Embracing the Outcast by Nadine C. Keels

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Embracing the Outcast

by Nadine C. Keels

Series: Crowns Legacy #2
Series Rating:
on November 17, 2019
Genres: Historical Royalty Romance
Pages: 200
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Also in this series: Reviving the Commander

Book Two in the Crowns Legacy series.
They can only experience beauty if they dare to behold it...
Now that Princess Eunice of Diachona has come of age, she has much more to study, and a new weight sits on her compassionate shoulders. Her late mother was an admirable ruler, but Eunice can hardly see herself thriving in the political arena. In fact, she doesn't think many people see her at all, especially not would-be suitors who often bypass quiet Eunice to pursue ladies they find more attractive.
So when Eunice meets a serious, gifted artist who expresses his desire for her company, she isn't sure if his interest in her is romantic or simply artistic. And why does this young man seem to be as saddened by Eunice as he is drawn to her?
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This book is inspirational historical fantasy: fictional history that takes place in a completely fictional world.

Embracing the Outcast by Nadine C. Keels is an awe-inspiring tale about two people falling in love in two different social backgrounds.

Can Eunice get Juwell to see that she loves him for him?

Princess Eunice

Eunice is the third born and the second princess to Diachona. She is a carefully crafted character, especially with who her love interest is. Eunice is a woman who many people have overlooked but not Juwell, and she never saw herself as beautiful. She is an awesome character who grows throughout from being this shy lady who doesn’t think of herself as beautiful until she meets Juwell, who makes her see that she is a beautiful woman.

I like Eunice because she studies and tries to understand things that she should know as a princess. Especially if she were to go over to a different country to make nice with their rulers, I like this about her because Eunice also makes Juwell realize that he is and that he shouldn’t take to heart what his parents have told him. I didn’t find anything to dislike about her.

Juwell

Juwell is the love interest to Princess Eunice. Unlike any male love interest that I have read before, he is a good thing, I think. The author does a great job of telling Juwell’s backstory in this wonderfully written tale. When we first met him in Reviving the Commander, I could tell that he still had a story to be told, and I wasn’t fooled by thinking that. Juwell is an artist who tells a lot through his paintings or sketches or whatever it is that he is doing art-wise that was around back then. There is a lot of emotions that the characters go through in this story.

I like Juwell because he tries not to tell his story unless he feels like he needs to, but even then, Juwell doesn’t want to be looked down upon like he isn’t worthy of affection. We see a lot of growth from Juwell in this book, especially from how different he is from the first book.

4 Stars

Embracing the Outcast by Nadine C. Keels is a delightful second book to this series. I loved seeing Staid and Opal again and seeing the love grow for Juwell and Eunice. Two people that never thought that they deserved love… find it in each other. I love how they both make each other feel worthy and beautiful how they looked when they didn’t think so before meeting each other. Ms. Keels wrote another sublime book worthy of four stars and a recommendation to anyone who wants to read a historical royal romance.

First Book in the Series

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Until the next time,

Happy Reading!

Reading this book contributed to these challenges:

• 2021 Alphabet Soup Reading Challenge
• 2021 Goodreads Reading Challenge
• 2021 The Backlist Reader Challenge

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