ONCE GHOSTED, TWICE SHY is a novella in Alyssa Cole’s RELUCTANT ROYALS series. It follows Likotsi, advisor to Prince Thabiso, as she revisits New York and the girl who she thought so cruelly ghosted her despite their intense connection.

I love this series, and I squealed when I heard we’d get Likotsi’s story. It is so hard to find F/F romance novels, let alone good ones! This one did not disappoint. I don’t think you must read A PRINCESS IN THEORY first but it would certainly help, as Likotsi’s backstory isn’t given in great detail in this book.

I like this modern twist on a second chance romance with the dating app and air-dropping. It felt current without being cheesy about it.

I love that Likotsi is masculine without being a butch lesbian stereotype. It’s so great that the types of queer folks on the pages of books are ever expanding these days.

One of my least favorite things about the romance genre is how often everything could be solved if the characters just talked to each other, which is the source of conflict here. However, Fab’s reason for ghosting was weighty enough (and current and real enough) that I can forgive it (okay, maybe just mostly forgive).

This novella is sweet and sexy (as expected from Alyssa Cole!) and I’m counting down to A PRINCE ON PAPER in April!