Reviewed by Sarina

TITLE: The Contingency Plan

AUTHOR: Addison Albright

PUBLISHER: JMS Books

LENGTH: 28 pages

RELEASE DATE: April 14, 2018

BLURB:

A sheltered prince. A sudden death. An unexpected choice. How will Prince Marcelo react to discovering he’s The Contingency Plan?

For eighteen years, there has been peace between Sheburat and the kingdom of Zioneven. The untimely death of a princess throws the marriage arrangement—the final phase to complete the terms of the treaty—into disarray, and the contingency plan is put into motion. Now the Crown Prince of Zioneven gets to make his own choice from among the princess’s younger siblings.

As a rare royal son in the matriarchal sovereignty of Sheburat, Prince Marcelo grew up knowing he would never marry. Never. Royal sons did not marry. Period. Except, Prince Efren isn’t from Sheburat, and he has other plans.

REVIEW:

Its always nice to find a short story that doesn’t really feel rushed and comes off as complete rather than just a prologue for something that hasn’t been written yet.  Marcelo grew up knowing he’d never marry; as a son born into a matriarchal society, he didn’t even get the depth of education that his sisters were given.  When his twin sister unexpectedly dies in an accident leaving a long awaited treaty between his homeland and another kingdom in jeopardy, a contingency plan is enacted which enables another of Marcelo’s siblings to be married off instead.  Only, things don’t quite go according to plan as the prospective husband, Prince Efren, doesn’t choose one of Marcelo’s other sisters, he chooses Marcelo himself.

I liked this one; though short, the story didn’t feel rushed  and it had a good pace overall.  You also get enough background information to know what’s going on as well as a pretty decent feel for the main characters.  I liked Marcelo; he took the time to educate himself on things he didn’t know and despite his unexpected circumstances, found himself more anticipating the union rather than running in terror of it.  You don’t get to know Efren as well but what I saw of him, I did like.  He took more into account than just his personal preferences when picking a replacement spouse and I get the feeling that he’d be a good husband.

Short and sweet this was a nice read to take a break to and while it will always be nice to see what happens next, I’m quite happy with how the story left off.  If you’re looking for a quick read without any angst, I’d recommend giving this one a look.

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