4.5 Star
American Rebecca Porter was never one for fairy tales. Her twin sister, Lacey, has always been the romantic who fantasized about glamour and royalty, fame and fortune. Yet it's Bex who seeks adventure at Oxford and finds herself living down the hall from Prince Nicholas, Great Britain's future king. And when Bex can't resist falling for Nick, the person behind the prince, it propels her into a world she did not expect to inhabit, under a spotlight she is not prepared to face.
Dating Nick immerses Bex in ritzy society, dazzling ski trips, and dinners at Kensington Palace with him and his charming, troublesome brother, Freddie. But the relationship also comes with unimaginable baggage: hysterical tabloids, Nick's sparkling and far more suitable ex-girlfriends, and a royal family whose private life is much thornier and more tragic than anyone on the outside knows. The pressures are almost too much to bear, as Bex struggles to reconcile the man she loves with the monarch he's fated to become.
Which is how she gets into trouble.
Now, on the eve of the wedding of the century, Bex is faced with whether everything she's sacrificed for love-her career, her home, her family, maybe even herself-will have been for nothing.
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Kaley - 4.5 Star
Have you ever wondered what really happens behind the scenes at Buckingham Palace? Authors Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan have so they decided to write a novel about how they envisioned Prince William and Kate's courtship played out. Royal lovers will really enjoy this one but you don't have to be obsessed with the British monarchy to fall in love with this book.
Even though I adored this book and have been telling everyone to read it, I knocked off half a star because of the length. In a strange twist, I found this novel to be too long and, at the same time, I didn't want it to end. I know other readers have had this problem too but I didn't find it nearly as troubling as they have. I didn't really find that it dragged and I didn't get bored but there were times I found myself wondering what would happen next and could we just get on with it and find out already? I think the problem, for me anyway, is that the novel takes place over quite a long period of time so some parts were just too stretched out when they should have been condensed or eliminated altogether.
I normally hate prologues, I just don't see the point, but I found that I was really happy to have the prologue in this novel. It meant I knew what the end game was, even though I didn't know how it would come about. It hinted at a couple of things so, over the course of the novel, I found myself thinking, "Could this be what was mentioned in the prologue? Could this?" and it kept me even more interested.
I really loved Bex. She is such a great character – strong, smart, funny, real – and I loved reading about how her relationship with Nick evolved. I liked that she struggled with falling for the heir to the British throne just as anyone would (I think it showed that she cared more for Nick than the allure of being a royal). Even though she has to give up a lot in order to be with Nick, she does it because she loves him. There are problems that pop up, of course, but I was rooting for her from beginning to end.
I absolutely loved The Royal We. Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan have written a funny, charming, and entertaining novel that chick lit and Royal lovers alike will enjoy. I hope they write another book soon because I can only imagine how awesome it'd be!
Thank you to Hachette Book Group for our review copy. All opinions are our own.
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