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Royal Blood
by Aimée Carter
Who doesn't love a good rags to riches story? The Princess Diaries (which gets a sneaky shout out in this novel!) proved it. This series starter just adds to it with a fantastic story set in a fictional British monarchy (side note, I'm always curious how much writers have to clear with the actual palace!) The idea here is that Edward VIII did not marry Wallace, instead staying on the throne; this, by 2023, we have an entirely different royal family, with Elizabeth's branch not even mentioned.
There's a lot of murky family politics here, mostly in the latter parts of the story, but it was always easy enough to follow; there is a family tree at the start, but in my proof it's not laid out properly, but it'll be great to have it in the real book to follow along with as I did get a bit confused between the cousins!
I was expecting a revelation about Maisie that didn't come, but maybe it's planned for another book (or I'm barking up the wrong tree entirely!) and there were plenty of other revelations to be going on with anyway.
I do love Evan - I hope she doesn't lose too much edge as she assimilates into the royal family, it would be a shame as she's fantastic. I loved the inclusion of tweets and newspaper articles throughout as well - for a contemporary with this kind of plot, there's no hiding the fact that that kind of reaction would be there and actually seeing it is wonderful.
I really enjoyed this and I can't wait to read the next ones.
There's a lot of murky family politics here, mostly in the latter parts of the story, but it was always easy enough to follow; there is a family tree at the start, but in my proof it's not laid out properly, but it'll be great to have it in the real book to follow along with as I did get a bit confused between the cousins!
I was expecting a revelation about Maisie that didn't come, but maybe it's planned for another book (or I'm barking up the wrong tree entirely!) and there were plenty of other revelations to be going on with anyway.
I do love Evan - I hope she doesn't lose too much edge as she assimilates into the royal family, it would be a shame as she's fantastic. I loved the inclusion of tweets and newspaper articles throughout as well - for a contemporary with this kind of plot, there's no hiding the fact that that kind of reaction would be there and actually seeing it is wonderful.
I really enjoyed this and I can't wait to read the next ones.