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Holly Bishop thought she was going to live out her fairy tale romance with all the trimmings. Unfortunately, real life intrudes on the fairy tale as she finds herself embarking on a new life as her prince charming has turned into a toad. Holly’s marriage has fallen apart and her final divorce papers are looming ahead. She heads to San Francisco to start over which includes a new job, new friends and hopefully, a new prince charming. The Frog Prince is a breezy tale of a woman’s search for herself. The failure of her marriage weighs heavily on Holly as she is still wondering why it happened. Her anger and pain is always close by as she struggles to develop a new life for herself. Holly is a young, intelligent and vibrant girl who has hit a very big pothole in life. She has to be able to pull herself up and move on if she is to find happiness in life. Her new set of friends including co-workers try to assist her but some are not to be trusted. Holly tries her hand at dating again and hits quite a few losers along the way. This is truly a chick lit book and not a romance in the truest sense. The story is about Holly and her road to finding her true self. She is stronger than she thought and while a little naïve, her earnestness to succeed was truly touching. Her journey begins on a sour note but by the end, she is a winner in every way! The Frog Prince is different from all the previous Jane Porter books -- there is the glaring lack of the overly Alpha male. This did not impede this reader’s enjoyment of the story. The focus is on the heroine and her struggles to reconcile her past and her future. Holly’s transformation was a smooth progression and this reader felt like applauding by the end of it.
Reviewed by Susan © Love Romances, 2001-2005. All Rights Reserved
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