Review: The Seamstress and the Pea
I was pleased to receive a recent ARC for The Seamstress and the Pea by Megan Rose Walker . This was the first book I read by this author, and I was impressed by her worldbuilding and romance. "The Princess and the Pea" is a fun story to adapt because every version of it is unique. This one opens with the infamous pea scene and takes the story in an entirely new direction that is reminiscent of a "rags to riches" romcom with some fun and familiar tropes that are presented creatively. Although this story is not set in a magical world, it works well as a historical romance with themes of family and class. Eleanor thought she had been brought to the castle with a simple task of helping to make a dress for the queen. She did not sign up to be chosen as the fake fiancée of Prince James, who wishes to deter the advances of the calculating Princess Celestine. Though reluctant at first due to her nobility-hating father, Eleanor warms up to the idea of pretending to be in ...