American Royals II: Majesty

I never really connected with most of the characters in this series. I really only got this to find out what happens with Connor and beatrice. I waited almost a year for this and like I said, so disappointed. I\’ll be seeing if audible will let me trade this for another book.

I have never been so disappointed in a highly anticipated book. American Royals was amazing. Such a fun ride. This book not only reverses everything you cared about in book 1, but doesn\’t do it in a convincing way. All of the characters come off as shallow and foolish. Their young love explorations are meaningless and not lasting. Why care about any of them? I was disappointed when I believe this was a saggy middle book of a trilogy. But then I read that the author is not currently planning for there to be a third book. SERIOUSLY?? This was your grand finale??? There\’s literally nothing grand about it. The plots are half finished and all of your characters seem reckless and weak. So so so much potential completely wasted. There should be a third book to fix allllll the problematic message thrown around here. I\’m so mad. I feel utterly betrayed. I expected something deeper and more mature than The Thousandth Floor series (which I really liked!). Instead I got something just as immature and not nearly as well thought through. If you loved book one, don\’t buy this until she announces a third book and there\’s some hope for redemption.

The performance is amazing, and this is the perfect no thinking book! I’m in love with the little pieces of alt. History the author throws in.

In true 2020 fashion, put this one in the garbage pile. I really hate it when authors destroy their characters for shock value. That is the only explanation for what I just listened to. I enjoyed the first book immensely and was really looking forward to this. I thought it was supposed to be a trilogy, but apparently this is it. If there was something that came after this, I’d probably not be so pissed that I wasted 12 hours listening to this. But this is it. I’m disappointed. I gave 2 stars instead of 1 because I did like Samantha’s story. Her story was fluid and you could see she had grown, without losing all of her spark from the first book. And Nina, whom I loved in the first book, became so… lacking. She never told Sam about what Daphne did to her in the first book (wtf kind of “best friend” is that, that you don’t tell her what happened that altered everything, at least eventually) and then was hurt by Daphne and Sam’s friendship. Like duh – Sam has no idea how evil Daphne really is because you never told her. And Daphne – ugh. She didn’t have to answer for literally anything. She “won”. Nobody called her out on the absolutely vile things she had done (Nina, Ethan, Beatrice, that best friend who literally almost died because of Daphne). She just gets what she wants and the end. And Beatrice…. I go back and forth on this one because while I love her ending (#feminism), I really hated her relationship. It felt forced and icky. I realize people move on from their first loves and she had a pretty traumatic life event (dad dies, becomes queen), but she still “fell in love” with her sister’s ex. And didn’t actually force a conversation with her sister until after it happened. It was… not great. That conversation from the first book, in the kitchen was so great and reminded me of my own relationships with my sisters and I thought that was a turning point for them then, but nope. Beatrice did a pretty messed up thing to Sam (even if it all worked out in the end) but it was still messed up and she got lucky that Sam grew enough to forgive and move on. Also – wtf was Jefferson this book? He was a big part of the first book and it felt like the author just sort of made him this silent idiot, completely manipulated and stupid. Ugh. Maybe someone can write some fanfic that would be better.

I\’ve waited over a year for this book and I will say it was worth the wait. We were thrown back into the lives of these characters right where the first book left off. I will say that some of the characters had some really strong character growth while others fell at the waist side. Overall I was happy with this book. I adored the first one because as a history buff it was a nice change to see what could have been with a twist. I think anyone who has a love for the Royal family would enjoy this book! It did have some super crispy parts but at the same time, I am not their target audience. But overall it was a good book. At some points, it did feel rushed but that is so be expected when you have 4 POVs in one book. I can\’t wait for the next book to see more from this series! Also, I enjoy Brittany\’s narration, she makes each character sound just different enough without doing hard to believe voices.

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