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jacpytlik's review
3.0
Boring. Characters were bland and really didn’t have that much of an arch. Needed more showing than telling.
christina72's review
3.0
It's been 15+ years since I've read any of her books. Her early books are richer and better than this one. The story seemed really rushed. 25 years in in 288 pages? But It did hold my attention. And that's why I give it 3 stars.
itsybitsydino's review against another edition
DNF'd at 80%.
Very repetitive. Facts and events are rephrased almost always from each point of view and stated too many times. Story is a bit flat in my opinion. There's nothing particularly exciting happening besides an almost natural flow of events from one event to another.
Very repetitive. Facts and events are rephrased almost always from each point of view and stated too many times. Story is a bit flat in my opinion. There's nothing particularly exciting happening besides an almost natural flow of events from one event to another.
kiercarnahan's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Royal is included with an Audible subscription and it’s about a lost princess and her dream to be a female horse jockey. It was historical fiction about royalty, WWII, horses, mystery, and romance. I enjoyed the narrator and his accent in this and thought the story was good too!
apszczola's review
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
This was the weirdest book I’ve read so far. It was completely in the narrators perspective and had hardly any insight into the characters thoughts or emotions at all. Aside from the mention of “she felt this way” kind of narration, it was bland and boring. I only finished because I don’t want to be a quitter but it was hard. It wasn’t a book I was excited to get back to.
mksillyshell28's review
emotional
relaxing
sad
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
thatcherh's review
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
I like that this was a different total perspective and story being told.
bookswritingandmore's review
5.0
Royal is just another example of the epic detail and research that Danielle Steel delivers in all her novels. I absolutely loved this book. I fell for the characters and cried with them too.
Charlotte is the youngest of three girls to the king and queen of England. She is sent to the country to live out the war days with a family. She is expected to keep a low profile and only her hosts know her true title. While there she meets and falls for their son Henry. There love story follows but they king and queen know nothing about their daughters epic romance.
If highly recommend you pick this book up and read it for yourself. It's a masterpiece.
Charlotte is the youngest of three girls to the king and queen of England. She is sent to the country to live out the war days with a family. She is expected to keep a low profile and only her hosts know her true title. While there she meets and falls for their son Henry. There love story follows but they king and queen know nothing about their daughters epic romance.
If highly recommend you pick this book up and read it for yourself. It's a masterpiece.
jbarr5's review against another edition
5.0
Royal by Danielle Steel
1934 and Charlotte the youngest of the princesses is being sent, with her horse to stay with an older couple in the country.
That will keep her safe from the war bombings and due to her asthma. The couple have a boy her age, who plans to enlist in the army soon, and another lady stays with them as well to help them with chores.
The older princesses are able to do things useful for the country.
Her name will be different also and she is so sad to be leaving. She falls in love and they get married and have the baby while he serves the country.
Unimagineable things occur and Lucy, the orphan who helps out the couple ends up with the baby and she knows who the parents were from letters Charlotte had kept.
Everybody dies and she takes the baby and makes a new life for herself in a new location. She falls in love and they marry and she has twins-her first REAL birth and she needs to keep the secret about the first babys identity to herself.
At some point they could be sitting on the throne ruling over the country...she has plans to get money out of them to live in high style.
Love parts where the royals look over the box of letters and other information and gather her into the folds of their family. She takes a job at the stables, her favorite spot to be and is able to become a jockey, her life dream.
She had to give up her boyfriend though, it was either the jockey position or him.
Sad book at times but you can also see just how strong she really is.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
1934 and Charlotte the youngest of the princesses is being sent, with her horse to stay with an older couple in the country.
That will keep her safe from the war bombings and due to her asthma. The couple have a boy her age, who plans to enlist in the army soon, and another lady stays with them as well to help them with chores.
The older princesses are able to do things useful for the country.
Her name will be different also and she is so sad to be leaving. She falls in love and they get married and have the baby while he serves the country.
Unimagineable things occur and Lucy, the orphan who helps out the couple ends up with the baby and she knows who the parents were from letters Charlotte had kept.
Everybody dies and she takes the baby and makes a new life for herself in a new location. She falls in love and they marry and she has twins-her first REAL birth and she needs to keep the secret about the first babys identity to herself.
At some point they could be sitting on the throne ruling over the country...she has plans to get money out of them to live in high style.
Love parts where the royals look over the box of letters and other information and gather her into the folds of their family. She takes a job at the stables, her favorite spot to be and is able to become a jockey, her life dream.
She had to give up her boyfriend though, it was either the jockey position or him.
Sad book at times but you can also see just how strong she really is.
I received this book from National Library Service for my BARD (Braille Audio Reading Device).
jaymeee's review against another edition
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.75