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3.32 AVERAGE
3.32 AVERAGE
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-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:
Complicated
Source of Book: NetGalley
Kind of Book: E-Book
Personal Tagline: Am I the drama? Am I the problem?
Miles traveled: 5,210-ish
Song I Associate- Miracles Happen by Myra
Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Wednesday Books for this E-arc. All opinions are my own.
I saw Princess Diaries and Red White Royal Blue in the same sentence and I was automatically sold on this book. Unfortunately I think that may have set my expectations for this book negatively. On Jamie's 17 birthday he finds out he is the son of king and that his mom who raised him kept this from him as to respect his bio-mom's wishes. He heads to Europe for the summer with his family and there meets Prince Erik. Everyone loves Jamie. The end.
I thought this book was very fluffy and a light read and although I enjoyed it it doesn't really stand out to me because of the lack of drama/conflict. Everyone is so friendly and just accepts that Jamie is wonderful and adores him from the get go, I kept expecting for the other shoe to drop but it never did (yes there is one person but the problem they caused is solved so quickly I don't think it counts). Its remarked several times that he's good at everything he does and that he's stepped into the role remarkably well. I expected for there to be more angst and grappling with identity/expectations/life trajectories but maybe he's just way more adjusted than I would ever be in that kind of scenario.
All this to say I did like this book, but I do think this is more of a YA YA book, that is too say the younger high school me would have eaten this up no questions asked. I just think that it was a little to sweet for me and had very thick main character armor for all those involved.
Kind of Book: E-Book
Personal Tagline: Am I the drama? Am I the problem?
Miles traveled: 5,210-ish
Song I Associate- Miracles Happen by Myra
Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press and Wednesday Books for this E-arc. All opinions are my own.
I saw Princess Diaries and Red White Royal Blue in the same sentence and I was automatically sold on this book. Unfortunately I think that may have set my expectations for this book negatively. On Jamie's 17 birthday he finds out he is the son of king and that his mom who raised him kept this from him as to respect his bio-mom's wishes. He heads to Europe for the summer with his family and there meets Prince Erik. Everyone loves Jamie. The end.
I thought this book was very fluffy and a light read and although I enjoyed it it doesn't really stand out to me because of the lack of drama/conflict. Everyone is so friendly and just accepts that Jamie is wonderful and adores him from the get go, I kept expecting for the other shoe to drop but it never did (yes there is one person but the problem they caused is solved so quickly I don't think it counts). Its remarked several times that he's good at everything he does and that he's stepped into the role remarkably well. I expected for there to be more angst and grappling with identity/expectations/life trajectories but maybe he's just way more adjusted than I would ever be in that kind of scenario.
All this to say I did like this book, but I do think this is more of a YA YA book, that is too say the younger high school me would have eaten this up no questions asked. I just think that it was a little to sweet for me and had very thick main character armor for all those involved.
ty to netgalley and the publisher ✨
3⭐
the rules of royalty was a highly anticipated read of mine, and when i got approved for the arc on NG i was super excited. it unfortunately fell a bit flat for me :( the book revolves around jamie, a 16yo gay american boy who finally gets told the truth about his bio parents. the most alarming fact being that he is actually mitanorian royalty. he meets erik, the "spare" prince from the country of sunstad. erik (who is also conveniently gay
3⭐
the rules of royalty was a highly anticipated read of mine, and when i got approved for the arc on NG i was super excited. it unfortunately fell a bit flat for me :( the book revolves around jamie, a 16yo gay american boy who finally gets told the truth about his bio parents. the most alarming fact being that he is actually mitanorian royalty. he meets erik, the "spare" prince from the country of sunstad. erik (who is also conveniently gay
emotional
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
i really wanted to love this book, but i...didn't.
i felt that all of the points of conflict were relatively weak and their resolutions were unsatisfying. everything came easily to jamie, and all of the characters' dialogue was too perfect. the only conflict that seemed to stay stubbornly present in the narrative wasjamie and max's fight , which was the most frustrating and unnecessary point of contention that could have been chosen.
there were plot and world-building points happening in the last third of the book that i thought would have been more effective to have at least been mentioned in the first half, so parts of the story felt rushed.
i did appreciate that jamie's royal family accepted him with open arms, and also that he grew up in rhode island? that caught me off-guard but as someone who also grew up in new england, i thought it was funny.
i felt that all of the points of conflict were relatively weak and their resolutions were unsatisfying. everything came easily to jamie, and all of the characters' dialogue was too perfect. the only conflict that seemed to stay stubbornly present in the narrative was
there were plot and world-building points happening in the last third of the book that i thought would have been more effective to have at least been mentioned in the first half, so parts of the story felt rushed.
i did appreciate that jamie's royal family accepted him with open arms, and also that he grew up in rhode island? that caught me off-guard but as someone who also grew up in new england, i thought it was funny.
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
fast-paced
emotional
lighthearted
fast-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:
No
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced