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corinneschapterchatter 's review for:
The Rules of Royalty
by Cale Dietrich
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
2.5⭐️ rounded up
This is an unproofed galley, hopefully an early one that I have read.
I am thankful to have gotten the eARC for free from Netgalley and Wednesday Books so I can leave my voluntary and honest review.
Overall, I love the story and I want to see this succeed! The problem is I am unsure if it’ll go through the much needed edit before it is published in December.
Right now it comes off as not only a first draft but one written by an inexperienced writer which is not the case.
That being said, the story is sweet and for a young teen it can be delightful for them to read.. it is a clean romance and if it was just a little bit less in the passion (which doesn’t go beyond kissing) it could be a good book for middle grade readers who are ready for romance.
When the book is ready to be published I intend to reread it and will amend my rating. I will write my specific issues privately to the publisher as they aren’t served here.
One thing that I liked about this book is that while very unrealistic the characters were very well adjusted with fairly healthy relationships with those around them. While real life doesn’t work like that, it is a work of fiction and can give folks something as a standard to aspire to.
My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.
⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again
This is an unproofed galley, hopefully an early one that I have read.
I am thankful to have gotten the eARC for free from Netgalley and Wednesday Books so I can leave my voluntary and honest review.
Overall, I love the story and I want to see this succeed! The problem is I am unsure if it’ll go through the much needed edit before it is published in December.
Right now it comes off as not only a first draft but one written by an inexperienced writer which is not the case.
That being said, the story is sweet and for a young teen it can be delightful for them to read.. it is a clean romance and if it was just a little bit less in the passion (which doesn’t go beyond kissing) it could be a good book for middle grade readers who are ready for romance.
When the book is ready to be published I intend to reread it and will amend my rating. I will write my specific issues privately to the publisher as they aren’t served here.
One thing that I liked about this book is that while very unrealistic the characters were very well adjusted with fairly healthy relationships with those around them. While real life doesn’t work like that, it is a work of fiction and can give folks something as a standard to aspire to.
My rating system since GoodReads doesn’t have partial stars and I rarely round up.
⭐️ Hated it
⭐️⭐️ Had a lot of trouble, prose issues, really not my cup of tea (potentially DNF’d or thought about it)
⭐️⭐️⭐️ Meh, it was an ok read but nothing special
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Really enjoyed it! Would recommend to others
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Outstanding! Will circle back and read again