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A review by kkenna7
The Rules of Royalty by Cale Dietrich
Did not finish book. Stopped at 78%.
*Thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan Young Listeners for the ELC. All opinions are my own.*
I was really excited about the premise of this book. The cover was sweet and the plot sounded like a fun time, but unfortunately it fell really flat for me. I found the characters to be a bit one-dimensional throughout most of their interactions and it was very hard for me to buy into the storyline, even over 3/4 of the way through. The pacing felt clunky at times and the plot felt too one-note. In a post-Red White & Royal Blue world, a book like this has to deliver more than it did, there has to be more chemistry there. And I just didn’t get much from it at all. I found I had to force myself to listen at times.
I was really excited about the premise of this book. The cover was sweet and the plot sounded like a fun time, but unfortunately it fell really flat for me. I found the characters to be a bit one-dimensional throughout most of their interactions and it was very hard for me to buy into the storyline, even over 3/4 of the way through. The pacing felt clunky at times and the plot felt too one-note. In a post-Red White & Royal Blue world, a book like this has to deliver more than it did, there has to be more chemistry there. And I just didn’t get much from it at all. I found I had to force myself to listen at times.