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Rivals by Katharine McGee

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spatterson12's review against another edition

3.0

Solid 3.5.

McGee does a great job recapping the prior stories in this third book of the series without going too in the weeds and reexplaining everything. The perfect refresher balance for those who haven’t read about these characters since winter 2020 (aka me).

This book is pretty party heavy, though. If a couple of the parties could’ve been cut, there wouldn’t be a need for this to be quite so long. Or even if the parties were replaced with a different event or something, it would’ve held my attention a little more.

Rivals continues to focus on the four female perspectives.

Beatrice is leading a convention that brings most royals from throughout the world to the States. There, she encounters Princess Louise of France, a woman the press often compares her to due to their age and general similarities. Beatrice looks to Louise as having potential of being her first real friend.

Samantha is developing a stronger relationship with Marshall, but she soon learns his family disproves of their union. She also learns the larger implications of their relationship in society.

Nina and Daphne are both caught surprise as they begin to rely on each other to go up against a mutual enemy who is creating educational and societal roadblocks for both women.

I’m interested to see what book four offers next year, especially given the direction the end of this one took. My current guess for that book title is Legacy. #AmericanRoyalsIV

graelisub's review against another edition

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

eewalker's review against another edition

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funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

mnoreads's review against another edition

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challenging emotional funny medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

murphey_kloey's review against another edition

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lighthearted slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

After reading the first two books in this series a few months back, I picked up this one to continue the Washington's story. While some aspects of the story were new and entertaining, I am starting to feel like this series is repeating itself. There were a few different parts of this story where I was bored and didn't feel like continuing. I also think that this is more of a YA series, so if I had read them in high school I probably would have ate these books up. There was one new and surprising character arc in this book that was a lot of fun. I won't mention who because in some ways it would spoil the story. Overall, this book is an easy read it's just sometimes too much petty teenage drama for me.