Vivian’s just a normal woman with anxieties and excitement and hopes like the rest of us. Rom-coms have a tendency to make the characters overly quirky rather than making them relatable and wonderful. She doesn’t saturate the narrative with saccharine antics it’s the right amount of realistic and optimistic. The writing isn’t spectacular, but it’s perfectly suited to the book and the storyline. He’s a man a woman would want to be with and should want to be with. Vivian is established and knows herself there is a confidence to her character that comes from living a full life. They want love, but they’re also not willing to sacrifice everything for it. The main characters are strong and independent. Guillory leans into the clichés without letting them ruin or run the novel. Royal Holiday is not devoid of clichés, it has them for sure. Enjoying Royal Holiday by Jasmine Guillory in Baytown, Texas. Long distance between two powerful working adults, that’s a real obstacle! Workable but hard. So often, the obstacle keeping two people apart is ridiculous. The rom-com problem for her budding relationship with Malcolm is not only believable but a real problem. I love that the main character, Vivian, is a single mom in her fifties with a career, drive, adventure, passion, pizzaz, and healthy boundaries. While she’s enjoying a week in the lap of luxury, she meets Malcolm, the Queen’s personal secretary. Her daughter is a stylist and will be helping a Duchess during the holidays, so Vivian gets to stay with royalty. Her daughter convinces her to take a trip to England to get away for once. Vivian is a social worker about to get a huge promotion she’s worked towards her entire career. It’s real and honest and the characters are believable and interesting. Honestly, this is probably one of my favorite rom-commy books I’ve ever read. I finally found it in Jasmine Guillory’s Royal Holiday. Christmas stories are not diverse… in any way I have been craving more color in my Christmas reading.
I try to keep my reading list as diverse and mentally stimulating and challenging as possible. Not only does she get away, she finds love.Įvery December, my reading list becomes inundated with white people doing holiday things because I read Christmas books this time of year. Quick Review Vivian is dragged on holiday to rural, royal England by her daughter.
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