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   I have a very complicated opinion of Katharine McGee's American Royals series (which consists of two books: American Royals  & Majesty ). As a reviewer, I have to keep my opinions objective and spoiler-free; however, I don't always want to. I have some STRONG statements to make about these books' contents that cannot be expressed without spoiling large plot details. With this in mind, I am doing two posts for American Royals . One, being a spoiler-free review of the great aspects and issues of the books with a fairly detailed summary - just like normal. And two, the spoiler-filled rant on the frustrating parts / potential fixes / rave about relationships I loved.  Without further adieu, the review.     Welcome to episode #1 of the American Royals series on BTP: the review. I'm your host, Hallie. The audience for this "episode" are those that have and HAVE NOT read Katharine McGee's two Royals books .  SUMMARY    The United States ...

Royals Royals by Rachel Hawkins is a royally funny story that is also serious and sophisticated all at the same time. Plot Summary: Daisy Winters is completely overwhelmed. No, no, and no. She is everything, but royal. Daisy works at the Sur-n-Save in Florida and is getting excited about going to Key West for a week with her best friend Isabel. Eleanor (Ellie) Winters, Daisy’s older sister who is a newly accepted member of the Scottish royal society, is engaged to sweet, shy Prince Alexander James Lachlan Baird of Scotland. Daisy is blindsided by the news of Ellie’s engagement. Of course, Daisy and her parents must visit Scotland to meet Alex’s mother, the Queen of Scotland, and Alex’s trouble-maker brother, Sebastian. Now that Alex and Ellie’s engagement has been officially been announced to the public, Sebastian is the most eligible bachelor in the world. Daisy finds herself in Scotland in under a week leaving behind Isabel, the trip to Key West, and her summer. As soon ...

I am finally getting around to giving you the quick facts on my reading last year! These stats are straight from my yearly spreadsheet. Enjoy! 33 BOOKS Dearly In Cold Blood Where the Crawdads Sing A Study in Charlotte The End of August A Case for Jamie Night Siddartha The Stranger Hamlet 12 Angry Men Good Girl, Bad Blood Mrs. Dalloway Kisses and Croissants American Royals They Wish They Were Us Majesty (Amerian Royals II) Kind of a Big Deal The Midnight Library The Murder of Roger Ackroyd Beach Read People We Meet on Vacation Box in the Woods Finlay Donovan is Killing It A Question of Holmes Poirot Investigates Just Mercy The Inheritance Games It Ends With Us The Royal We The Royals Next Door Frankenstein The Hawthorne Legacy TOP 3 AUTHORS Brittany Cavallaro Agatha Christie Emily Henry MY GENRES

   If you have not read the American Royals series by Katharine McGee - GO NO FURTHER! This post is chocked FULL of spoilers (the 's' word is very taboo in the book community - my apologies for using it so willy-nilly in the past couple of posts). This post will include three sections. (1) The section where I unpack all the relationships I love and why I raced through other chapters to get to details about them. (2) The section where I discuss a relationship I HATE (hot take) and why it simply does not work. (3) My frustrations with the ending (in more detail and with specific reasons from the text also known as SPOILERS).  Welcome to episode #2 of the American Royals series on BTP: the spoiler-filled, dramatic episode (the probably more fun one though!).  Section 1: The BEST relationships Beatrice + Teddy    You've got a HUGE Beddy or Teatrice fan on your hands. While their relationship was painful at best in the first book (this was McGee's point), the se...

I am immensely behind. That's just a fact. I have read so many books over the past couple of months. As we all know, I have not reviewed them. But here's a review:  The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan! SUMMARY Rebecca Porter isn't the fancy twin. She isn't the girly twin or the popular twin or the 'pretty' twin. Her sister Lacey is the one who should have all this. The one who should have this seemingly glamorous life. The one who should be in all the magazines and the topics of everyone's conversations. Nonetheless, Rebecca, Bex, found her prince charming. No really, she fell in love with Prince Nicholas, future King of England, when she found herself living down the hall from Nick at Oxford.  Dating Nick introduces Bex to a whole new world: one of lavish events, cocktail dresses, chasing Nick, his friends, and his charming brother Freddie around London, and learning to keep her legs together when getting out of cars to prevent unwanted paparaz...

While young adult romance, especially in books, can be incredibly cheesy, who doesn’t love a sappy, love novel to read on Valentine’s Day. Ranging from one ultimate classic to several lighthearted, current novels, here are my top six books to read on Valentine’s Day Weekend. #6: The Fill-in Boyfriend By Kasie West The Fill-In Boyfriend is just what it sounds: girl’s relationship falls through in the parking lot at her senior prom, so she MUST have someone for her friends to meet; thus, she grabs the first boy in sight. A couple fibs, one night, half an hour of dancing, then it’s over, right? Wrong. Now, she’s totally involved… Predictability can be good and bad, but when the desired outcome is a sappy, heart-string  tugging novel, it’s great. #5: Scrambled Eggs at Midnight By Heather Hepler ( Read my interview with this author here. ) and Brad Barkley Cal needs a permanent home. She is tired of road tripping from state to state with her mother. She ne...

      My Summer TBR List is never final. I will always be buying new books and trying my best to read a bunch of books at a time, simply because I could not decide which to read first. While the List changes frequently, I will be sure to consistently update y'all on what I am reading through reviews of the new books, Instagram, and more.  Since I have not read all of these books (I have started some...definitely.), I will not give summaries of all of the books. I will only give summaries and ratings for the ones I have already read all the way through. #1: Jane Austen in Scarsdale or Love, Death, and SATs (Based off Jae Austen's Persuasion )  Author: Paula Marantz Cohen      Anne Ehrlich, a college admission guidance counselor, is totally dedicated to her job. When she graduated from Columbia University thirteen years ago, she heeded the advice from her wealthy family, mostly from her grandmother Winnie, ...

Flunked Flunked by Jen Calonita is a spin on all of your favorite fairy-tales, while incorporating some new details as well. Plot Summary: Gilly is a thief. Let me rephrase that, a “minor” thief. But she steals for a good reason, right? She steals for her family, a poor, rag-tag, group of people who live in a very cramped boot. Her father, is a shoemaker who was the actual inventor of the glass slipper. Now Princess Ella’s fairy godmother can make them with a flick of her wand, but her family must put in a lot of work for just a standard boot, much less a glass slipper they created . But she does not just steal from anybody. She steals items from people who can live without them. Taking back what is rightfully her’s and her family’s. She steals from royals. She steals anything from dragon tooth clips to day old bread. One day, this has never happened before and she swears it will never happen again, she gets caught by the Enchantasia Police. (An initiative headed up by ...