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laurenstredny's review against another edition
lighthearted
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.75
jessiegirl79's review against another edition
3.0
This book seemed to take forever to read and I found myself skimming parts of it.
soni_zani's review against another edition
slow-paced
2.0
So slow and dragged out should’ve DNF’d this
ks2_alwaysreading's review against another edition
1.0
Almost DNF this book, but I stuck with it. It's so boring, and I didn't feel a thing between the Nick and Bex. The book was too long--the characters did essentially the same things over and over throughout the ten years that the book spans--and the writing was honestly a bit elementary. It's really just a drawn-out, bland fanfic in my opinion.
thebookberrie's review against another edition
1.0
I'm really just glad the pain is over. *Plays slamming audiobook fade out music*
This is William and Kate fanfic, that's it. That's the story. American Rebecca (Bex) goes to Oxford for adventure, and happens to meet Prince Nicholas. They end up falling in love but there are countless struggles in their way.
This is totally a case of "what the FUCK happened?". For the first 30% of this book, it was so adorable and fun. It was a cute story of an American meeting and falling for a Prince, along with just hanging out in college and bonding with their friends. Slowly, oh so slowly the bad starts creeping in: they break up and then the rest of the book is endless pointless drama where it all leads back to the same place anyway. I didn't even mind the aftermath of their breakup and how messy Bex was after it but it just kept going on. This book is in a bunch of different parts and each part gets even worse.
Someone dies at 60% and I thought it would bother me and make me drop it then but uhhh, no. This book is so emotionless even with all these supposed emotions. I barely noticed and it was moved on quickly except for a mention or two down the line. Also after a certain point in their relationship, it wasn't even cute. None of it was even fun, it was just pain.
I don't know how much I can bring home how ENTIRELY ENDLESS this book was but it did not want to end and it was driving me crazy. This goddamn audiobook is almost 18 hours long (which isn't even the longest audiobook I've ever listened to) and it felt like it was triple that. It just keeps going and going and going and going. It did not want to end, and I just begged the audiobook gods to free me from this prison of stupid, meaningless drama (that wasn't even good drama!).
I really wanted to give this book 2 stars because of how much I enjoyed the cute romcom feel of the beginning but the rest of the book and how much I couldn't stand it in the end cancels any happy feelings out.
This is William and Kate fanfic, that's it. That's the story. American Rebecca (Bex) goes to Oxford for adventure, and happens to meet Prince Nicholas. They end up falling in love but there are countless struggles in their way.
This is totally a case of "what the FUCK happened?". For the first 30% of this book, it was so adorable and fun. It was a cute story of an American meeting and falling for a Prince, along with just hanging out in college and bonding with their friends. Slowly, oh so slowly the bad starts creeping in: they break up and then the rest of the book is endless pointless drama where it all leads back to the same place anyway. I didn't even mind the aftermath of their breakup and how messy Bex was after it but it just kept going on. This book is in a bunch of different parts and each part gets even worse.
Someone dies at 60% and I thought it would bother me and make me drop it then but uhhh, no. This book is so emotionless even with all these supposed emotions. I barely noticed and it was moved on quickly except for a mention or two down the line. Also after a certain point in their relationship, it wasn't even cute. None of it was even fun, it was just pain.
I don't know how much I can bring home how ENTIRELY ENDLESS this book was but it did not want to end and it was driving me crazy. This goddamn audiobook is almost 18 hours long (which isn't even the longest audiobook I've ever listened to) and it felt like it was triple that. It just keeps going and going and going and going. It did not want to end, and I just begged the audiobook gods to free me from this prison of stupid, meaningless drama (that wasn't even good drama!).
I really wanted to give this book 2 stars because of how much I enjoyed the cute romcom feel of the beginning but the rest of the book and how much I couldn't stand it in the end cancels any happy feelings out.
omgitsmandy's review against another edition
4.0
I'm a little bit mad about the end, but I liked it a lot more than I was expected. Light, good read. Especially if you need a pauper to princess kinda thing.
audabby's review against another edition
2.0
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes royalty, closed door romances, and lots of drama. I did not feel very invested in this book personally, but I did love how it felt like I was reading in the world of princess diaries at times. I felt like the book might have gotten a higher rating if it was shorter. The storyline just seemed to drag for me. Overall, it is not a bad book, but it just personally was not my favorite.
bargainsleuth's review against another edition
5.0
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What can I say? I’m a sucker for books about royals. So when this tongue-in-cheek book series about the royal family crossed my radar, I had to check it out.
