The Rules of Royalty
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Jamie expected a cake, not a crown, for his seventeenth birthday, but when he finds out he is the prince of a tiny European country called Mitanor, life will never be the same.
Erik, the spare heir of neighbouring country Sunstad, is feeling stifled and miserable as his golden-boy brother prepares to get married. So when he's offered the opportunity to teach an American how to be a prince, he leaps at the chance.
But in between garden parties, balls and lessons in royal etiquette, sparks fly between the two princes, and they are forced to choose between love and duty.
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Could have been cute but too many plotholes
Royal romance is one of my guilty pleasures, especially when queer. This story in itself could have been cute but left too many questions unanswered like e.g. the gran being so against their relationship - why, really -, and also why have their families/countries had a bad relationship with each other? And the thing between politics, money, charity and people's reactions didn't really add up in my opinion. It's an easy read but too easy in some parts. Pity, really. I would have liked to like this book.
Ich mochte die beiden Hauptcharaktere sehr, auch wenn Eriks Sicht öfter im Vordergrund stand. Die Dynamik zwischen ihm und Jamie war super süß. Die Prämisse – dass Jamie nicht weiß, dass er ein Prinz ist – wirkte anfangs etwas an den Haaren herbeigezogen, aber nach dem ersten Drittel konnte ich mich gut darauf einlassen. Das Buch war leicht und schön geschrieben, eine angenehme queere YA-Romanze mit etwas Tiefgang. Nicht wahnsinnig überraschend, aber genau richtig für entspannte Lesetage im Sommer.
Description
Jamie expected a cake, not a crown, for his seventeenth birthday, but when he finds out he is the prince of a tiny European country called Mitanor, life will never be the same.
Erik, the spare heir of neighbouring country Sunstad, is feeling stifled and miserable as his golden-boy brother prepares to get married. So when he's offered the opportunity to teach an American how to be a prince, he leaps at the chance.
But in between garden parties, balls and lessons in royal etiquette, sparks fly between the two princes, and they are forced to choose between love and duty.
Book Information
Posts
Could have been cute but too many plotholes
Royal romance is one of my guilty pleasures, especially when queer. This story in itself could have been cute but left too many questions unanswered like e.g. the gran being so against their relationship - why, really -, and also why have their families/countries had a bad relationship with each other? And the thing between politics, money, charity and people's reactions didn't really add up in my opinion. It's an easy read but too easy in some parts. Pity, really. I would have liked to like this book.
Ich mochte die beiden Hauptcharaktere sehr, auch wenn Eriks Sicht öfter im Vordergrund stand. Die Dynamik zwischen ihm und Jamie war super süß. Die Prämisse – dass Jamie nicht weiß, dass er ein Prinz ist – wirkte anfangs etwas an den Haaren herbeigezogen, aber nach dem ersten Drittel konnte ich mich gut darauf einlassen. Das Buch war leicht und schön geschrieben, eine angenehme queere YA-Romanze mit etwas Tiefgang. Nicht wahnsinnig überraschend, aber genau richtig für entspannte Lesetage im Sommer.