This one took me awhile to get through for a handful of reasons. One was that I kept getting distracted by other books, which has happened before and is something I will actively be working on as a book goal in the new year. Another is that I read the second book first and already had a spot in my heart for Portia. So reading about someone disparaging her, even lovingly, was a bit much. Plus the premise was based on a lie which can be a bit hard to get over. All that being said I did enjoy this story and once I finished it, promptly picked up the third one since I read it out of order.

I was prepared to dislike Prince Thabiso at first, and I did but I warmed up to him a bit quicker than I though. I could sympathize with Ledi and how stand-offish she was with all the knock downs she had gotten in her life. I enjoyed how the mistaken identity aspect was figured out quickly to work on their relationship and each of them getting over their preconceptions about each other. A lot of this story was about forgiving past misunderstandings, learning to trust again with no real reason to, and that family may be where you least expect it. The 'mystery' aspect was a bit easy to figure out and I was there was a little more exposition on why Ledi's parents left since I still feel that was vague. But overall an enjoyable read.

Not my favorite in the series by far and I can't comment on what that might be yet since I'm still reading the third full novel and only read one of the in-between novellas. But it was cute and enjoyable.