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A review by karleah_may
Tilly Maguire and the Royal Wedding Mess by Emma Grey
4.0
3.5*
This was a super fun, light read and I became so invested I stayed up late and read it all in one go. It's definitely a fan-girly, crazy-over-the-top teen drama kind of story, but I could tell that when I picked it up. It was entertaining, had me laughing out loud a fair bit, and the main characters were endearing and overall pretty likeable.
A few characters were pretty shallow and only mentioned when they were convenient to the plot- I thought Jack was going to be more involved in the plot, but I loved Reuben so it didn't really bother me. There was enough drama and lines being crossed and secrets (literally everyone was into someone else) being hidden as it was with the characters who were focused on.
I liked the changing perspective to see characters from each other's eyes.
Definitely aided by Reuben calling Tilly 'Maguire' all the time, I couldn't help but think of Lizzie McGuire the whole time I was reading this book. It has the same awkward, clumsy-but-endearing normal girl out of her element vibes, and I was pretty here for it to be honest.
Reuben was a great romantic lead for this story, I adored him. The way he dealt with Tilly's anxiety, no questions asked, and looked up how to handle it so he wouldn't say the wrong thing was adorable. And everything he did in this book was for other people.
On that note he was one of those leads who was a bit too perfect, his only 'flaw' was lying/keeping something from Tilly, which was really just him selflessly protecting Belle. There was a bit of mention of his past behaviour as a bit of a player/bad boy vibes, but it was hard to connect that with his character in the story because he was just so nice and supportive and wary of his own fame.
Overall, this is a cute, fluffy, crazy-unrealistic romantic comedy, which I definitely recomend if that's what you're looking for in a book.
This was a super fun, light read and I became so invested I stayed up late and read it all in one go. It's definitely a fan-girly, crazy-over-the-top teen drama kind of story, but I could tell that when I picked it up. It was entertaining, had me laughing out loud a fair bit, and the main characters were endearing and overall pretty likeable.
A few characters were pretty shallow and only mentioned when they were convenient to the plot- I thought Jack was going to be more involved in the plot, but I loved Reuben so it didn't really bother me. There was enough drama and lines being crossed and secrets (literally everyone was into someone else) being hidden as it was with the characters who were focused on.
I liked the changing perspective to see characters from each other's eyes.
Definitely aided by Reuben calling Tilly 'Maguire' all the time, I couldn't help but think of Lizzie McGuire the whole time I was reading this book. It has the same awkward, clumsy-but-endearing normal girl out of her element vibes, and I was pretty here for it to be honest.
Reuben was a great romantic lead for this story, I adored him. The way he dealt with Tilly's anxiety, no questions asked, and looked up how to handle it so he wouldn't say the wrong thing was adorable. And everything he did in this book was for other people.
On that note he was one of those leads who was a bit too perfect, his only 'flaw' was lying/keeping something from Tilly, which was really just him selflessly protecting Belle. There was a bit of mention of his past behaviour as a bit of a player/bad boy vibes, but it was hard to connect that with his character in the story because he was just so nice and supportive and wary of his own fame.
Overall, this is a cute, fluffy, crazy-unrealistic romantic comedy, which I definitely recomend if that's what you're looking for in a book.