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A review by oashackelford
Rivals by Katharine McGee
4.0
Anything that I have written in this summary happens in the first quarter of the book and does not give away anything at the end of the book.
Having postponed her wedding, Queen Beatrice is finally ready to start acting as queen by taking on her first big task, hosting the League of Kings. Teddy has been asking her to work with him to help him carve out his role as King consort, but she feels that she needs to take on the league before she can devote any time to that. This leaves Teddy beginning to feel neglected, but in the meantime, for the first time in her life, Queen Beatrice has made some friends with fellow monarchs.
Princess Samantha is excited to join Beatrice at the League of Kings because it will be held in Orange, her boyfriend's duchy. Unfortunately for Sam, Marshall is more than just a duke to his people, as one of the few Black dukes in the peerage, which doesn't leave them with much of a future even if they did want to get married.
Daphne's family are on the edge of losing their title, because of some stupid mistakes her father made, and once again it is up to Daphne to pull her family back up to where she thinks they belong. Unfortunately for her, a girl named Gabriella Madison is back from France where her dad was the ambassador, and is gunning for Jefferson pretty hard.
Nina is also struggling with Gabriella and as a result of Gabriella's extreme pettiness, Nina has had her financial aid canceled. Can she and Daphne let bygones be bygones and team up to take Gabriella down?
I really liked a lot of the plots in this book, but I felt like the pacing could have been better. Some parts moved at lightning speed, while others felt like they dragged on for a long time. I am excited to find out what happens in the next book, although I am hoping it is the last book. I think there is only so long you can write about how hard it is to date when you're the crown, and how bad they all feel about it before it gets stale. At some point, as the reader, you think, just renounce it all then and make it an elected position. I hope that the new book puts the characters into some new stressful positions, but also gives them growth and resolves their storylines.
Having postponed her wedding, Queen Beatrice is finally ready to start acting as queen by taking on her first big task, hosting the League of Kings. Teddy has been asking her to work with him to help him carve out his role as King consort, but she feels that she needs to take on the league before she can devote any time to that. This leaves Teddy beginning to feel neglected, but in the meantime, for the first time in her life, Queen Beatrice has made some friends with fellow monarchs.
Princess Samantha is excited to join Beatrice at the League of Kings because it will be held in Orange, her boyfriend's duchy. Unfortunately for Sam, Marshall is more than just a duke to his people, as one of the few Black dukes in the peerage, which doesn't leave them with much of a future even if they did want to get married.
Daphne's family are on the edge of losing their title, because of some stupid mistakes her father made, and once again it is up to Daphne to pull her family back up to where she thinks they belong. Unfortunately for her, a girl named Gabriella Madison is back from France where her dad was the ambassador, and is gunning for Jefferson pretty hard.
Nina is also struggling with Gabriella and as a result of Gabriella's extreme pettiness, Nina has had her financial aid canceled. Can she and Daphne let bygones be bygones and team up to take Gabriella down?
I really liked a lot of the plots in this book, but I felt like the pacing could have been better. Some parts moved at lightning speed, while others felt like they dragged on for a long time. I am excited to find out what happens in the next book, although I am hoping it is the last book. I think there is only so long you can write about how hard it is to date when you're the crown, and how bad they all feel about it before it gets stale. At some point, as the reader, you think, just renounce it all then and make it an elected position. I hope that the new book puts the characters into some new stressful positions, but also gives them growth and resolves their storylines.