"All hail the Princess Christina! BUT..."
Christina works on a cruise ship and when she gets fired
from her job one morning and she gets off in the port of
Juneau, Alaska. Rather than finding a place to stay, she
spends the rest of her money on a fishing trip where she
meets the most interesting man with a proposition too good
to be true. The King of Alaska has just invited her to stay
in the castle! Unfortunately there was just something that rubbed me wrong
with THE ROYAL TREATMENT. I got a hoot out of Alaska
becoming its own country because the US was too busy to buy
it from Russia and that the royalty of Alaska seem like
misplaced celebrities. While Christina's foul mouth didn't really bug me, I did
have a problem with how quickly she got engaged, but then
again, I liked her "why not me?" attitude (and its not like
she could do better!). I just had a real hard time getting
into Christina as a character. I felt like she was
portrayed as a rude, overly loud American that was full of
herself. Oh well, she was. I also had a hard time believing
that she was so rude to all the people trying to help her
but to give examples, is to spoil the story... Which also
was part of the funny stuff I admit. I was drooling when
she was describing the food for the wedding and I share
Christina's lack of interest of shoes. Why spend a huge
amount of money when it's not necessary? So I have to admit
that the wedding preparations had me busting up laughing. David and his fascination with his penguins...I really
thought he was kind of a boring, try and stay out of the
limelight kind of guy...so I just don't see how he and
Christina can work as a couple...other than she fits right
in with his siblings. He is definitely the hero in disguise
because he had a lot of hidden abilities that almost seemed
out of place and character. All in all, I love Mary Janice Davidson as an author and
really enjoyed her take on Alaska. (Thank you for
mentioning the penguins were imported by the way!) The
story is fun and full of laughs, but there are a string of
events that take place that rubbed me the wrong way. I
recommend this book, but THE ROYAL TREATMENT is not one of
my favorite books written by her. Reviewed by Cynthia Eckert
Posted April 21, 2005
Reviewed by Cynthia Eckert
Posted November 22, 2006
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