A review by sarful
American Royals by Katharine McGee
4.0
3.5 This book relies heavily on tried and true tropes and easy stereotypes. However, since I didn’t want to put the book down, I’ll keep it at 3.5. Two thumbs up for one of the characters having two moms.
What if Washington took the offer for an American monarchy. Now over 200 years later the Washington’s still reign. Beatrice is the next in line, after the male heir law was abolished. She’s 21 and has spent her entire life trying to be perfect. Her younger sister, twins with Prince Jeff, has spent her whole life trying to be opposite of perfect, but ultimately a bit jealous of her sister.
I will say because it’s so bizarre thinking of America with a monarchy, half the time I thought of it as Europe. The alternate history was odd, but bazaarily fascinating.
We follow 4 different women, with 4 different roles in the royal family saga. I found 3 of the women really interesting, how their roles played out were interesting and I cared where they were going. I want Bee to find a way to be with her beau. I want Sam to find a way to be with her beau. And I want Nina to find a way to be with her beau. I was a bit confused over how easily Jeff dismissed Nina’s claims about Daphne. He seems way too oblivious. But, other than that glaring issue, I really liked Jeff.
I thought Daphne’s POV was pointless nor did I really care about her reasonings. Her POV could have been taken out and this book could have been far shorter than it was, which was way too long.
Also, this is not a stand alone book. It ends with almost no actual resolutions. Everything is very much up in the air when the book concludes. Now I have wait for more. Which I will, but still.
What if Washington took the offer for an American monarchy. Now over 200 years later the Washington’s still reign. Beatrice is the next in line, after the male heir law was abolished. She’s 21 and has spent her entire life trying to be perfect. Her younger sister, twins with Prince Jeff, has spent her whole life trying to be opposite of perfect, but ultimately a bit jealous of her sister.
I will say because it’s so bizarre thinking of America with a monarchy, half the time I thought of it as Europe. The alternate history was odd, but bazaarily fascinating.
We follow 4 different women, with 4 different roles in the royal family saga. I found 3 of the women really interesting, how their roles played out were interesting and I cared where they were going. I want Bee to find a way to be with her beau. I want Sam to find a way to be with her beau. And I want Nina to find a way to be with her beau. I was a bit confused over how easily Jeff dismissed Nina’s claims about Daphne. He seems way too oblivious. But, other than that glaring issue, I really liked Jeff.
I thought Daphne’s POV was pointless nor did I really care about her reasonings. Her POV could have been taken out and this book could have been far shorter than it was, which was way too long.
Also, this is not a stand alone book. It ends with almost no actual resolutions. Everything is very much up in the air when the book concludes. Now I have wait for more. Which I will, but still.