The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along! Vol. 2 by Almond

 

The Oblivious Saint Can't Contain Her Power: Forget My Sister! Turns Out I Was the Real Saint All Along! Vol. 2 by Almond

My Rating: ★★★

Now that Carolina is married and has officially become a princess, she’s off on her honeymoon that was planned on extremely short notice. The short honeymoon is surprisingly impactful between being able to spend time with her new husband out of the limelight, learning more about her closest staff, and getting tested for magical abilities. In fact, the test has revealed that not only is Carolina a Saint, but she’s actually been blessed with Divinity!

A good portion of this book was pretty good. It was interesting to learn more about how this world works. I was also excited to get to know more characters, especially Prince Gilbert now that Carolina’s abilities have been revealed. He’s certainly different from his public persona. Of course he wants the one woman he can’t have when he’s got women falling over themselves and each other for him! In reality, he seems a bit smarmy if you ask me. A fascinating character for sure, but definitely one to watch out for.

The wedding was short and sweet, but then we see Prince Edward make some blunders. Is he or is he not interested in Carolina? While we know the answer to that, he’s busy sending mixed signals and growing frustrated with the results. Plus, his jealousy streak has been activated. His response jumped straight into the beginnings of an abusive marriage and it was completely brushed over because he’s a man in love. I don’t even know what’s worse: the story glossing it over, or Carolina being completely unphased like she wasn’t yelled at, physically dragged off, and injured.

Overall, the story was mostly good, but Edward’s abusive nature being shown and it being completely glossed over has left a sour taste in my mouth. It’s quickly squared away with the excuse that he’s just a man in love who had been failing to express himself. I doubt the author will have it happen again, but anyone who knows anything about abusive relationships can see right through his actions and the tears that quickly follow. It makes me sad that this even happened in the story and that Carolina’s thoughts on the matter don’t match up with the situation or even her as a character.