This review was first published on the Just A Reader review blog.

I found The Wolf Prince by Karen Whiddon disappointing. There really isn't a better word to describe my reaction to this book.

The beginning of The Wolf Prince was really strong - a ball to "encourage" Ruben, the son and heir, to choose a wife despite his deep-seated reluctance to do so given that he thinks he's going insane. Willow, a fairy princess (literally!), who crashes said ball. An act of terrorism against the royal family and their guests during the ball. I mean, who wouldn't want to read more, right?

Unfortunately, it goes downhill from there. The middle of the book is a bog that sucks you down and doesn't want to let go. Ruben starts as a character to root for and then turns into a raging idiot - seriously, an absolute moron - and Willow goes from an independent princess who jumps into different realms to an unobservant whiner. It's unpleasant and I really wanted to smack the both of them upside the head and scream "Talk to each other already!"

There's not much more I can say about why this book irritated and let me down without massive spoilers which I really don't like putting in reviews, so I'll just say that I was so underwhelmed with this book that if Whiddon chose to write a sequel I'd take a pass on it.

The Wolf Prince will be published by Harlequin Nocturne on April 2, 2013. ( )

This book dragged at times. Some chapters and scenes too too long and in some passages the main character Ruben's name was spelled incorrectly. ( )