Megan Clawson - Falling Hard for the Royal Guard
4⭐
Genre: Romance, Contemporary Fiction, Chick Lit, Fiction
Pages: 372
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Avon Books
Date Published: 27th April 2023
Huge thank you to Avon Books UK for sending me a blogger copy of this book to read and review
Book Blurb:
Yet this is twenty-first century London, so instead of knights on white horses, she has catfish on Tinder. And with her last relationship ending in spectacular fashion, she swears off men for good.
And then a chance encounter with Royal Guard Freddie forces Maggie to admit that she isn’t ready to give up on love just yet… But how do you catch the attention of someone who is trained to ignore all distractions?
Can she snare that true love’s first kiss… or is she royally screwed?
My Review:
This book gave me Bridget Jones
vibes, but at least Bridget was less annoying and more likeable. Also, this
book had barely any romance although it was marketed as a romance. It had such
a good premise and potential, but I don’t think it was executed that well at
all. I gave it four stars only because it contained quite a lot of history and
background on the Tower of London, which was quite educational and interesting.
However, that was it, apart from that I didn’t care about the heroine and her
love interest (who was barely there) and their Insta love/ drama after. It read
well and was quite quick-paced, which was another bonus.
The book follows Maggie who is
going through a hard time in her life. Her boyfriend cheater on her three
times, yet when she dumps him he can’t seem to stay away from her and wants her
back. Maggie is also in a dead-end job, being a ticket officer in the Tower of
London. She is constantly harassed and hated by her co-workers and her boss. However,
although her mid-twenties aren’t going as she planned, part of her life is like
a fairytale, she lives in the actual Tower of London. One day she bumps into a
mysterious guard who is stationed at the Tower and her fairytale begins…
I really didn’t like Maggie. She
complains that no one likes her and that she has no one, but at the same time,
she doesn’t put any effort into actually making those connections and friendships.
She is always late to work, without any reasonable excuses, she barely does any
work, yet complains when the boss calls her lazy. She was such an unlikable
character and even worse the fact that she was portrayed as clumsy, but her
clumsiness in the book was just so over the top.
What I liked about this book was
the background on the Tower and the history of the guards and royal family, as
well as traditions that are part of what makes the Tower of London so special.
I didn’t know anything about it, so for me, it was so interesting to read. I
also didn’t know that people actually lived in the Tower of London, thus it was
nice to read about the dynamics and ways in which people live there, what they
do and what their roles are.
Romance-wise, I didn’t feel that there
was much romance in this book. Apart from tragic dates, Maggie has an occasional
scene of Maggie with her main love interest. He was so absent throughout the book,
and it just didn’t feel that they had any chemistry. I wish there were more
scenes with him or that his character was more developed.
Overall: For me, it was easy and
educational to read more than a romance. I didn’t like the main heroine and didn’t
really feel her romance with the guard.
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