Usually I am a Jayci Lee superfan but for me, this novel was just okay. Despite the spicy bits, the romance itself is what I'd expect from a Hallmark romance where the 'girl Friday' meets the handsome prince in disguise.

Cute but generic if readers are expecting a big more depth.

This is a 3.5 star rounded down for me. This was a light hearted read - perfect for the summer. I am always up for a royal romance. This book introduced us to Emma, a Korean Royal Court instructor and Michel - who is a visiting professor who is the crown prince of another nation. We have arranged marriages, unique characters, a sweet and easy romance, he falls first, Korean food and culture (I love food in books). With this said, I just wanted a little bit more depth to the story overall. Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillian audio for this audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.

Macmillan Audio ALC
I’ll start with the narration being my favorite part of this book. Song was able to capture Emma and Michel so well that I kept listening. I also liked the Korean food and culture here with Emma’s character. Everything was described with delicious vividness. But I did not like the characters together. I am not a miscommunication lover and I spent the entire book thinking just talk to each other - especially since this is a royal romance. I was frustrated for most of the story and that ruined my enjoyment of it.

This audiobook was just okay to me. The story wasn't quite interesting enough to capture my attention for the long haul. I enjoyed the culture but the actual relationship seemed a bit contrived. As for the narration, I loved the narrator for the FMC parts. BUT this is a dual POV story, so an actual British male would have been a lot better for the MMC's parts.

Title: That Prince is Mine by Jayci Lee
Narrator: Olivia Song

The narrator for this book was SO good, I thought Olivia did a great job with her voices. It was very clear who was who.

Unfortunately, the story itself was a little eh. It was too much indecisiveness for me. The side characters had their own little love story too that was cute! Double happy ending. Even though it felt like it took forever to get there.

Thank you NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for an ALC of this title!

I really wanted to love “The Prince is Mine” by Jayci Lee, but it just didn’t hit the mark for me. The story felt predictable and lacked the spark I was hoping for. While the premise had potential, the characters felt a bit flat and the romance didn’t quite sizzle. I found myself losing interest halfway through and struggling to stay engaged. Overall, it was an okay read, but not one I’d rush to recommend.

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for gifting me this book for free in exchange for my review! All opinions are my own. I also was granted access to the audiobook.

This was a delightful novel that takes a spin on the small town girl falling in love with a royal. Jayci Lee knows how to write a good romance. This book was sexy and fun. I loved reading this book and witnessing Michel and Emma falling in love.

This book was narrated by Olivia Song, whose voice may be familiar to you if you have listened to some of the books by Colleen Hoover. She was a great fit for this audiobook.

Overall this book was so adorable and swoonworthy and was really cute. I highly recommend this book and can't wait to see what Jayci Lee writes next!

PS: this book may make you hungry, so be sure to have some snacks around!




Many Thanks again to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with this book in exchange for my honest review.

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Emma Yoon’s godmother is a renowned Korean matchmaker but Emma has no problem being single. When clients begin to question her godmother’s skills, Emma offers to begin the process of finding her own match. Prince Michel Aubert desperately wants to avoid an arranged marriage. He hopes that quickly finding someone on his own terms is a much preferable solution. When Emma and Michel meet by chance at a cafe, sparks fly, but she has no idea of his true identity.

That Prince is Mine is a stand-alone. This royal romance contains a good mix of both sweet and spicy scenes.

Secret identity romances always get pretty angsty especially the longer the deception holds out. When the secret keeper turns out to bea royal that adds an extra layer of chaos. The MCs have very opposite lives but are both looking for the same thing (marriage) even if it’s not for the same reason. There’s still tons of chemistry between them and plenty of great banter. I LOVED all of the food descriptions!

The audiobook is very well done. Olivia Song does a fantastic job bringing the characters to life. There are so many different unique voices.

I have read a couple other of Jayci Lee’s books and do really enjoy the vivid style of her writing. I look forward to reading more other work in the future.

I voluntarily listened to and reviewed an advanced copy of this audiobook. All thoughts and opinions are my own.

I like learning in books, no matter what genre. I did not expect THAT PRINCE IS MINE to teach me so much about Korean royal court cuisine. Also, silly me, after reading the book blurb, I thought that the FMC Emma was the cook for the Korean royal court and fell in love with a crowned prince of a different nation in disguise, not a chef of Korean royal court cuisine wanting to open a culinary in Los Angeles. I expected rival courts. What I got was a local chef who makes excellent food and a prince who falls head over heels for her. It wasn’t what I expected, but I am now a Jayci Lee fan!

