Episode 96 – A Princess in Theory
The Worst Bestsellers
Worst Bestsellers
4.5 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 23 April 2018
⏱️ 91 minutes
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Summary
In honor of the upcoming royal wedding, we read Alyssa Cole’s first Reluctant Royals romance, A Princess in Theory, with the 2016 Romance Writers Association librarian of the year, Robin Bradford. Although this book has a slightly silly premise–namely, what if spam emails insisting that you’re betrothed to the prince of a small African nation were real–we loved it, just as much as Prince Thabiso loves his lost love Naledi. Join us to be reminded that love is real, even if neither Thesolo nor Wakanda are.
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Footnotes: Fanfiction 101
Library Journal Movers & Shakers: Robin Bradford
Candy pairing: Kait says homemade macarons, Renata says King Size Skittles, Robin says a 100 Grand Bar.
Coming up next: Wonder by R. J. Palacio.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the worst bestsellers where we read about romance between an American girl and a prince. |
| 0:16.8 | No, not that one. |
| 0:18.5 | So you don't have to. |
| 0:20.3 | I'm Kate. |
| 0:21.1 | And I'm Renata. |
| 0:22.2 | And for this episode, we read A Princess in Theory by Alyssa Cole. |
| 0:26.9 | Joining us to discuss this Reluctant Royals Romance is Robin Bradford, |
| 0:31.7 | 2016 Romance Writers Association Librarian of the Year and Genre Horror. |
| 0:37.1 | Hi, Robin. Hello. |
| 0:39.9 | Also, Robin recently was named a mover and shaker, so congratulate her. Congratulations |
| 0:45.4 | her all the time. Thank you so much. Thanks for joining us and for recommending this book. |
| 0:51.4 | Literally thanks for recommending this book. Yes. |
| 0:54.3 | Unlike many guests that we have who recommend books. |
| 0:56.8 | Sometimes when we say thanks, it's sarcastic, but this is for real. |
| 1:03.8 | Gee, thanks. |
| 1:05.2 | Yeah, I've done that a time or two. |
| 1:08.9 | Yeah, I think probably when we announced, like, oh, we're doing Princess in Theory by |
| 1:13.2 | Alyssa Cole, a lot of people are like, wait a minute, she's good, what are you doing? |
| 1:16.7 | And so we just right off the bat, like, no, we did like it. |
| 1:21.3 | We, Alyssa Cole's an author who's been recommended to us a lot, or I think I've recommended |
| 1:26.6 | her before just based on what I've read about her, but I haven't |
| 1:29.7 | read any of her books before. |
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