American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton

I finished it in about two days, so it definitely had me hooked, especially for the passages of Gabe’s book. It had a lot of quotable moments that resonated with me, as a 25 year old getting married in the near future.

Molly fully admits to not being open and honest about her feelings and often bottling them up, especially due to the guilt she feels at still being attracted to her ex boyfriend, Charlie (who obviously makes a reappearance). I don’t know, maybe that’s because I’m engaged and would expect full communication from my partner.īut that’s kind of the whole point of Palmer’s book: communication. Though a lot of it is fiction, and the ending serves a purpose to show Molly why he chose her, I still felt disrespected for Molly. I didn’t think he properly prepared Molly for what his novel was about. While reading the novel, Molly begins to lose sight of reality and can’t differentiate between her love life and the fiction Gabe created. The aforementioned novel is pop culture hit, Gabe’s career takes off, and Talia shows back up. Which he eventually does, even though it’s a novel about a couple named Russell and Dahlia, who reminds Molly an awful lot of Gabe’s ex, Talia. Gabe is a server by night with the hopes of landing a book deal. Molly works in Corporate America, in the Human Resources of a marketing company in NYC. Here’s a quick summary: Molly and Gabe have been dating for two years and she thinks he’s going to pop the question any day now. But then again, if my fiancé wrote a novel about a past relationship in such vivid detail, I think I may go a little crazy too. The main character, Molly, just didn’t do it for me. I liked the secondary characters more, especially Kirsten and Lana.

I wasn’t really wild about any of the characters. To fully classify it, I’d say it was a light psychological romance thriller. It was definitely not my typical style of book, but a mix of a hearty rom-com romance with a psychological thriller.

I didn’t hate this book, but I also was just kind of confused, but also really loved elements of it. This was the most deceptive cover art in the WORLD. I was expecting a cute story about an engaged couple that had to deal with an ex-girlfriend returning but it would have a happy ending. I totally judged the book by the cover, mildly absorbed what the inner description said, and tossed it onto the counter at Barnes and Noble.

So when I picked up Other Engaged, I’m not going to lie.

American Princess by Stephanie Marie Thornton