A review by georgiasbookescapes
Royals by Tegan Bennett Daylight

Did not finish book. Stopped at 49%.

6 teens and a baby find themselves trapped inside an Inner Sydney mall in Australia…. But somehow there’s no way out? Described as the Gen Z version of The Lord Of The Flies with magical realism and with diversity with First Nations Australian characters, another character with a physical disability requiring support of a wheelchair and an androgynous presenting female character.

I ultimately DNF’d this book around 50% Unfortunately what would seem like my thing - YA with diversity and a remake of a classic didn’t quite hit the mark for me. I struggled with the first person writing style which often broke the fourth wall and just didn’t quite overall hit the mark for me unfortunately. This book had all the right marks for me but just didn’t hit it for me personally. I’m still excited for future books by this author as they’ve shown exciting ideas!

Thanks to NetGalley and Simon and Schuster for this ARC.