Betrothed

Really enjoyed this one! This was my first MMM romance, and it was a good introduction.

Going into it, I knew it was going to be very important to me that all the characters felt like equals in the relationship, and that's what I got. Even though William and Elliott have a pre-existing relationship prior to the start of the novel, Cinder seemed to slip right in. There were plenty of scenes to show the growing bond between all three of them over the course of the book. Both individually (Cinder+William and Cinder+Elliott) and as a throuple.

I've always been a sucker for marriage competition books since my days of reading The Selection series as a teen. This marriage competition fell flat in comparison. There were a couple of good speed-dating type activities (lake boating scene was fantastic), but I would have liked more. Kind of disappointed the ball scene was cut short. I personally loved the angst and comfort that all of the Cinder bullying brought to the table, but I can see it being too much for some readers.

I unfortunately found the last third of the book quite frustrating. William is the crown prince. Why does it feel like he is incapable of giving any orders? The conflict felt very drawn out. Things might have been sorted out much faster if William had confronted the king much sooner.

Regardless of this story's faults, I'm definitely interested in continuing to read this series and learning more about William's brothers.