Can Eunice get Juwell to see that she loves him for him?
Princess Eunice
Eunice is the third born and the second princess to Diachona. She is a carefully crafted character, especially with who her love interest is. Eunice is a woman who many people have overlooked but not Juwell, and she never saw herself as beautiful. She is an awesome character who grows throughout from being this shy lady who doesn't think of herself as beautiful until she meets Juwell, who makes her see that she is a beautiful woman.
I like Eunice because she studies and tries to understand things that she should know as a princess. Especially if she were to go over to a different country to make nice with their rulers, I like this about her because Eunice also makes Juwell realize that he is and that he shouldn't take to heart what his parents have told him. I didn't find anything to dislike about her.
Juwell
Juwell is the love interest to Princess Eunice. Unlike any male love interest that I have read before, he is a good thing, I think. The author does a great job of telling Juwell's backstory in this wonderfully written tale. When we first met him in Reviving the Commander, I could tell that he still had a story to be told, and I wasn't fooled by thinking that. Juwell is an artist who tells a lot through his paintings or sketches or whatever it is that he is doing art-wise that was around back then. There is a lot of emotions that the characters go through in this story.
I like Juwell because he tries not to tell his story unless he feels like he needs to, but even then, Juwell doesn't want to be looked down upon like he isn't worthy of affection. We see a lot of growth from Juwell in this book, especially from how different he is from the first book.
4 Stars
Embracing the Outcast by Nadine C. Keels is a delightful second book to this series. I loved seeing Staid and Opal again and seeing the love grow for Juwell and Eunice. Two people that never thought that they deserved love... find it in each other. I love how they both make each other feel worthy and beautiful how they looked when they didn't think so before meeting each other. Ms. Keels wrote another sublime book worthy of four stars and a recommendation to anyone who wants to read a historical royal romance.
First Book in the Series
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This review was originally posted on Baroness' Book Trove