Publisher: Penguin Random House
Publication Date: May 1, 2018
Genre: YA, Contemporary, Romance
Pages: 304
Source: eARC from Edelweiss
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Goodreads Description
Meet Daisy Winters. She’s an offbeat sixteen-year-old Floridian with mermaid-red hair; a part time job at a bootleg Walmart, and a perfect older sister who’s nearly engaged to the Crown Prince of Scotland. Daisy has no desire to live in the spotlight, but relentless tabloid attention forces her to join Ellie at the relative seclusion of the castle across the pond.
While the dashing young Miles has been appointed to teach Daisy the ropes of being regal, the prince’s roguish younger brother kicks up scandal wherever he goes, and tries his best to take Daisy along for the ride. The crown–and the intriguing Miles–might be trying to make Daisy into a lady . . . but Daisy may just rewrite the royal rulebook to suit herself.
My Thoughts
Royals follows 16 year old Daisy Winters as she's thrown into the life of royalty after her older sister gets engaged to a prince. Since her sister Ellie started dating Alex, the Crown Prince of Scotland, Daisy has received unwanted attention. After an unsavory article is released involving her ex-boyfriend, it is suggested Ellie go to Scotland for the summer to stay out of any further trouble. However that seems to have the opposite effect.
I had some mixed opinions while reading Royals. I liked Daisy as a character. I felt she was a unique character and pretty funny at times. However, I felt like at times she was extremely whiny and selfish. From the beginning of the story she talks about how her sister's new life is basically a disaster for her. We soon find out she doesn't have the best relationship with Ellie because of some things that happened as she was growing up. Throughout the story I kept hoping they would sit down and talk. At the very least come to an understanding and stop being so hostile towards each other. It took almost the entire book for this moment to happen and while I was happy it happened I felt like it should've happened sooner than the last couple chapters.
On another note, I thought the entire royal family was messed up! I liked that the siblings have a pretty good relationship with each other but there were so many other things going on in the background that I couldn't appreciate it. I think a major part of this was because a large part of this story focused on the tabloids and how much people cared about what was depicted in them.
Overall, I thought Royals was a fun read. While I had some issues with some of the characters I enjoyed being able to see some of them grow during the time I spent with them. By the end the story did feel a little rushed and unfinished. However I have seen there's supposed to be a sequel/companion so hopefully we'll get the wedding in that book. If you want a fun and possible quick YA contemporary Royals might be what you're looking for.
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