ARC Review: Coronation by Cleo White

There is always one thing that I know I am going to get from a Cleo White novel: good smut. Coronation has King Benedict - a grumpy man who is resigned to his fate as King of his small country after the death of his older much better brother and Zelda - an American actress who finds herself filming a movie in said small country. The two meet and have an instant connection at an exclusive sex party. The two spend the weekend together after the party until Benedict abruptly takes off, leaving her behind without a word.

Overall, I liked this book. Benedict was frustrating for a bit but once he pulled his head out of butt and realized he could be with Zelda, I liked the effort that he put into showing her that he was committed and that she could trust him. I wished that Zelda had more of a personality - outside of being an actress, she didn't have much depth and she spent most of the book just worrying about her relationship with Benedict and her pregnancy. The two of them are so good together though and the smut scenes were so good! I liked how everything worked out for them in the end. I also really liked the addition of news articles, I felt like it really added to the story and I always enjoy when books do something like it. 

Tropes: Age Gap, Forbidden, Accidental Pregnancy, Grumpy x Sunshine, Second Chance

Synopsis:

Not every Once-Upon-A-Time ends in a Happily-Ever-After.

My fairytale, for instance, didn’t come with a handsome Prince Charming, a night at the ball, or a magical pumpkin carriage.

Instead, I got a bearded, bad-tempered king, a sex party for rich people, and a driver waiting to take me home after the royal asshole was finished with me.

And they lived Not So Happily Ever After.

The End.

That should be it, right? Even missing some conventional fairytale elements, it’s clear no one is riding off into the sunset in the tale of the grumpy king and the naïve, much younger actress.

Except, a positive pregnancy test just proved that, in this fairytale, the end isn’t the end at all.

It's the beginning.

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