The Stats
📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: Royally Crushed
AUTHOR: Melanie Summers @mj_summers_author
Publisher: Gretz Corp #gretzCorp
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: April 7, 2020
The Review
The Title/Cover Draw:
- I have read some of this author’s work before and I really enjoyed them. She reached out to me on IG to see if I wanted to read the sequel to this one, Royally Wild, which is newly published. (that review coming soonish). Since I had not been able to pick this one up yet, I did to catch up. Special note: I intend to be reading at least one Summers novel every month until I catch up!
What I liked:
- The premise was fun because it was a “royal theme” which I love and have been reading a lot of this year. But the setting is unique because it takes place in the jungle!
What I didn’t like:
- I felt like I could have had more background of the characters and their issues.
What kept me reading:
- I really liked the characters and wanted to see Arabella really become this strong woman so she could buck the princess stereotype.
The Characters:
- Will and Arabella are the type of people you wanna root for. I wanted to know more about Will and his family though.
The Ending:
- Kinda cute and REALLY made me want to read the second book.
Reminds me of:
- The Royal We, but also Princess Diaries but in the jungle.
I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
Small Summary:
Princess Arabella of Avonia is bored out of her ever-loving mind. No twenty-eight-year-old wants to live an endless loop of high teas, state dinners, and the same five conversations. They want freedom and adventure. After a wild night out in Ibiza ends in disaster, the royal handlers have shortened her leash considerably. Desperate for an out, she sneakily signs up to co-host a new nature docu-series, starring Will Banks, the man dubbed McHotty of the Wilderness.
Will has ladies all over the globe lining up to meet him until a hot, new adventurer comes on the scene, and his ratings take a nose-dive. Producers decide an emergency change in format is in order. Enter Princess Arabella. The pampered and proper royal is the perfect foil to Will’s rugged outdoorsman.
It’s hate at first sight, but their on-screen loathing makes for great television. Surprisingly, when the cameras stop rolling, these two finally see each other’s good sides. Can these opposites find their forever in each other’s arms, or will their differences be their undoing?