A beautiful story of two best friends who fall in love with each other. These two belong together and this is the perfect time for them to fall . The only down side is the internet trolls trying to keep them apart. If you're looking for a feel good story with a happily ever after them this is the story for you.

I really enjoy these books when I need a palette cleanser.
Was it super cutesy at times - yes
Did it have some of the same tropes we see time and time again - yes

Would I still recommend it? Yes!
The book was good and easy to follow. The story truly fits the true love theme which i really like.

Simone at times could be a little annoying but then so was Edouard, i find in these storys there is never enough time to redeem all characters but this time it was nice!

4/5 stars - i'd read it again :)

Beauty and the playboy prince is a standalone royal romance novel by Justine Lewis.
This book had everything that I could want in a romance novel and more. The story was sweet and easy to follow and the characters were likeable and believable. A cute novel that I highly recommend.
❤️ Thank you to netgalley and Mills and Boon for my arc ebook copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

Well this was different and there were parts that I really enjoyed. But, I am so fed up of the royal tropes. It seems every other M&B romance is set in some minute, fictitious European country and it has become utterly boring for me.

Ed was a lovely if somewhat blind hero for a lot of the time, but at least willing to take a risk. Simone however was a a rather irritating heroine with her continual doubts and angst. But I did enjoy the way they showed each other their love.

I thought it was interesting that the author decided to make social media bullying one of her themes but I felt there was too much of the book devoted to the effects of bullying on 16 year old Simone and not enough on the romance.

I would have loved a more dramatic and satisfying comeuppance for the PM and his mistress at the end of the book.
The author has a really individual voice so I’ll look out for more of her books.

This starts off small and cute and all about a beautiful bookshop in Paris. Simone loves her quiet life and then shelters her childhood best friend Prince Edouard. They weather a media storm together and then end up back in his kingdom. The book then changes gear and becomes sexier and more sensual and emotional. A great balance between the two parts of the book and some lovely descriptions of the time Simone and Edouard spend together and how they unearth the teenage secrets that bind them.