Really loved this; good summer read, fun characterisations and a gossipy-best friend tone that makes it a quick read but one that I looked forward to coming back to.

Good all-round read. Loved the whole idea of an American royal family. Hope there will be more books.

This was an interesting book to read, at the start I thought I had it all figured out and knew which way the plot was going so I wasn’t fully invested but it surprised me... it will teach me for presuming things! The last 1/3 of the book was really gripping and that’s when it got good for me. Suddenly there where things coming to light that made it slightly darker than anticipated and actually made me like it more (I am a sucker for a dark undercurrent). So I can’t wait to see what happens in book two. I was shouting at the characters in this one quite a bit and I wonder if I will be doing the same the second time round! It is a testament to good writing though and shows the talent of the author as I could only do it if I was fully invested. A good start and I hope Book two builds on it.

What a lot of fun this was. Warning though, it's the first in the series so don't expect any resolution - and do expect to buy the second because it's Gossip Girl addictive.

What if, rather than becoming a republic, America had crowned George Washington as king? With no republic as an example would the rest of the world have kept their monarchies and how would America differ from the world we know today? In some ways, titles aside, very little. Technology, the education system, social media are all familiar, only there's a royal family in the White House. Oh, and the royal 21st century is far more inclusive than the republican one with African American and Native American ducal dynasties and no one batting an eyelid at married pairs of Dukes or Countesses. In one respect though the royal dynasty is very traditional. Up to the present day only a male could inherit the throne, and marriage is arranged to someone with the right background and credentials. Princess Beatrice is set to break the first of the traditions, but at just twenty one, the second is sacrosanct.

American Royal is told from the viewpoint of four girls; Princess Beatrice, heir to the throne and conscious that she always has to be perfect in every way; Samantha her youngest sister, the wild spare, Daphne, their brother, Jefferson's ex, ready to do whatever it takes to get back into his life and Nina, Sam's best friend.

It's all ridiculously camp, but in the best way. Daphne is still at school as she plots and schemes her way towards a proposal, poor lost Sam has only just left school and Beatrice has barely graduated College before she's given a list of suitors. The only sour note is Nina who plays the poor little me card a little too often for my liking. I'm not sure why the only daughter of a Government bigwig feels like such a poor relation all the time, or why she needs a College scholarship when both parents have great jobs and she is a terrible friend to Sam at least three times in the book. I'm pretty sure we're not supposed to be #teamDaphne but at least she has backbone behind that flawless, sociopathic beauty!

I'd have liked a little more of a look at the world outside the palace and to see more ways this alternate future influenced the last 200 odd years, but for a soap operaish YA romance, American Royals ticks all the right boxes and I can't wait for the next instalment.

This book was okay. I mostly picked it up as I found Katherine McGee's Thousandth Floor series really interesting but this book wasn't quite up to those standards. It was enjoyable enough and I got through it without a struggle but its hard to say what I really think about it.

For one thing some of the laws tied with royalty didn't make much sense when you consider other real royal families...

Sam and Jeff were probably the best characters but even they had their moments.

I'm honestly not certain if I'll pick the next book up but we'll see.

This book is SO MUCH FUN.

It’s set in an alternate American timeline where George Washington became royalty instead and follows the current royal family in Washington. Feelings about royalty aside (staunch small r-republican here) this makes for a great read. Yes it’s ridiculous. Yes it’s a bit of a guilty pleasure. But if you liked Crazy Rich Asians or Gossip Girl then you’ll love this. I hope it’s marketed to a YA audience though I think it’ll have some crossover too.

(Thanks to the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review)

I read this in one sitting.

Not because it's a particularly good book or well written but I did want to know what was going to happen in the lives of these young American Royals.

There were a few things that made me roll my eyes, but that may well be due to being English.

It was a nice easy read that wasn't too taxing but I don't know that I really care enough about any of the characters enough to read any future books in the series.

This was a light and fun holiday read. I wouldn’t say I’m a big royalist, but the plot imagining of an American royal family made this interesting beyond the chick-lit romance, and there were a few pointed digs at the current state of American politics.

I didn’t expect great writing, but actually found this enjoyable and fast paced - I want to know what happens next! I did think the young age of many of the main characters made it more obviously unrealistic and hard to suspend disbelief in what was otherwise pretty engaging.