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A review by spatterson12
Rivals by Katharine McGee
3.0
Solid 3.5.
McGee does a great job recapping the prior stories in this third book of the series without going too in the weeds and reexplaining everything. The perfect refresher balance for those who haven’t read about these characters since winter 2020 (aka me).
This book is pretty party heavy, though. If a couple of the parties could’ve been cut, there wouldn’t be a need for this to be quite so long. Or even if the parties were replaced with a different event or something, it would’ve held my attention a little more.
Rivals continues to focus on the four female perspectives.
Beatrice is leading a convention that brings most royals from throughout the world to the States. There, she encounters Princess Louise of France, a woman the press often compares her to due to their age and general similarities. Beatrice looks to Louise as having potential of being her first real friend.
Samantha is developing a stronger relationship with Marshall, but she soon learns his family disproves of their union. She also learns the larger implications of their relationship in society.
Nina and Daphne are both caught surprise as they begin to rely on each other to go up against a mutual enemy who is creating educational and societal roadblocks for both women.
I’m interested to see what book four offers next year, especially given the direction the end of this one took. My current guess for that book title is Legacy. #AmericanRoyalsIV
McGee does a great job recapping the prior stories in this third book of the series without going too in the weeds and reexplaining everything. The perfect refresher balance for those who haven’t read about these characters since winter 2020 (aka me).
This book is pretty party heavy, though. If a couple of the parties could’ve been cut, there wouldn’t be a need for this to be quite so long. Or even if the parties were replaced with a different event or something, it would’ve held my attention a little more.
Rivals continues to focus on the four female perspectives.
Beatrice is leading a convention that brings most royals from throughout the world to the States. There, she encounters Princess Louise of France, a woman the press often compares her to due to their age and general similarities. Beatrice looks to Louise as having potential of being her first real friend.
Samantha is developing a stronger relationship with Marshall, but she soon learns his family disproves of their union. She also learns the larger implications of their relationship in society.
Nina and Daphne are both caught surprise as they begin to rely on each other to go up against a mutual enemy who is creating educational and societal roadblocks for both women.
I’m interested to see what book four offers next year, especially given the direction the end of this one took. My current guess for that book title is Legacy. #AmericanRoyalsIV