Reviews - The Rules of Royalty

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Quite an enjoyable read.
There was a little detail missing about real world implications of becoming a prince and his interactions with his friends but that was likely due it it being YA and a shorter type book didn’t have the space for those details

kt_rose_17's review against another edition

2.25

lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

nickartrip102's review

3.0

I requested and received an eARC of The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich via NetGalley. I saw this title and since it gave gay The Princess Diaries vibes I knew I had to request it. Jamie Johson is an average teenager who is suddenly thrust into a new life on his seventeenth birthday when his adoptive mother reveals that his biological father is the King of Mitanor. Erik Von Rosenborg, a prince from Sunstad, may be the spare but with his brother’s upcoming nuptials he feels pressured to put his best foot forward. When enlisted by King Alexander to help Jamie adjust to his new life, Erik jumps at the chance. As Erik guides in his new role as a royal, the boys grow closer and cannot ignore the feelings they have developed for one another.

I had a few misgivings during the first quarter of this novel. Everything seemed to be going too smoothly (for Jamie anyway) and I couldn’t help but feel like I wanted to see more of him on the page before the news of his parentage was revealed to him. I also wasn’t sure why we didn’t get much of Jamie actually learning more about his biological parents, particularly his mother who seems to have existed but not much else. I felt more connected to Erik’s character, as he sort of wrestles with the weight of his responsibility and his feelings of jealousy.

Although there were moments when I felt a bit more depth would have helped this story, it did have plenty of charm. I enjoyed the friendship and blossoming relationship between Erik and Jamie. There were several moments in the story that felt like they were handled perhaps a little bit too simply, which left me with a few lingering questions. Jamie’s existence and parentage never seem to cause any controversy or emotional reactions from any of the supporting characters (Maria and Tomas in particular) which felt off to me. The lack of any serious drama, however, did allow this book to be a nice, light YA read!

cami_bogo's review against another edition

hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

rants_n_reads's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

jchelseaw's review

3.0

There are a lot of things I could say about this book, so I'll start with the good things: I really loved Jamie and Erik as characters. They're really sweet and I enjoy their love story. I love a good, innocent little first love romance.

However, I have to say this book is so badly edited I truly don't know what to say. There were parts where it felt like sentences were out of order. Like an example is in one part there was an 'also' before the first thing that was 'also'. I don't remember exactly, but say "I eat bread" and "he also eats bread". In the paragraph, it was like "He also eats bread. I eat bread." There were whole passages also that were word for word the same as one in another chapter. That could just be the author's writing style, but I genuinely thought I had went back by accident and was re-reading something I already read at one point, but no, it wasn't.

This is really more like a 2.5* rounded up to 3 just because the editing was terrible, even if the writing was decent.