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What Members Thought

Ashlyn
Aug 25, 2022 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Favorite Quote:
"I love him on purpose."

Why I Decided to Read This:
This was a buddy read. I've been putting off reading this book since March after I read One Last Stop.

Plot:
Alex is the First Son, and Henry is a prince. When they ruin a $75,000 cake, they have to pretend like they are best friends. But the more time they talk and spend together, the more their feelings for each other grow.

Brief Thoughts:
I actually liked this book; however, there were a couple things I didn't love about it, whic
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akacya ❦
i honestly don’t know why i read this…i don’t like history or politics. i guess because it was so hyped up? (also—if you’ve gotten about 30% into the book and still don’t like it, that’s around when things start heating up, so maybe try sticking around for a bit longer to see if you really want to DNF it. i was super close to not finishing it at that point, but it got better right after.)

overall, this was a good book, just really overrated in my opinion.

completed for 2021 popsugar reading challe
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Ashley Lewis
Sep 12, 2020 rated it liked it
Oh Henry and Alex are adorable and the "enemies who were really in love the whole time" thing really worked for me here. The romance was amazing, the friendships were amazing, the interactions between all of them were amazing.

However...

The politics in this novel something I had to force myself through at times. I completely understand wanting to have an idealistic world for your fluffy romance but making the political world look like something "fluffy" killed any possible realism this book could
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Shannon The Co-Captain
I don’t even know where to start with this. I just knew I would love it going in. British royal prince + the first son = sign me up. About 30% in I kept thinking to myself…”WTF did I sign up for?” There really aren’t any pros so I’m skipping straight to the cons.

ZERO chemistry between Henry and Alex. At least Henry was bit likable and believable as a character. Alex was smart and driven one minute and then immature and childish the next. I hate instalove and that really wasn’t the case here… it
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Elina Mäkitalo
Apr 11, 2024 rated it really liked it
On kiva löytää jokin uusi kirjailija, joka osaa kirjoittaa hyvin. Ja niin tämä teki. Tosin aluksi oli hieman ehkä imelä, mutta parani loppua kohden huomattavan paljon ja nautin tämän kirjan lukemisesta. Tarinankerronta oli hyvää ja jouhevaa sekä mukaansa tempaavaa. Odotetunlainen loppu toki, mutta pidin. Minusta oli hyvä asia, että lähdettiin rikkomaan tiettyjä asioita kuten nainen (amerikan) presidenttinä jne. Kannattaa lukea. Ei olisi malttanut kirjaa laskea käsistään ollenkaan.

Kirja menee He
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Erika
Sep 13, 2022 rated it really liked it
This is so much more than a RomCom.

I read online there will be a movie and I won’t watch it because I feel no one can make Justice to this book especially in a hour and 45 minutes. Nope. I know they will have to cut something and nothing can be cut in this book!

NOTHING!
Alexandra Murphy
Sep 04, 2021 rated it liked it
Far too many emails, but otherwise okay. A bit boring.
Thecritic
Feb 24, 2020 rated it really liked it
I actually enjoyed this well written LGBTQ? romance.
Ruthie
Dec 13, 2019 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Isabella
Jan 07, 2020 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Isabella
Mar 16, 2020 marked it as to-read
Shelves: 2019-publication
Stacey
Mar 27, 2020 marked it as to-read
Akalaej
Aug 16, 2020 marked it as to-read
Kari
Sep 19, 2020 rated it did not like it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: mm
DNF
Candela Villaverde
Jul 17, 2021 marked it as to-read
Kyrsten
Jan 30, 2022 rated it it was amazing
Gail
Dec 28, 2021 marked it as to-read
Molly
Jan 13, 2022 rated it liked it
Caroline
Jan 29, 2022 marked it as to-read
Shelves: group-reads
Helena
May 23, 2022 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Kimberly H.
Jul 26, 2022 marked it as to-read
Diana
Aug 10, 2023 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
Cassie the Bookworm
Jan 23, 2023 marked it as to-read
Anne Bailey
Jun 28, 2023 marked it as to-read
Amylynn
Sep 04, 2023 is currently reading it  ·  review of another edition