Emma and Michel’s banter was witty, and I giggled a lot! Don’t let the cute cover fool you—this book has chili peppers! It also has excellent side characters.

If you listen to audiobooks, Olivia Song’s narration is terrific. Just like the book, she makes it fun and entertaining.

THAT PRINCE IS MINE is a fun romcom that you will enjoy if you are a royal romance reader. I had a lot of fun with it!

Thanks, Macmillan Audio, for the ALC!

Thank you Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for this advance copy! This book was really fun. Emma was a bit juvenile at times, but overall I enjoyed this book. That Prince is Mine is very wholesome and lighthearted with an enjoyable plot and a little bit of spice, which was appreciated! The characters were all so great and I would love to read more about them if this were a series.

mma teaches classes on Korean royal court cuisine, who hopes to one day settle down with a nice Korean man with similar interests. Michel is the crown prince of a small country, who is posing as a university professor in the hope he will find true love before he is forced to marry for political reasons. Emma's professional matchmaker god mother convinces her to seek out a husband, meeting all of her dates at the cafe Michel happens to frequent. Michel convinces her to date him and spends the rest of the book trying to convince her that they are made for each other.

I found this book refreshingly realistic. The author brought up real problems concerning their differences and the problems they caused, as well as how their differences could make a relationship stronger! I also loved that the supporting characters were given some background and story lines as well.

This book has some fluff and a bit of spice, but is all around a perfect weekend read! I would love to read more books from this author!

❥ Thank you for the free audiobook, NetGalley and Macmillan Audio.

I am a bit of a royal watcher, so Jayci Lee’s newest romance was a must-read for me. The cover is adorable, and I think our prince resembles Prince William a bit!

I enjoyed this light read. I loved the Korean culture baked into the story (and I am now craving chicken bulgogi). I also enjoyed the matchmaking and arranged marriage elements of the story, as they made Emma and Michel’s ultimate happily ever after more rewarding. This story has the humor and silly predicaments integral in a good rom-com. With a little spice sprinkled on top, it is the recipe for success.

❥ Listening to this story via audio was lovely. Narrator Olivia Song did a beautiful job.

I received an ALC (Advanced Listener Copy) of this audiobook from NetGalley | Macmillan Audio.

3⭐️⭐️⭐️.5
I am going to start with the narrator, Olivia Song she is a great narrator and I feel like I would have enjoyed this story more if Prince Michel had his own voice. Olivia gave other characters a voice but at time's even in his POV it felt off.

The story overall is lovely.
Both were just trying to find themselves and someone to love. The fact that they find themselves together without intervention from anyone was a surprise to both of them.

I feel like Emma wanted to make her family happy and wanted to just go along with whatever even if it didn't make her happy.

And it was very similar for Prince Michel as well. I feel like that is why them finding each other was sweet and meant to be.

I felt their connection right away, but I felt like there was a bit of a disconnect from when they met to the lust, and then to the spice. I almost thought it was going to be a very PG kind of book and when it wasn't I was surprised and also at times wondering if the author felt like she needed to add the spice.

Thank you to Macmillan audio for an advanced copy of this book.

I finished this book although I thought about not finishing it many times. I felt like the author was trying too hard to convince me that Emma and Michel had chemistry but I wasn’t feeling it. The story and character development felt choppy and disjointed. Also, I was not the biggest fan of the narrator.

I’m sure there is an audience for this book, and I hope those people find it.

That Prince is Mine by Jayci Lee
Contemporary romance. Diverse, own voices, Asian. Royals away from home, or Royal on vacation troupe.
Emma Yoon is a culinary instructor in Los Angeles teaching Korean royal court cuisine. She hopes to eventually open a culinary school of her own. Emma agrees to go on a series of dates to protect her godmother’s reputation in the matchmaking business but by date five is feeling inpatient. These men aren’t what she wants in life. But there is man that catches her interest at the cafe and he seems just as interested in Emma.
Prince Michel Aubert is an adjunct visiting professor at the University of California. He’s been watching with amusement, Emma’s seeming disastrous and one-time only dates at the cafe with different men each time. He’s like his own chance at chatting with her but he knows he is bound by duty and responsibility to return to his own country. Gathering his courage, he asks Emma for a date and realizes that perhaps he can choose his own bride instead of settling for an arranged marriage back home.

