A review by sarahelainereads
Majesty by Katharine McGee
4.0
wow . This was infinitely better than the first one. much better than I expected. full review to come.
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okay, so. It's not a secret that I did not like [b:American Royals|43744300|American Royals (American Royals, #1)|Katharine McGee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551859882l/43744300._SY75_.jpg|62164888]. In fact, it was one of my only one-star reviews of this year. However, when I received the ARC for Majesty , I figured I might as well give this series a second chance.
and I am so glad that I did! Majesty was addictingly good, and most of my problems with the first book in the series were remedied.
Without going into too much detail (I will put the spoilers in spoiler tags), let me touch on all the ways the second installment saved the American Royals series.
Daphne finally had some depth! I still kind of want her to chew on tinfoil, but she's not a totally and completely evil character after all. I felt that I better understood her motivations.
B-E-A-T-R-I-C-E.
This girl is a literal queen. A QUEEN. Honestly, the character I hated the most in American Royals was Connor. Seriously, what kind of guy tries to convince the girl he loves to throw away something she has worked for her entire life, just to be with him? That's not romance. That is manipulation. This girl needed to learn how to love herself and become the queen she was meant to be and I loved. seeing. her. flourish!!!
Samantha is a boss.
I'm not going to say much else about her because it'll delve into too many spoilers, but let's just say that she might be one of my most favorite characters of all time. I love her.
There are *still* some ways that this series needs to improve. Mostly, I think this particular installment did Natalie dirty. I feel so bad for that girl. She keeps getting raked through the mud. I'm crossing my fingers that she gets some version of a happily-ever-after in the last installment.
Also, I need less drama and more government. It's probably just because I'm a huge history nerd, but I love government, this is a book about an alternate reality of American government, two of the main characters are part of that government system, and we have no actual governing going on. Please, please, please, please let there be more government in the final book! I need to see Beatrice being a boss at ruling the country!!
All in all, I just loved this book! I read it all in one sitting. Whether you loved or hated the first one, I would recommend that you read this!
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okay, so. It's not a secret that I did not like [b:American Royals|43744300|American Royals (American Royals, #1)|Katharine McGee|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1551859882l/43744300._SY75_.jpg|62164888]. In fact, it was one of my only one-star reviews of this year. However, when I received the ARC for Majesty , I figured I might as well give this series a second chance.
and I am so glad that I did! Majesty was addictingly good, and most of my problems with the first book in the series were remedied.
Without going into too much detail (I will put the spoilers in spoiler tags), let me touch on all the ways the second installment saved the American Royals series.
Daphne finally had some depth! I still kind of want her to chew on tinfoil, but she's not a totally and completely evil character after all. I felt that I better understood her motivations.
B-E-A-T-R-I-C-E.
This girl is a literal queen. A QUEEN. Honestly, the character I hated the most in American Royals was Connor. Seriously, what kind of guy tries to convince the girl he loves to throw away something she has worked for her entire life, just to be with him? That's not romance. That is manipulation. This girl needed to learn how to love herself and become the queen she was meant to be and I loved. seeing. her. flourish!!!
Spoiler
I was so happy that her relationship developed with Teddy! I have honestly shipped them since the first book.Samantha is a boss.
I'm not going to say much else about her because it'll delve into too many spoilers, but let's just say that she might be one of my most favorite characters of all time. I love her.
There are *still* some ways that this series needs to improve. Mostly, I think this particular installment did Natalie dirty. I feel so bad for that girl. She keeps getting raked through the mud. I'm crossing my fingers that she gets some version of a happily-ever-after in the last installment.
Also, I need less drama and more government. It's probably just because I'm a huge history nerd, but I love government, this is a book about an alternate reality of American government, two of the main characters are part of that government system, and we have no actual governing going on. Please, please, please, please let there be more government in the final book! I need to see Beatrice being a boss at ruling the country!!
All in all, I just loved this book! I read it all in one sitting. Whether you loved or hated the first one, I would recommend that you read this!