20 September 2015
Once Upon a Dream by Kate Perry (Summerhill Book 5)
Summerhill, Book 5
Summer Welles wants the fairy tale.
The illegitimate daughter of Reginald Summerhill, the Earl of Amberlin, she listened to her mother's stories about the Summerhill girls all her life. In her mind, Summer was part of the stories too—living in the castle, wearing fancy dresses, and falling in love with Prince Charming.
Her wish came true. Mostly. She lives in the Summerhill mansion. She has stepsisters—nice ones who don't make her clean the chimney. She even has a magical wedding dress waiting for her special day. The only thing missing is the prince.
What Summer didn't count on was mistaking a masked frog for her prince. But once she kisses the mysterious man, he won't go away. And he's not charming or princely—he's more interested in ravishing her rather than riding off into the sunset.
With her fairy tale at stake, Summer's faced with her own quest: sacrifice her Happily Ever After, or turn her back on the one man who makes her feel alive?
Summer Welles wants the fairy tale.
The illegitimate daughter of Reginald Summerhill, the Earl of Amberlin, she listened to her mother's stories about the Summerhill girls all her life. In her mind, Summer was part of the stories too—living in the castle, wearing fancy dresses, and falling in love with Prince Charming.
Her wish came true. Mostly. She lives in the Summerhill mansion. She has stepsisters—nice ones who don't make her clean the chimney. She even has a magical wedding dress waiting for her special day. The only thing missing is the prince.
What Summer didn't count on was mistaking a masked frog for her prince. But once she kisses the mysterious man, he won't go away. And he's not charming or princely—he's more interested in ravishing her rather than riding off into the sunset.
With her fairy tale at stake, Summer's faced with her own quest: sacrifice her Happily Ever After, or turn her back on the one man who makes her feel alive?
My Review: 3 out of 5
This was the first book I have read in the Summerhill series, so I was not familiar with the authors style or the background of the other characters in the book. I am not sure if this is a good thing or not, for this review is based solely on this story alone. That being said it is basically 2 stories in one short book.
The main story relates to Summer and her quest to make her "Prince", who she has never even spoken to, fall in love with her. But she knows as soon as they have their first kiss he will realise she is the one, leaving his girlfriend and living happily ever after with her. Truthfully if any of my friends came to me with the same scenario I would think they were a bit damaged and needed help. However, this is fiction, so I continued to read.
The secondary story, which I now know to be a feature in all of the previous books, is about Jacqueline and her reconnecting to her first love, who she left to marry another, 40 years earlier. This was a nicer story that could have been expanded further.
I am not sure if I like the back and forth switching between the 2 stories with no continuity between chapters, it really just felt like the author had 2 short novellas and decided to mix them together into a short book.
I did however connect with the secondary story more as it wasn't so far fetched in reality as the first.
All of that being said, it is a nice quick read with a bit of angst and a touch of spice.
Would I read the next in the series or another story by this Author?
Yes, it was still a nice romance, so I would look at other stories by this Author.
Would I recommend someone else to read this story?
Yes, I would probably recommend starting with the first story rather than read this as a stand alone, as I think you would become more interested in these characters if you had been introduced to them as back stories in the previous books.
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