The royal prince fanfiction au of your dreams!

I really enjoyed living in an alternate world where a single mom won the 2016 U.S. election and two half-Mexican kids were the first children (love the casual Spanish!). The book still deals with political realities, which I very much enjoyed as someone who is into politics. There were a lot of fun and witty moments and I really like the main character of Alex.

I absolutely loved Alex’s bisexual awakening. It was super authentic! Bisexual readers won’t be surprised to learn the author is bi- as soon as the scene happened, I had to check Wikipedia because it was just too real.

Prince Henry is, you know, heart of gold Prince Charming type. All of the royalty stuff wasn’t as interesting to me and the romance felt over the top to me/I got a bit bored with it, but I think that is more of a genre thing than a problem with this book.* The middle, where the romance is the main focus, went too long for me. There were some moments, however, that I became genuinely emotional, especially when it came to them each navigating their queerness as public figures, and there was an exciting through line of political drama in the background that usually popped up right around when I was tired of sappy lovey stuff and got me invested in what was going to happen.

Overall, a fun read that feels relevant and authentic, if a bit on the sappy side.

* To be clear, I think romance just isn’t my genre, but we very much need queer romance and I think this is a great choice for anyone looking for a better version of a hallmark romance!