Series: The Royals, #1
Published by Everafter Platinum Publication Date: April 4th 2016
Pages: 370
Also in this series: Twisted Palace
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From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself.
These Royals will ruin youβ¦
Ella Harper is a survivorβa pragmatic optimist. Sheβs spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday sheβll climb out of the gutter. After her motherβs death, Ella is truly alone.
Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from.
Reed doesnβt want her. He says she doesnβt belong with the Royals.
He might be right.
Wealth. Excess. Deception. Itβs like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if sheβs going to survive her time in the Royal palace, sheβll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.
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OMFG! I LOVED this book. Ella was a fantastic heroine. She was strong and the only person worthy to stand up to the Royals. The author had me second guessing who Ella could trust, and even at the end I was still wondering. I can’t wait to see what’s going to happen next.
At seventeen, high school senior Ella is plucked from poverty (and the local strip club) to live in a lavish house with wealth, excess and so much drama I was entertained with each turn of the page. Β The lack of respect for parents, teachers, each other. Β The cattiness of high school and the overactive hormones the leads to tons of sex. Β The Royals, including the family patriarch Gideon, were out of control. Β But I loved it all. Β I loved how Ella stood up to them, even though she was terrified of being sent back to poverty. Β How she wanted to love Callum, but then he’d say or do something that made her realize he may not be the best father figure. Β How she won over the five RoyalΒ brothers, forging a sibling-like relationship with most of them, when at first it seemed like a lost cause. Β Then there was Reed. Β He was the leader at her private school, at home and loved to make Ella’s life difficult. Β But she stood her ground against him and eventually won him over. Β First as a friend and then as more. Β But given how PAPER PRINCESS ended, I’m scared at what’s in store for Ella.
The storyline has nighttimeΒ TV soap opera all over it, but it’s one that pulls you in. Β Elle Kennedy and Jen Fredericks have created a world that you can’t help but love, hate and everything in between. Β I can’t wait to see what comes next as BROKEN PRINCE releases July 25, 2016.
Shannon
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