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American Royalty by Tracey Livesay

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legalplanner's review

emotional hopeful medium-paced

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

4.0

I loved that this was a woman who was independent, and made a career of herself. Not to mention the fact that she is a woman of color. Love that The prince seemed like a stick in the mud to an extent but I understood his stance on not wanting to be out in the public eye like the rest of the royal family.

However, I did not see their meeting coming AT ALL but here we are. I did have a bit of trouble imagining their relationship making it outside of the celebration. This gave me Pretty Woman meets What a Girl Wants vibes. I loved the development of Dani, who she was as an artist and who she was when she wasn't being a performer. Jameson was prickly and you could tell that he was the grump here. I did love that he slowly peeled that layer away little by little.

Overall this was a super quick read and while I realistically can't see their relationship working outside of the bubble but it didn't stop me from completely enjoying this one.

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fatkidatheartreads's review against another edition

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Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.0

3.25 rounded down to 3 stars because I disliked that epilogue. The whole plot was amazing, but the writing could have been better.

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kshertz's review

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emotional lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.25

This was a cute rom com. It would probably make a great movie! I think it’s made me realize though that I’m not that into the Royal family romance genre. It was an engaging story though with a good amount of romance and smut. It’s definitely worth the read especially if you love badass Black women telling royalty where they can stick it.

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solacelight's review

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lighthearted fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

2.0

Things Jameson should have done to not come off like a racist, sexist person.
1. Not being immediately, disturbingly attracted to Dani in a way that oversexualizes her and borderline dehumanizes her.
2. Not assuming she's a living breathing stereotype
3. Not been incredibly and consistently rude
4. Not be a monarchist (maybe this is too much to expect from a prince but a girl can dream)

Things Dani should have done to be a mildly more considerate person to herself
1. Not slept with a man who sees her as nothing more than a sex object with a semi-okay personality (this would be considerate to herself.)
2. That's it.

Anyways, on top of this feeling icky to me in terms of how Dani is treated as a character by her love interest, the writing felt very inconsistent and shallow and I never got a good sense of either Dani or Jameson. The stakes felt very low, neither seemed to make good decisions ever, and frankly I don't think they would EVER be good together. I think I also am far too disgusted by the existence of the royal family to feel okay with reading a book where a major storyline is preserving it in such a modern context. It feels TOO connected to the real world with the very obvious parallels. Would love if Jameson had been a considerate person who genuinely wanted nothing to do with the monarchy and saw Dani as a full human being. And then ending was not good.

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ashlikes's review

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lighthearted medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.25

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msradiosilence's review against another edition

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emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

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

4.0

Tldr; Dani and Jameson are great, this is some of the better smut I’ve read, and I look forward to a sequel. :)

Read my full review at: https://www.rainyreader.com/single-post/american-royalty.

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macykey's review

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funny lighthearted medium-paced

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

3.5

I was super into the whole ‘Harry/Megan’ retelling and I love Dani as a character. Jameson’s personality did get lost a little along the way, which was disappointing. The first portion of the book dragged a little for me and the description of his lineage was slightly confusing. Also, the on the nose references to GBBS, I could’ve done without those. Peter Nashville, seriously?

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