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4.56k reviews for:
Her Royal Highness: Een prinses, talloze geheimen en een roze steen
Rachel Hawkins
3.67 AVERAGE
4.56k reviews for:
Her Royal Highness: Een prinses, talloze geheimen en een roze steen
Rachel Hawkins
3.67 AVERAGE
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
funny
hopeful
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:
No
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
A kind of niche, yet very popular, genre of contemporary books that I enjoy are ones about royalty where a “normal” person falls in love with a person of royalty, so when I found out that there was a queer version of this trope, I was immediately sold and excited to get my hands on it. When I checked it out from the library, I was surprised at how short the book was-- only about 250 pages-- because it can be hard to write a convincing love story over that few of pages. Some authors can do it convincingly, but unfortunately the pacing in this book was off. There was hardly any exposition in the beginning, and the reader is just thrown into the story immediately with hardly any clues to gauge a timeframe of the events in the book. Once Millie moves into her Scottish boarding school, time becomes even more irrelevent, and it is hard to tell if she’s been there for days, weeks, or months, by the time major events such as The Challenge occur. Furthermore, the Challenge, which was a crucial event in the development of Millie and Flora’s romance, was glossed over, and the reader was only presented with a little bit of exposition regarding one event when Flora tries to sabotage it, and nothing more. There was hardly any opportunities to delve into Millie’s mind or emotions, and having access to these things would have made the romance more organic, as well as more developed. These problems could have been solved by simply fleshing out scenes and adding more so that we can not only get a sense of the timeline, but also get more character development.
There was very little character development in this novel, and I am going to attribute that in part to the poor pacing of the novel and its lack of insight into Millie or any other character’s minds. I saw no growth of Millie throughout the entire novel, and she was the same person at the end of her time in Scotland as she was when she started, which seems so incredibly hard to believe. Adding more character development would have strengthened the entire book, made it less confusing, as well as made the romance more meaningful and less insta-lovey.
For a book marketed as a sapphic romance, there was… no romance until the last 45 pages or so. For the entirety of the book, Flora and Millie hated one another, and had I not gone into the book knowing that the two characters were going to end up together, I would not have gathered the faintest clue that they were supposed to be in love. There are no cute interactions, or climactic scenes where you can tell that the character’s feelings towards one another may be changing or are being reciprocated. It was very one-note the entire time, and ultimately that was disappointing because of how the book had been marketed. Especially comparing this sapphic romance to the hetero ones, in hetero royal romances there is a lot more romance on the page than this book got.
Overall, I was mainly disappointed because of how this book was marketed to me online. I wasn’t expecting to be blown away or to find a masterfully written book, but I was expecting a sapphic romance, and I didn’t get much of that. This book is just… fine. The writing style is pretty basic, the characters are pretty flat, and the romance is rushed. I’m not going to be jumping at the opportunity to recommend this book, but I also didn’t see any major red flags within the book that would make me not want to share it. Overall, a solidly middle of the road book.
There was very little character development in this novel, and I am going to attribute that in part to the poor pacing of the novel and its lack of insight into Millie or any other character’s minds. I saw no growth of Millie throughout the entire novel, and she was the same person at the end of her time in Scotland as she was when she started, which seems so incredibly hard to believe. Adding more character development would have strengthened the entire book, made it less confusing, as well as made the romance more meaningful and less insta-lovey.
For a book marketed as a sapphic romance, there was… no romance until the last 45 pages or so. For the entirety of the book, Flora and Millie hated one another, and had I not gone into the book knowing that the two characters were going to end up together, I would not have gathered the faintest clue that they were supposed to be in love. There are no cute interactions, or climactic scenes where you can tell that the character’s feelings towards one another may be changing or are being reciprocated. It was very one-note the entire time, and ultimately that was disappointing because of how the book had been marketed. Especially comparing this sapphic romance to the hetero ones, in hetero royal romances there is a lot more romance on the page than this book got.
Overall, I was mainly disappointed because of how this book was marketed to me online. I wasn’t expecting to be blown away or to find a masterfully written book, but I was expecting a sapphic romance, and I didn’t get much of that. This book is just… fine. The writing style is pretty basic, the characters are pretty flat, and the romance is rushed. I’m not going to be jumping at the opportunity to recommend this book, but I also didn’t see any major red flags within the book that would make me not want to share it. Overall, a solidly middle of the road book.
3⭐️ This book was so fun to read. A lot of people say if you like Young Royals on Netflix to read Red White & Royal Blue, but the concept of this book reminded me of the show way more.
Heartbroken after a summer fling with her friend, Millie applies to a boarding school in Scotland to escape from her problems, and unresolved friendships. There she ends up rooming with Princess Flora.
I loved the first half of the book as I’m a sucker for enemies to friends to lovers type of tropes. The two lead characters had great chemistry and I loved their back, and forth banter. My only issue with this book was the pacing. It felt like everything happened and the end of the book. The resolution was a bit rushed, but aside from that this was adorable and very fun to read.
Heartbroken after a summer fling with her friend, Millie applies to a boarding school in Scotland to escape from her problems, and unresolved friendships. There she ends up rooming with Princess Flora.
I loved the first half of the book as I’m a sucker for enemies to friends to lovers type of tropes. The two lead characters had great chemistry and I loved their back, and forth banter. My only issue with this book was the pacing. It felt like everything happened and the end of the book. The resolution was a bit rushed, but aside from that this was adorable and very fun to read.
LOVE LOVE LOVE. so cute. my heart feels so mushy right now, i can’t really write a coherent review. far better than the first novel: the romance was better developed, and the side characters were super fun. also when will seb get his shit together?
It was such a good book but it left me wanting more! I felt like it didn't end in the way I was expecting it to. This doesn't say the book isn't good its worth the read. The writing is great. The plot is wonderful. I just felt that it ended to soon and left me sad
