** spoiler alert ** Wow, this book was boring. Okay, maybe not that boring, but I didn't enjoy it at all. I think a lot of that was the lack of realism throughout the story....imaginary countries, prophecies, thousand year old nun/saints, magic crystal boxes, strange happenings. And a female character who did difficult things - like descending a sheer cliff face - simply from reading about how to do it. I kept shaking my head at what Evangeline did. It really took away from the believeability of the story. I know a lot of people like fantastical romances, but I generally don't - with a few exceptions. Even ignoring my dislike, the book bored me.

Another annoying thing was how many times she rambled about how she wasn't a princess. It seemed like that came out of her mouth every other sentence. The romance wasn't too bad, but it couldn't overcome all the stuff that bored me. I was also annoyed at the end of the book by the rather curt, careless explanation of how Evangeline got mixed up in the whole mess and what happened to the real princess. It needed to be more thorough.

This is the 3rd Dodd book I've read, and I've not been impressed by any of them. I'm rather glad that I only spent $0.25 for this one used.