Kiss the Girl (The Naughty Princess Club, #3)

by Tara Sivec

[Sam@WLABB]

Rating: 3.5 Stars

I had a feeling Sivec would turn this fairytale inside out and I was totally right! This is the first book I have read in the trilogy, but I intend to circle back and start from the beginning, because, as always, Sivec delivered a rather fun rom-com.

I loved what she did with these three classic tales. I had such a good time finding all the bits of the original story in Kiss the Girl, and thought Sivec did a brilliant job turning the tale on its side.

This Ariel was no Disney princess. No way. She was brash, foul-mouth, feisty, and hilarious. But you know what? She definitely encompassed the essence of the Ariel we know and love. She was fiercely independent and wanted to make it on her own. She was a collector of "things", and could sing the heck out of a pop song. Whereas original Ariel loses her actual voice, this Ariel lost her confidence and her ability to stand up for herself, so, more of her figurative voice, and I had a great time watching her get it back.

Ariel was great, but Eric was perfection. I was so in love with him. They had this kind of mutual hate going on, but it really was an intense mutual attraction that they were resisting. When the opportunity arose, Eric took his shot, and he was quite sneaky about it, but in a really sweet way. Without being obvious, he would give Ariel these little "nudges" on her path to rediscovering her confidence, and every little thing he did endeared him to me more and more. There were definitely heart eyes and swoon, when Eric was on the page.

Another thing I really appreciated was the friendship between the three naughty princesses. Women supporting women is always a good thing, and their friendship and the support they gave each other was a thing of beauty.

As with other Sivec books I have read, this one had some hysterical OTT moments. How did I not know about Goga? I had to google it, because that goat yoga scene cracked me up. Goga and a lot of other scenes were very funny - think Bridesmaids, and I loved them.

Sivec should get a round of applause for giving readers of this series such a lovely epilogue. I am a well known closure-ho, and epilogues are my thing. Not only did Sivec give us an epilogue, but it was a jump ahead epilogue with THREE time jumps. Yep! We got a little something extra for all three romances, and I really appreciated that she gifted us with those endings.

Overall: A fun OTT twisted fairytale, which made me laugh out loud, smile, and swoon.