A review by torinori
American Royals by Katharine McGee

5.0

Oh my God, I loved this book. From start to finish I loved it. I love the royals. I'm that American who has no business being so involved in their business, but I am. I love how distant it is from our own government so reading this I loved imagining we were in a world where we had royals. I'm a big Beatrice fan. I had friends who read it and didn't understand her, but I loved her. I could not imagine having that responsibility on your shoulders and being her age it puts things in perspective. I'd feel scared and stressed because you barely feel like an adult. Samantha gave me stress. She was spoiled and whiny, but she grew. She realized her world wasn't the only world and she didn't know what everyone else was going through. Nina would annoy me then I'd feel bad for her. I understood her being a Latina surrounded by white people and feeling like an outsider since you don't have the money or power others have. I still had higher hopes for her. I will say this about Daphne and just say I hated her. I could not stand her and every time she'd appear I'd want to skip past her. Nothing made her redeeming and I truly could not stand her. I don't think the second book will make her anymore redeeming, but we'll see.

Overall, I loved this book. I loved every detail and every moment (besides Daphne). Connor is beautiful and wonderful and so is Theo. Jeff and Ethan were okay, but I wish they weren't so far up Daphne's butt. She doesn't deserve them.