ARC received from Netgalley for an honest review

After reading one of my favourite books of the past few years, "Red, White and Royal Blue", I have seen a slew of these kinds of stories out there.

I had never read Paul Rudnick before, however the blurb of Playing the Palace intrigued me.

The author has definitely pulled inspiration from RW&RB, however to me Playing The Palace felt a little contrived.

Now, firstly, I was pulled up by the "Crown Prince" of England. I know this is fiction, but call him what he is, don't make up a title that doesn't exist (this is probably just my thing, but it irked me)

I am also not a big fan of insta-love, and this one goes from meeting to meeting the Queen in 4.2 seconds.

Oh, and don't get me started on the Queen. The only "royal" relationships I even liked in this book were those between Edgar and his guy James and the security team.

The only people who brought this up to a 3 star read for me were Abby and Aunt Miriam. If it wasn't for them, I probably would have DNF'd this one.

But these are just my feelings, I am sure there will be plenty of others out there who will absolutely adore it,



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