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4.03 AVERAGE
4.03 AVERAGE
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
mysterious
tense
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:
Complicated
Royal Blood was a pleasant surprise hit. I went in expecting royalty, murder and a splash of chaos and that was exactly what I got (with slightly more chaos).
The twists and turns of the plot kept me genuinely guessing the outcome and the character growth was honest and well thought out. I really appreciated the sort of “found family” Evan found herself in (even if they technically were related to her).
Carter writes about some delicate topics with sensitivity but also with a bluntness that was truly welcomed. This book gets emotional in places but doesn’t get bogged down with it nor do the character’s emotions feel overshadowed by anything else.
It is an onion of a book with layers of romance, thriller, mystery, and family drama. It’s about Evan as she learns to accept herself and how to open up and welcome in those who could be good friends if she let them.
I’m looking forward to future installments in the series.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Murder
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
9th & up
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexual assault
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Mental illness, Sexual assault, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Ableism, Cursing, Death, Drug use, Infidelity, Sexism, Violence, Pregnancy, Abandonment, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Classism
Minor: Bullying, Blood, Murder
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Cool adventure and mystery with a nice cast of characters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence
I really wanted to like this more, the premise and characters were interesting but I didn’t like the way the mystery plot was done. The mystery plot came in at almost 40 percent and there wasn’t good suspects and it didn’t really have me guessing or intrigued about who did it. It was also very anticlimactic when they caught the person. I did enjoy the back story and monarchy aspect of the book though.
mysterious
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:
No
I really enjoyed this book! I borrowed it from the library and immediately found myself thinking I should have bought it instead, especially once I realized it was the start of a series.
This book is so juicy and entertaining. I love books about the royals too, both the real royals and fictional royals. This book was an interesting alternate royal family. We all know that Queen Elizabeth wound up queen as a result of her uncle abdicating and her father becoming king. In this book, there’s a different family line because Edward never married Wally’s and never abdicated. Instead Edward got married, stayed king, and had his own heir. In this book, this king took the thrown at only 22. By 23 he was married and shortly afterwards had his heir to the throne. But most people don’t know that the king actually has two daughters: Mary (aka Maisy) who is the legitimate heir, and Evangeline (Evan) the illegitimate child he had with an American woman. The half sisters even share a birthday, but they have never met.
Evan doesn’t know her dad. She knows he is the king and has known this for years, but she can’t remember ever meeting him or even talking to him. Evan spent most of her younger years in her grandmother’s custody and when her grandmother passed she was sent to boarding school. Her mother loves her but her mother has health issues that result in her not feeling that she’s fit to be Evan’s guardian.
So, Evan hasn’t really had much of a family since she was 11. Her dad takes care of her education but that’s it.
When Evan gets expelled again, a few days before graduation, she is sent to the UK to stay with her father.
Just imagine what this would be like in the media if it happened in real life. And that’s pretty much what happens to Evan.
One night, while trying her best to bond with her hair sister, she accepts an invitation to a party. At the party, the guy that she thinks likes her actually assaults her (she isn’t raped-she gets away) but there is a dead body discovered after the party and it seems like the whole country wants to blame Evan.
This book was pure entertainment. I love Evan’s character too. I can’t wait for book two!
This book is so juicy and entertaining. I love books about the royals too, both the real royals and fictional royals. This book was an interesting alternate royal family. We all know that Queen Elizabeth wound up queen as a result of her uncle abdicating and her father becoming king. In this book, there’s a different family line because Edward never married Wally’s and never abdicated. Instead Edward got married, stayed king, and had his own heir. In this book, this king took the thrown at only 22. By 23 he was married and shortly afterwards had his heir to the throne. But most people don’t know that the king actually has two daughters: Mary (aka Maisy) who is the legitimate heir, and Evangeline (Evan) the illegitimate child he had with an American woman. The half sisters even share a birthday, but they have never met.
Evan doesn’t know her dad. She knows he is the king and has known this for years, but she can’t remember ever meeting him or even talking to him. Evan spent most of her younger years in her grandmother’s custody and when her grandmother passed she was sent to boarding school. Her mother loves her but her mother has health issues that result in her not feeling that she’s fit to be Evan’s guardian.
So, Evan hasn’t really had much of a family since she was 11. Her dad takes care of her education but that’s it.
When Evan gets expelled again, a few days before graduation, she is sent to the UK to stay with her father.
Just imagine what this would be like in the media if it happened in real life. And that’s pretty much what happens to Evan.
One night, while trying her best to bond with her hair sister, she accepts an invitation to a party. At the party, the guy that she thinks likes her actually assaults her (she isn’t raped-she gets away) but there is a dead body discovered after the party and it seems like the whole country wants to blame Evan.
This book was pure entertainment. I love Evan’s character too. I can’t wait for book two!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual assault
Minor: Schizophrenia/Psychosis
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Mental illness, Sexual assault, Violence, Schizophrenia/Psychosis
Moderate: Death, Vomit, Alcohol
Minor: Bullying