Fiction Friday | Book Review of “To Win A Prince” By Toni Shiloh

Today for Fiction Friday I am reviewing “To Win A Price by Toni Shiloh

Book description

Can she stop herself from falling before she’s too far gone?

As a fashion aficionado and best friend of the queen of the African island country Ọlọrọ Ilé, Iris Blakely dreams of using her talent to start a sustainable clothing line to help citizens in impoverished areas and honor the country’s resources. But when she discovers that Ekon Diallo–the man who betrayed her best friend–will be her business consultant, the battle between her desires and reality begins.

Ekon Diallo has lost everything: his princely title, his material possessions, his friends, and the respect of his fellow Ọlọrans. To pay for his actions against Ọlọrọ Ilé, he’s forced to assist the charismatic Iris Blakely–but he can’t allow his heart to distract him from regaining his status.

Though they come from vastly different worlds, Iris and Ekon are both determined to reach their goals, and the only way to do that is to work together–if they can just keep their hearts from getting in the way . .

My Review

Thanks to Netgalley for my review copy.

I read the first book In Search of a Prince and enjoyed it. We got to meet both Iris and Ekon in that book. Now they have their own story and I must say I enjoyed this book even more. Iris has started her fashion business to help locals get out of poverty and has big plans. Ekon has been sentenced to do community service which includes helping as a business consultant for Iris’s new business.

Right from the start we can see Iris is struggling with her attraction to Ekon who is a non believer. Which is partly due to how he was raised. We will see her struggle because she doesn’t want to be unequally yoked but she still has feelings for Ekon. Ekon also has feelings but feels unworthy for a different reason. I won’t go into to much as it is for the reader to see what happens. But we do see what many christians struggle with.

We also see how Ekon’s father disowns him early in the book and how it also affects him. I disliked his father and found him to be extremely tough and uncaring. We do find out more about him and his story which will shed light on the situation. We also see a lot of growth in both characters. The book flows well and is in the first person with each chapter the POV of either Heroine or Hero which helps get to know them better.

I like how their isn’t an easy fix. So many books will just have the non christian character go to church and be converted. That doesn’t instantly happen and we see a real struggle. As it is CCR we know their is a happy ending so am not giving anything away in saying this.  I can see at least one more character I want to have his own personal story but time will tell.

If you enjoyed In Search of a Prince you will see cross over characters and I am sure you will not be disappointed.  One of my top reads for the year.