hollyanns 's review for:

American Royals by Katharine McGee

3.0

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The premise of the book is essentially as follows: what if George Washington had become king, rather than president? Admittedly, there are some pretty obvious issues with the premise in regards to colonialism, slavery, genocide of indigenous peoples, etc. that were slightly addressed, but only in passing, really. I also wish there had been more politics; while the book delivered on gossip and drama, and certainly had a lot of information about America’s alternate history, it lacked political substance, which I think adversely affected the book. All that said, I think the writing was fine and the characters were slightly more interesting than I thought they’d be.

I’d recommend this to fans of the British royal family and American history.