The Royal We is the story of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, sort of. Except that The Royal We is completely different, but written in a way that draws you in and you start wondering if certain events really did happen to William and Catherine. The only thing for sure is that Prince Nick is the future heir to the throne of Great Britain and the reader is in for a wild ride.
The Royal We was like reading the latest People magazine about the royals, and at the same time, reading a romance about finding soul mates. It was, in a word, addicting if you like those sorts of things.
I became fully invested in Bex and Nick’s love story, as well as the lives of all the supporting characters. The fact that Bex is an American, and has a twin sister, Lacey, that she’s very close with makes for a good twist in the story. And the fact that Lacey gets rather chummy with Nick’s younger brother, the fun-loving Freddie. The whole book is frothy fun, especially knowing that it is probably not even close to what happened in real life to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, except for the occasional college party.
I liked the fact that real locations were used, or I think the story would have been harder to follow, like Buckingham and Kensington Palaces, but that all the characters have different names and titles than in real life. For example, Queen Elizabeth is Queen Eleanor, and Prince Charles is Prince Richard. And there’s even a Princess Diana-like character very much alive in this version of the royal story.
There are some really good plot lines in The Royal We, as well as a few that I thought dragged the story down a little. I thought it was rather ambitious to end the book with a cliffhanger, and then take forever to write a sequel! Luckily I discovered this book now, right after The Heir Affair came out, otherwise I don’t know know if I could have waited five whole years for an answer to the questions proposed at the end of The Royal We.
What can I say? I’m a sucker for books about royals. So when this tongue-in-cheek book series about the royal family crossed my radar, I had to check it out.
The Royal We is the story of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, sort of. Except that The Royal We is completely different, but written in a way that draws you in and you start wondering if certain events really did happen to William and Catherine. The only thing for sure is that Prince Nick is the future heir to the throne of Great Britain and the reader is in for a wild ride.
The Royal We was like reading the latest People magazine about the royals, and at the same time, reading a romance about finding soul mates. It was, in a word, addicting if you like those sorts of things.
I became fully invested in Bex and Nick’s love story, as well as the lives of all the supporting characters. The fact that Bex is an American, and has a twin sister, Lacey, that she’s very close with makes for a good twist in the story. And the fact that Lacey gets rather chummy with Nick’s younger brother, the fun-loving Freddie. The whole book is frothy fun, especially knowing that it is probably not even close to what happened in real life to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, except for the occasional college party.
I liked the fact that real locations were used, or I think the story would have been harder to follow, like Buckingham and Kensington Palaces, but that all the characters have different names and titles than in real life. For example, Queen Elizabeth is Queen Eleanor, and Prince Charles is Prince Richard. And there’s even a Princess Diana-like character very much alive in this version of the royal story.
There are some really good plot lines in The Royal We, as well as a few that I thought dragged the story down a little. I thought it was rather ambitious to end the book with a cliffhanger, and then take forever to write a sequel! Luckily I discovered this book now, right after The Heir Affair came out, otherwise I don’t know know if I could have waited five whole years for an answer to the questions proposed at the end of The Royal We.
meghana_reads's review against another edition
1.0
This is soo bad and problematic! It made me soo angry! I literally hate all the characters and the fact that she changes her entire self (her weight, her looks, her personality) just to be with a guy. The crown weighs her every 3 days, changes her looks, makes her quit her job, and her whole personality becomes doing everything for him, completely making her feel like she is going insane and that is just not fully addressed. Could be triggering for some people if they have eating problems. There is no character arc. The characters (all the main ones) stay stagnant and probably actually grow to be worse as people. Super anti-feminist and overall just made me angry.
amies808's review against another edition
5.0
Funny, sweet, and poignant, with lots of nice little nods to Fug Nation -- this was just the book I needed post-London-vacation, and I hope Heather and Jessica are already planning a sequel.