A Royal Christmas Wish from Hallmark Publishing. At that time, there were many things happening so it took me a while to finish the book. Years later, I rediscovered the book and decided to reread it in order to see if I would like it more a second time. Last year, I reread it for Christmas but didn’t get to finish it until after Christmas ended. This year, I decided to finally publish the review post I wrote about it!

The blurb of the book on Amazon is…

Jenny knows she isn’t the princess type. Sure, she’s friendly and caring, but with her clumsiness and lack of self-confidence, glass slippers would only make her trip. When Dom, the cute guy she runs into in the park, turns out to be the prince of San Noelle, she figures he must not be her happy ever after.

But a mysterious countess grants Jenny’s one wish, and she finds herself married to this handsome prince! Unfortunately, at the stroke of midnight on Christmas night, her life will go back to normal.

In funny and touching ways, Jenny navigates royal traditions the best she can. But even as she grows closer to Dom, the clock is ticking. With love and a little holiday magic, could she somehow make the enchantment last forever?

This sweet holiday romance includes a free Hallmark original recipe for Chicken Shawarma.

Like I already mentioned, the book is published by Hallmark Publishing. Hallmark likes their romance stories to follow a certain style and this book fits right into the normal Hallmark movie style. There is more detail in the book than I would expect than in the movies, but that was what I was looking for when I read this book for the first time.

After reading it a second time, I realized there are some things I like and don’t like about it. I really like the story. The idea for a woman to be granted a wish to become a royal like in Cinderella or Aladdin is something that was different. I liked the characters and the pacing of it. The parts I didn’t like came from a more personal perspective. I didn’t completely like the way it ended. It made me sad how there wasn’t enough explanation about the mysterious countess for me to feel completely satisfied. I also didn’t like certain things the characters did. Like I already said, this is more of my personal point of view than an actual reflection of the writing of the book.

Overall, I liked the book. I would give it four out of five stars. Although the problems I already mentioned about the book made me take away a star, I believe this book would be great option for fans of Hallmark Christmas movies. The story is a typical style story for the movies and would fit right in with them if it were made into a movie. The pacing is good and the story has enough twists that it made me wonder if a happy ever after ending may not come. It is still a great read, even if I didn’t completely like the ending or the choices of certain characters.

That’s all for now! Thank you for reading!