H.R.H.

Do yourself a favor and skip this one. It was ok at the beginning of the story, but it was just boring and really dull after a while. Toxic Bachelors doesn’t seem as bad as this one. Yet I was hoping it will get better. Lonely princess get bores and convinces her father, gets to volunteer for a humanitarian organization in East Africa and finds love along the way. Even though Christiania has a good heart, I just didn’t like her too much.

At the beginning, she mentioned she had duty to fill as a princess, how she has to sacrifice her life because her brother didn’t; Yet throughout the story I found her really selfish; it’s all about her and the bf, instead of the family. I really disliked the ending at all, I thought it was stupid and yes it could happen but still. The ending was lane and quick! Ok, it’s time to give Daniel Steel’s novels a break. Some are good and some aren’t. This is was just terrible!

Toxic Bachelors

3 bachelors (Gray, Charlie and Adam) were great friends. They would spend every August together on Charlie's yacht to party in the Mediterranean. Throughout the novel each of them learn to face their relationship phobias. Of course, it takes 3 fabulous women to set them straight! Haha.

It didn’t seem like Steel wrote this novel, the writing style seems a little different from the others. I mean, the typical Steel’s romance is there but I do not feel connected to the characters. I’m a little tired of reading about rich people-let alone 3 very immature guys and how they lived their lives, a little vain that’s all. The only part I liked was how they meet these wonderful women and how it changed their lives forever. It has a cute happy ending that I liked; yet the novel was all right for me, a bit long though.

Answered Prayers

For some odd reason I liked this novel, I guess mainly b/c it’s similar Dating Game w/out the dating part. Faith was indeed a perfect housewife and mother in a lifeless marriage that she confesses at the beginning of the story. After raising her daughter, she realizes she wanted to go back to Law school, but her controlling husband thinks it’s a stupid idea, especially at her age and tries to stop her but fails.


Throughout the whole story, you see Brad and Faith's friendship picks up from childhood and develops over again. They supported and believed in each other during hard times through emails and by phone. At the end, I’m glad to see them together. Alex on the other hand was such a jerk, cheating on his wife and blaming her for his cheating and worst turning one of the daughter against her mother. Luckily the girls found out the truth about their father.

Life has its up and downs and unexpected things do happen, but you choose what you want to do. I guess I liked the book, mainly because I learn that I don’t ever want to be like Faith! When someone betrays you and treat you like shit, why would you want that someone back? It just saddens me to see that people do stay in such a hideous marriage simply for the sake of not getting divorced.

I think everyone needs someone to support him/her whether it’s through good and bad times. I’m glad Faith and Brad had each other, I guess sometimes we don’t realize who are soul mates is until it’s too late or is it, in this case. I think it would have been a better story if they remain friends.

Amazing Grace

OK, I admit I liked the cover! This books revolves around a San Francisco bay area earth quake (this really hits home.) and how it effects the lives of 3 women, from stranger to best of friends. There are times I questioned myself (if I were Sarah) whether I would have forgiven my husband for what he did? After all he did lie but wasn’t cheating.. Trust is really important, especially between a husband and wife. Melanie somehow reminded me of Mandy Moore and somehow I thought it was weird reading about Maggie, the nun’s falling in love and trying to deny it. Overall, This book was alright, I like how it takes place in the city. =)