e-Audio, 02:48:13
Narrated by: Brittany Pressley
Release Date: March 15, 2022
Published by: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Read from: March 24-25, 2022
American Royals, #0.5
Source: Libro FM
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For Readers Interested In: Contemporary, Romance, Realistic Fiction, History Reimagined, YA
Princess Beatrice realizes what’s expected of her as heir apparent—and it is not riding in cars, alone, with her Revere Guard. But what the Crown doesn’t know won’t hurt it…right?
Princess Samantha is already bored of her own graduation party. She swears she isn’t looking for trouble, but when the king and queen are away, the spare will play….
Nina never dreamed of acting on her feelings for Prince Jefferson. Tonight, though, anything seems possible: even a prince and a commoner.
Meanwhile, Daphne is hiding more than one secret beneath her perfect exterior. A royal party might just be the window of opportunity she needs—until everything comes crashing down.
*MY THOUGHTS*
I remember when I read the last book in this series. I was so upset at this series for ending with the least deserving person getting everything. I gave the last one 2 stars, but I had been willing to change it in the case that there was another book. At the time there wasn’t, but then out of nowhere this one came up and now there’s another. So naturally, I HAD to give this a chance.
There is so much in this short novella, but a lot of it I was glad to see it. And man, this did nothing but confirm the things I already knew about this series. All the characters in this series need help lol Putting all of their drama all in one book (especially this novella since it’s all squeezed together) made me feel like I was watching 2 trains speeding towards each other, knowing they were going to hit each other, but I couldn’t look away. When I say these characters are bat shit crazy, they are. (And let me say, I STILL HATE that one character.)
There wasn’t a real plot to this since it goes to all the different characters and their different situations. So I’ll just go and give a quick lil something on each one that stood out to me. First, was I supposed to feel sorry for Daphne after the thing she did? Because I didn’t. I still don’t like her. I DID like to see Nina and Jeff tho. I was happy to see the way things all started. And man, my heart broke for Beatrice. And I loved to see the growing wild child of Sam. She is definitely all the same and I loved that she didn’t change from this prequel to the actual first book in the series.
This went just as I expected it to. But what I didn’t really expect, was that this would give me a renewed interest in the new book. I guess I’m morbidly curious. I just really want to see this one person GET OWNED. And if they don’t, I promise, I WILL RIOT.
Overall, I give this
