The Nerd and the Prince

I love the magical romance of this story. Each man is able to find their dreams come true. I also love how they were able to work things out so that everyone wins.

Jason Brewster is a small-town guy who dreams of adventure and epic love. Gay, out and proud, he dreams of his own prince charming that will love and adore him like in his dreams.

Amadeo Montefalcone, aka Adam, is a prince on the run. The pressure of the court and his family forced Adam to run away to live his life. He’s gay, in the closet and scared to come out to his royal family and people of Monterosia, his country.
Adam and Jason will start a beautiful love story, but, Adam has to come out to Jason about his real identity before his former life came back to bite them.

Is it possible that all your dreams can be true? That’s what Jason and Adam will have to find out, and most of all, fight to keep.

The Nerd and The Prince by B.G Thomas is a sweet candy book!
Jason is a young man who lives in his head. He grew up with all the stories that his mother told them (with his twin sister) about mythology and epic loves. Jason dreams about it for years, and he wants his own epic love story with his own prince charming. I liked Jason, he’s sweet and funny, and he cracked me up with his sister.

Amadeo or Adam is lost, scared, and broken at the beginning. He’s torn between his duty toward his country, and his wants of freedom to be whoever he wants. When he met Jason, he realizes that maybe he can have a real true love, but he’s scared to lose everything. Adam pains me; he’s so scared to live his life, so scared to love a man in the eye of the public that he chooses to live in the shadows of the world. But I liked that when he met Jason, he couldn’t deny his desire and despite his fears, he chooses Jason above everything else.

This book was a mix between fairy tales and mythology. It was sweet, full of love with an epic declaration of love and bravery with a great fight for the love of his beloved. B.G Thomas did an interesting mix of these two subgenres and added his own style with our pop culture.

Jason is a small-town geeky bookstore/café owner and Adam is a royal prince hiding out from his family to keep from being married off to a woman.

This book took me a while to get through. The blurb was really promising when I read it initially, but I really struggled reading this book and had to keep setting it down, and then coming back to it. It was really over the top sweet and a little too cheesy for me, which is to be expected when it comes to some of the Dreamspun Desires books, but it was just too much for me. So, on that note, I’m really not sure if my feelings on this book are just a case of it being “me” or if it was. in fact, the book itself. The writing was good and the pacing of the story flowed nicely, so there’s that. I am sure that other people who really like sweet romance books will enjoy this one. I just had a really hard time connecting to this book and the characters on a personal level. I was really disappointed in my feelings, I wanted to love this book, but I didn’t.

I think part of the issue with this book for me was all the super sugary sweet romance talk. Like it all had to be a perfect fairy tale situation for Jason. Even though this is fiction and not a real-life story, it just seemed way too over the top fake. Call me a cynic, but none of the stuff in this book would ever really happen. There’s a lot of talk about mythical people, gods and beings which adds more the story, but at the same time doesn’t really have any bearing on the storyline and plot itself, this is not a fantasy book, it just felt a little like padding to make the book longer. Add in some light conflicts about the characters being gay, not accepting who they are, family members who don’t approve and previous (non)relationships with guys who are still hiding who they are, some bullying, and you have this book. Timmy was an annoying minor character who needed to just move on and stop denying who he really is.

There is very little drama and action in this book, there were a few small twists that were not predictable while leading up to them so that was nice. There always seemed to be something or someone standing in the way of the two guys having any hot moments to themselves, a lot of missed opportunities for them. And the ending was a little odd for my tastes. But, overall, this book is sweet and cute and anyone who likes a good fairytale romance and/or Mythology will probably get a kick out of reading this one.

*** Copy provided to Bayou Book Junkie by Dreamspinner Press for my reading pleasure, a review wasn't a requirement. ***

Jason loves all things mythology related. He dreams of being swept up in Eagle wings like Ganymede. He runs a bookstore that is part restaurant. and writes books as well. He longs for a true romance but knows its hard to come by in his little town in Missouri.

Adam is really a prince from a small foreign country. He doesn't want to rule and marry and become king and produce an heir. He has his brother help him find a place to hide and find himself. His little house needs lots of work and is behind Jason's.

I loved this story. I loved both Jason and Adam. I loved the chemistry. Tim was such a big character but suddenly just disappeared I would have liked either more of him or something more conclusive.

There is a lot of foreign language in the book though most are explained. There is also the mythology. Normally I would complain about so many big words and stuff but it all worked in this story.

There are some twists and things I didn't see coming. The story is not predictable, it is sweet, charming and hot. Very entertaining!

✩ ✩ ✩ ✩ 4-STAR ✩ REVIEW ✩ ✩ ✩ ✩

> > Judging a Book by its Cover < <
A well-dressed man standing in front of what looks like a small-town main street with older buildings in the background. Synopsis sounds light and enjoyable.

> > Looking Deeper < <
POV ~> Third-person

This story was much more fanciful and whimsical than I’d anticipated.
Jason owns a small used bookstore/eatery in small-town Missouri. He and his sister are named after Greek Mythological beings and share a love and some belief in them to this day.
Adam is a runaway prince trying to find true love instead of being forced to marry and produce a legitimate heir for the throne. With the help of his brother, he escapes to America and settles into a tiny house in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, Missouri.
It’s love at first sight and they can’t help but wonder if the Gods are at play.
I’m not sure if it was all the mythological jargon or the broken language issues but I found myself struggling to bond with these guys and their relationship. Some of their dialogue and interactions felt a bit “over the top”. There were a lot of “interrupted” moments of “almost kisses” and it took a while to kick up the heat (as per usual in the Dreamspun line).
Secondary cast was alright. Daphne and Cristiano were enjoyable. Tim was an open-ended douchecanoe that I’d thought we’d suffer later on as he was asked to do more work. I’d have liked to have seen Sally be in-the-know. While the plot was much different than I’d hoped for, the writing flowed nicely and the story was paced well. The conflicts were minimal. Predictability was fairly low. The conclusion was solid and satisfying.
Overall, it was well-written but not necessarily something I’d pick up on my own had I’d had more insight into the plot.
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Rating: [R] ~ Score: 4.05 ~ Stars: 4
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