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tishywishy's review
3.0
Enjoyable read although some aspects were over done to dramatise the book that it was almost Murray show quality. Would still recommend it for a good read, just expect the unexpected.
lbarsk's review
3.0
This was really well-written and highly emotional, especially around family ties, but my good god there was just SO much angst and a resolution that really didn’t ... feel like resolution? Also surprise Freddie actually was in love with Bex the whole time?????? I am confusion??? I hope that in some alternate universe Bex and Nick are very happy together and Freddie is too and they’re all in a metric ton of therapy
alliedothager's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
bsolarz's review
2.0
2.5 stars.
I honestly just picked this up so that I could complete my 2016 goodreads reading challenge. It was a bit of a weird one in that I felt I enjoyed it (apart from the last 80 or so pages... that just felt like a rush job to put an end/drama to it) but at the same time, I felt the plot and the character development didn't deserve a high enough rating. So while I usually don't give less than 3 stars to books I didn't enjoy, I guess this will be a first on my shelf.
I honestly just picked this up so that I could complete my 2016 goodreads reading challenge. It was a bit of a weird one in that I felt I enjoyed it (apart from the last 80 or so pages... that just felt like a rush job to put an end/drama to it) but at the same time, I felt the plot and the character development didn't deserve a high enough rating. So while I usually don't give less than 3 stars to books I didn't enjoy, I guess this will be a first on my shelf.
caliblues's review
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
bargainsleuth's review
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.
brijeanson's review against another edition
3.0
I actually can’t tell if I enjoyed this or hated this… maybe both?
scriptrix's review
5.0
The narrative voice in this book was pitch-perfect. LOVE. A somewhat romanticized and very fictional take on what marrying into the British monarchy might be like for an American outsider.
whatkelseywrote's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75
shareen17's review
3.0
I've been in the mood for easy, entertaining reading lately, and this fit the bill nicely. It's a fictional story inspired by the story of Prince William and Kate Middleton.