The Royal Delivery by Melanie Summers (Review)

Title: The Royal Delivery
Author: Melanie Summers
Type: Fiction
Genre: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Gretz Corp
Date published: March 10, 2018

A complimentary physical copy of this book was kindly provided by the author in exchange for an honest review.

After one year of marriage, Crown Prince Arthur and his lovely, albeit accident-prone wife, Princess Tessa, are preparing to bring an heir to the tiny kingdom of Avonia. With all eyes on Tessa, she’s determined to be one of those fabulously fit pregnant women. She could do it too if it weren’t for all the freshly-baked scones. Soon dubbed the Cowntess of Camembert, Tessa wants to go into hiding until after the baby is born, but royal life won’t wait, and she needs to figure out how to make the best of a desperate situation and win the people over once and for all.

Prince Author never thought he’d find himself involved in horribly awkward conversations about the first day of his wife’s last period, but that’s precisely what happens after that plus sign shows up on the pregnancy test. With a baby on the way, Arthur’s overprotective streak comes out in spades, and he finds himself attributing ill-intentions to everyone he meets, from the vagina-fixated obstetricians to the potential pedos everywhere.

Will Arthur calm down in time to welcome the baby? Will Tessa manage to figure out how to be mother to the kingdom’s next heir? And most importantly, will the happy couple still be happy when the baby arrives?

⤖ My Review ⬻

I think that Melanie Summers’ The Royal Delivery came to me at the perfect time! If I’d come across this book two years ago, or even a year ago, I might have held off on reading it because I wasn’t very into pregnancy and baby plots. Now that I’m entering a phase of my life where my fiancé and I are talking about starting a family, there were so many things that resonated with me in The Royal Delivery that probably wouldn’t have even late last year.

The Royal Delivery is the third and final book in Melanie Summers’ Crown Jewels series and I had a lot of fun following along, watching the lives and relationships of Tessa and Arthur develop. And I really enjoyed Summers’ writing style as well!

The entire series is written from the alternating perspectives of Tessa and Arthur and it was a great method of not only giving each of the two main characters a voice of their own, but to also showcase Summers’ ability to speak as either of the particular characters.

I also found Summers’ writing to be quite punny, witty, and fun! Even when the plot would get really serious or I was mad at something a particular character was doing, there were still moments that made me laugh. I definitely enjoyed he Royal Delivery and the series as a whole, and will miss the whole cast of characters!

⤖ About the Author ⬻

Melanie Summers resides in Edmonton, Canada, with her husband, three sporty nerd children, their adorable one-eyed dog, and one tiny puppy with a cute little brown nose. When she’s not writing novels, she loves reading (obviously), snuggling up on the couch with her family for movie night (which would not be complete without lots of popcorn and milkshakes), and long walks in the woods near her house. Melanie also spends a lot more time thinking about doing yoga than actually doing yoga, which is why most of her photos are taken ‘from above’. She also loves shutting down restaurants with her girlfriends. Well, not literally shutting them down, like calling the health inspector or something. More like just staying until they turn the lights off.