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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
I'm shocked and dismayed that this book ended up earning 3 whole stars from me. I thought it would be a lot trashier than it was. Well, scratch that. It's plenty trashy, but a good trashy. The entertaining kind of trashy. Do you like soap operas? Do you like Prince William and Kate Middleton? Do you want to pretend to be Kate Middleton for about 400 pages? Yes, you say? Well then crack this sucker open because you'll LOVE this British Royalty Fan Fiction set to the tune of Days of Our Lives.
Get ready for pages and pages of "I love you more!," and "No, I love YOU more," and "I can't believe you did that to me, I hate you now," and, "I can't live without you because OMG feelings, so many of them I have!" This book is full of realistic portrayals of young and carefree British aristocracy and royalty who spend a full 8 years drunk and have it somehow not affect their actual 9-5 jobs because, hey, they'll wait until I'm good and ready to come in after a 5 day bender. I mean, yeah, one of them is the future King of England and can do what he wants, but all the rest of them... Just drunk all the friggin time. There's also so much sexingness in this book it made ME feel exhausted and full of chlamydia. Everyone's in everyone's pants all the time. ALL. THE. TIME!
So yeah, melodrama, drinking, sex, plain Jane who becomes princess, stupidest ending ever... This book has it all. I was entertained.
Get ready for pages and pages of "I love you more!," and "No, I love YOU more," and "I can't believe you did that to me, I hate you now," and, "I can't live without you because OMG feelings, so many of them I have!" This book is full of realistic portrayals of young and carefree British aristocracy and royalty who spend a full 8 years drunk and have it somehow not affect their actual 9-5 jobs because, hey, they'll wait until I'm good and ready to come in after a 5 day bender. I mean, yeah, one of them is the future King of England and can do what he wants, but all the rest of them... Just drunk all the friggin time. There's also so much sexingness in this book it made ME feel exhausted and full of chlamydia. Everyone's in everyone's pants all the time. ALL. THE. TIME!
So yeah, melodrama, drinking, sex, plain Jane who becomes princess, stupidest ending ever... This book has it all. I was entertained.
It took me a while to read this one - it's long,. There were parts where I wasn't sure I was going to continue reading. But after cheating and looking ahead, my fears were assuaged and I was assured enough to keep going.
This book encompasses their lives from 2007 to present day, told in five parts. I loved the first part, detailing how Nick and Bex, an American who ended up on the same floor in Oxford as His Royal Highness, got together. The other parts take us through the turmoil of their relationship as they get older, confronting the difficulties of a commoner being with royalty. At times it was hard, watching what the two of them were put through and seeing some of their bad choices, but such is life. I'd have to say that I would have appreciated a little more with the ending, with knowing how some things turned out, but I guess it still made sense in the scheme of things.
I enjoyed both Bex and Nick. Bex's refreshing personality and her wonderful relationship with her father endeared her to me. I loved how well she and Nick clicked together, how she saw him as a person and not a title. And I felt for Nick and the position he was in mentally when they started to have problems.
I liked most of the secondary characters, especially Freddie, Nick's brother, and Earl, Bex's father. My little concern about the ending would be gone if there was a sequel featuring Freddie. That boy has a story that needs to be told.
This book encompasses their lives from 2007 to present day, told in five parts. I loved the first part, detailing how Nick and Bex, an American who ended up on the same floor in Oxford as His Royal Highness, got together. The other parts take us through the turmoil of their relationship as they get older, confronting the difficulties of a commoner being with royalty. At times it was hard, watching what the two of them were put through and seeing some of their bad choices, but such is life. I'd have to say that I would have appreciated a little more with the ending, with knowing how some things turned out, but I guess it still made sense in the scheme of things.
I enjoyed both Bex and Nick. Bex's refreshing personality and her wonderful relationship with her father endeared her to me. I loved how well she and Nick clicked together, how she saw him as a person and not a title. And I felt for Nick and the position he was in mentally when they started to have problems.
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I have to say that I didn't like Lacey, Bex's twin sister, in the latter parts of the book. No that's not true. As soon as I heard about the whole math test cheating, her fate was sealed in my mind. Her "what-about-me" attitude and whining in the later sections of the book made me want to slap the book and shake Bex to wake up.I liked most of the secondary characters, especially Freddie, Nick's brother, and Earl, Bex's father. My little concern about the ending would be gone if there was a sequel featuring Freddie. That boy has a story that needs to be told.
Basically Meghan Markle fanfiction in the most complimentary way possible. Fade to black which is always a disappointment, but I sped through this and loved every second.
I echo what others have said. Way way too long. Good story but too much angst too.
Kept me entertained and gave me everything I was looking for when I went searching for a "Will & Kate" fix!
I REALLY liked this book. it really satiated my love of the dailymail, celebrity gossip, and the royal family. Plus living transatlantically spoke to me. The last third was not as strong as the first two thirds and I took issue with some of friends' names but overall, it was just a delight and handled some of the actual royal famiy items rather well.
Highly, highly recommend!!
Highly, highly recommend!!
Could not put this book down. As an American long enamored by the GB royal family this is a gem. I’ll take all the royal fanfic I can get. Also, made me genuinely laugh out loud, a precious moment in these times.
“...including that infamous cad Henry VIII (buried with his third wife, Jane Seymour, his favorite on account of her not living long enough to irritate him)...
“ ‘And a first-class asshole,’ pipes up Mom. She shrugs at our surprised expressions. ‘Sometimes the only appropriate word for someone is a rude one.’...”
“...including that infamous cad Henry VIII (buried with his third wife, Jane Seymour, his favorite on account of her not living long enough to irritate him)...
“ ‘And a first-class asshole,’ pipes up Mom. She shrugs at our surprised expressions. ‘Sometimes the only appropriate word for someone is a rude one.’...”