Wow! 

I heard about this from TIBAL on IG and it was available from Libby with no wait. The basic plot is Caro is a world record marathon holder and has an accident that puts her in a lavish rehab where she meets Prince Finn.  We watch them fall in, then out of, love. It never stops feeling modern and feels a lot more like Gone Girl than Sleeping Beauty. I found myself thinking of Princess Kate Middleton, Taylor Swift, and the idea that no one that rich is a benevolent leader, despite the optics and posturing. The afterword was actually meaningful - the writer took a trip through these land's castles and aristicracies, she says something like, 'seeing [my friend's] face light up while I read the opening pages in a castle in Portugal kept me going through this whole writing process'. Like how cool is that, to dream up this plot, take a research trip and fuel the creation of this work with your friends' support buoying you. I really loved this book and I would not say I'm normally a princess girl. This book let me look at Caro smugly telling myself, "thank God I'm not one of those girls" but I also saw the beauty in her character and why that made her the perfect spouse for Finn.