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I first read this book 3 years ago and fell so in love with the idea of a Scottish university that I spent months trying to convince my parents to let me apply there. Turns out it's very expensive to study abroad but hey, at least I got cool daydreams out of it.
Okay but seriously, I reread it and 13 year old me had great taste picking this up for the first time! Royals is about Daisy Winters, a 16 year old Floridian girl whose sister Ellie is now engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. After Daisy's frankly trash ex boyfriend creates a scandal, she has to fly out to Scotland to try and fix it. Cue fancy palaces, glamourous balls, Scottish Highlands, cute boys, and more kilts than Daisy bargained for.
I genuinely enjoyed this book so much because of Daisy's sharp wittedness. She can never hold her tongue and the sheer masterpiece sentences that come out of her mouth are gold. Shakespeare could never.
There was also some pretty nice character development (looking at you Prince Alexander The Boring :P) and Daisy slowly understanding the constant pressure her sister was under made for an interesting read. Also, Miles' slowly increasing sarcastic responses that rival Daisy's???? Absolutely wonderful, thank you very much.
I know a lot of people didn't like how Hawkins didn't do proper research on Scotland and how it was written for a purely American audience, but alsoooo not every book needs to be a well researched thing. Not every book you read needs to start Serious Conversations About Humanity (trademark pending) and be the next classic. Some books can be read purely for how sweet and fun they are. Sometimes you just need to escape your boring ol' life and Royals allows you to do that!
It's cutesy and quick to read, highly recommend for getting out of a reading slump.
P.S. you will absolutely despise this book if you start looking for logic within the healthcare part. It's fiction, things are allowed to be fake, it's in the name. You have to truly give into the insanity to enjoy it.
Okay but seriously, I reread it and 13 year old me had great taste picking this up for the first time! Royals is about Daisy Winters, a 16 year old Floridian girl whose sister Ellie is now engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. After Daisy's frankly trash ex boyfriend creates a scandal, she has to fly out to Scotland to try and fix it. Cue fancy palaces, glamourous balls, Scottish Highlands, cute boys, and more kilts than Daisy bargained for.
I genuinely enjoyed this book so much because of Daisy's sharp wittedness. She can never hold her tongue and the sheer masterpiece sentences that come out of her mouth are gold. Shakespeare could never.
So I’m not going to be able to get up on the fence and sing ‘Yankee Doodle Dandy’ while waving six American flags and twirling a baton?
There was also some pretty nice character development (looking at you Prince Alexander The Boring :P) and Daisy slowly understanding the constant pressure her sister was under made for an interesting read. Also, Miles' slowly increasing sarcastic responses that rival Daisy's???? Absolutely wonderful, thank you very much.
I know a lot of people didn't like how Hawkins didn't do proper research on Scotland and how it was written for a purely American audience, but alsoooo not every book needs to be a well researched thing. Not every book you read needs to start Serious Conversations About Humanity (trademark pending) and be the next classic. Some books can be read purely for how sweet and fun they are. Sometimes you just need to escape your boring ol' life and Royals allows you to do that!
It's cutesy and quick to read, highly recommend for getting out of a reading slump.
P.S. you will absolutely despise this book if you start looking for logic within the healthcare part. It's fiction, things are allowed to be fake, it's in the name. You have to truly give into the insanity to enjoy it.