A Nordic King by Karina HalleMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Aurora has decided that nannying may not be the job for her anymore, even though she's been doing is amazingly well for 7 years. When her agent wants her to apply for another nanny position, she decides she'll give it a try and see how it goes.
What she didn't realize until she met the family was that she was going to be watching two princesses. No. Legit princesses of Denmark. The Queen passed away and now the King needs someone to keep up with his 5 & 6 year old daughters while he's busy with ruling his country. Aurora is stunned, but she realizes that she does want to help these girls get past their grief. Aurora can relate to them since she also had a parent die when she was a young girl.
The only bummer part about this job is the king... He outright told Aurora that she isn't right or good enough for the job, and the only reason she even got it is because his daughters wanted her and guilted him into his decision.
Now Aurora is struggling to prove that she belongs there, while also fighting the attraction she feels toward the surly king.
King Aksel did not need the temptation of beautiful Aurora in his castle. She is too young, too pretty, and too much sunshine personality for his life. But he will do whatever he needs to do to make his daughters happy, so now he is stuck with her.
The longer Aurora is there, the more Aksel sees that she is exactly what his daughters need, but he is trying so very hard to keep his distance from her. Aksel already got his heart broken once, but he has a feeling that if he got too close to Aurora, he would experience another level of brokenness.
This was a great book! I got intrigued by the cover first and then I read the synopsis and knew that I had to read this novel. The back story of both Aurora and Aksel invovled heartbreak, betrayal and survival that you can't help but root them on throughout the entire novel to find a way to move on and get a brighter future.
I appreciated how long it took the two of them to get together. Most romance novels the attraction is instantaneous and off the charts intensity, but this book took us through almost half a year before the characters really got involved with each other. And I loved reading about their inner struggles and how real it felt, because that is how it is in real life with real people.
I also loved the storytale feel of this book, because, hello? Kings and princesses? Every girl's dream, right? But it didn't start off like a normal fairy tale, so that made it even better for me as a whole.
I am so glad that I took a chance on this novel and decided to read it, because it was fantastic. So many twists and turns and pining and love and risks and adventure. It was the whole package, and now it has made me want to go and read more books by Karina Halle. Maybe I'll just go have to check out some more books by her :)
I definitely recommend this book for readers and I will be looking out for more by this author!
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