Books for Christian Girls: "How to Catch a Prince" by Rachel Hauck

Monday, March 2, 2015

"How to Catch a Prince" by Rachel Hauck

About this book:

“An American heiress and a crown prince seem destined to be together. Will the devastation of war keep them apart forever?
American heiress Corina Del Rey caught her prince once. But the tragedy of war kept her too long in a fog of grief. Now she’s shifting her life forward, reigniting her career as a journalist. Still, nothing can relieve her of the secret and the love she carries in her soul.
Prince Stephen of Brighton is one of the world’s most eligible bachelors and a star rugby player, trying to make sense of his life. His days in Afghanistan with the Royal Air Command will mark him forever. And he can’t shake their dark shadow.
But when his brother, King Nathaniel, confronts him with a document the prince thought long buried and forgotten, Stephen is forced to face the pain of his past and the love he left behind.
With a little heavenly help, Prince Stephen and Corina embark on a journey of truth. But when the secrets are revealed, can they overcome, move forward, and find love again?”

Series: Book #3 in the “Royal Wedding” series. {I have read book #1 and #2, but have not reviewed them on here.}

Spiritual Content- Talks about God, letting go, Him caring & being worthy; ‘H’s are not capital when referring to God; Church going; Prayers; A couple mentions of those in the Bible; Witnessing; Tower bells and singing; Thinking that someone might be not from this world (from Heaven); Corina’s parents stopped going to church after her brother died; Corina has a pretty strong Faith; Since returning from Afghanistan, Stephan has doubts about a kind, loving God. *Spoiler* (But near the end asks for forgiveness) *End of Spoiler*

*Note: “even the nightmares of h*ll were not strong enough to resist it.”

Negative Content- Minor cussing including: a ‘heck’, a ‘hush’, a ‘son of a gun’, a ‘sucker’, two ‘freaking’s, two ‘oh my word’s, two ‘shoot’s, two ‘stupid’s, three ‘blasted’s, three ‘darn’s, three ‘idiot’s, three forms of ‘shut up’, four ‘oh my gosh’s, and five ‘blimey’s; Stephan swears under his breath once (Not written); Blood, war & an explosion (barely-above-not-detailed); Mentions of smoking & drinking; A mention of a married couple separating.

*Note: Mentions of Celebrities (Par*s Hilton, Kardashian, Bill Cl*nton, Bush twins, St*ven Tyler) and Doctor Wh*.

Sexual Content- nine semi-detailed kisses and five detailed kisses; Wanting to kiss & almost kissing (semi-detailed); Wanting to touch & Touching (semi-detailed); Staring & Noticing (semi-detailed); Flirting; A guy is called yummy; a ‘sexy’ and eight ‘babe’s; “Corina was a goody-two-shoes. How? Gigi would never know. The girl ran with the likes of Paris Hilton when they were teens and never once got busted for drinking, smoking or s*x taping.”; eight mentions of love making or a honeymoon; A mention of trying for a baby; A mention of a gay lover; A mention of an affair (no details); A baby was born out of wedlock (the woman says they “did things backwards.”) Love, falling in love, & the emotions.

-Corina Del Ray, age 30

-(Prince) Stephan Stratton, age 31
P.O.V. switches between them & Gigi
368 pages

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Pre Teens-

New Teens-

Early High School Teens-

Older High School Teens-

My personal Rating-

Ahh. There’s just something about royals that pikes my interest. Maybe it’s the fact I’m American and we obviously don’t have royalty. (Shout out to those reading this blog outside of the USA! :D ) Miss Rachel Hauck has written some fun novels for the “Royal Weddings” series (which I still haven’t posted my review of Book number one or two. *sigh*) and while the kisses got to be a bit much, the couple kissing were technically married. So it depends on what your opinion is of that. The Spiritual content at the end made my rating little higher. :)

See y’all on Wednesday with another new review!