🎧 I alternated between an ebook and an audiobook. The narrative was performed by Olivia Song and was marvelous. There were very distinct voices for Emma vs. Michel and his cousin, that were consistently easy to tell apart. The few phrases in French sounded authentic and were understandable in the moment. The humor, longing and angst were clear expressed while drunk Michel was amusing to hear.
The audiobook was a great experience. I listened to it my usual speed of 1.5.
Between the two formats, I preferred the audiobook because it kept me listening and committed. The ebook had me slightly inattentive at times and I might have been tempted to skip ahead a few pages occasionally.

Entertaining story overall. A smidge too much angst and indecisiveness for me in a slightly longer length than typical. I enjoyed the secondary characters and their intertwined romance and was glad they were resolved too. The body guard was unique and made feelings known simply by using his title which was delightful. HEA twice. Yeah!

I received a copy of this from NetGalley and publisher Macmillan Audio.

this one, the female character has a godmother who is a matchmaker and the prince needs to find love while he is in LA or he is bound by a prearranged marriage. Yup. You can imagine how it plays out. Their chemistry was spot on and they were just cute together. I also enjoyed the side characters - their friends, family and bodyguard. So it was totally predicable and formulaic but it was entertaining and cute. Pub day is Tuesday. Thank you to Griffin for my gifted copy.

Thanks to NetGalley and Macmillan Audio for the ALC.

That Prince is Mine
by Jayci Lee

Narrated by Olivia Song

Story Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ (0-5)
Narration: 🎧🎧🎧 (0-5)
Overall: 3/5
Steam: 🔥🔥🔥☄️ (0-5) Open door & I bump up for outdoor spaces.

What I’m Starry-Eyed Over:
🤩 Olivia Song is a great storyteller utilizing multiple voices/accents for different characters.
🤩 If you are drawn to romcom movies/storylines with a prince or princess but wish they would have added some steam? Jayci Lee goes full open door in this one with multiple steamy scenes.
🤩 Sweet and cute MCs you’ll love. Emma and Michel (secret identity) give us double fish-out-of-water vibes as far as dating goes. Laugh-out-loud funny.
🤩 Korean American family traditions and lots of yummy food details.
🤩 I’m a sucker for pebbles thrown at her window.

What I’m Wishing/Dizzy About:
💫 Mostly predictable plot (still fun).
💫 I would have liked a gorgeous male accent for the Michel parts to help with the lusty feels. I might have felt more of the feels if I would have read it and not listened to this one. I wanted to fall for Michel a little harder.

Previously I have enjoyed this authors books but this one there was just something lacking in this one. The relationship was good and believable. But there was a lot a food discussion. I get that the FMC is a cooking teacher, but I think the book would a been more streamlined and definitely shorter without the in depth descriptions of almost everything they ate.

I also wasn't a huge fan of the ending. The FMC completely gave up her dream of running a cooking school, with no further discussion about it!

3.5 stars

This was such a fun listen! Emma is a Korean American who is set on going on dates with matches picked by her match maker godmother. She thinks compatibility will make a marriage last. She gets thrown for a loop when she meets Michel. Michel is in an arranged engagement and he is trying to prove that he can find a love match. Michel is hoping Emma can be that perfect love match, if she can take a risk and change how she feels about relationships.

I enjoyed listening to this one. While Emma is on a mission to find her love match only to please her matchmaking godmother, she stumbles across Prince Michel who has come to America as a professor to find his princess. Michel isn’t initially one of her dates but meets her during one of them and he wants to be her date. It takes some convincing for Emma to agree because she technically isn’t ready for love. The one thing Michel doesn’t tell Emma is that he is in fact a prince, who just so happens to be arranged to be married back home, but he wants someone to love him for himself.

This one was fun to listen to with both of our MCs being in arrangement situations. They were so cute with one another. I loved the banter between the two as Michel works his way into Emma’s life. Emma was resistant with her thoughts of them being so opposite, but Michel didn’t give up! This one briefly popped the movie 𝐶𝑜𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡𝑜 𝐴𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑐𝑎 in my brain a few times with Michel going to America to find his wife secretly against his father’s plans. Even down to when Emma goes to Michel’s country when she finds out the truth and realizes her feelings. The audiobook was also fun to listen to, but I had to keep reminding myself that Michel (pronounced Michelle) was actually our male character Lol