Good Reads Synopsis:
What if America had a royal family?
When America won the Revolutionary War, its people offered General George Washington a crown. Two and a half centuries later, the House of Washington still sits on the throne.
As Princess Beatrice gets closer to becoming America's first queen regnant, the duty she has embraced her entire life suddenly feels stifling.
Nobody cares about the spare except when she's breaking the rules, so Princess Samantha doesn't care much about anything, either . . . except the one boy who is distinctly off-limits to her.
And then there's Samantha's twin, Prince Jefferson. If he'd been born a generation earlier, he would have stood first in line for the throne, but the new laws of succession make him third. Most of America adores their devastatingly handsome prince . . . but two very different girls are vying to capture his heart.
Review:
I was very intrigued and excited by the story line! I've never thought about it before, if George Washington had tried to be king. The world might be such a different place if he had. I couldn’t wait to read this book because I was so curious to see where it was going to go. I was filled with questions about what the world would look like. How much had America’s democracy shaped the course of history?
Unfortunately, when I finished it I was a little disappointed. The book had a somewhat egotistical feel, being mainly centered around the royal palace. Sure, there was mention of other places but not enough to take the reader anywhere else. Also, all the main characters Bee, Daphne, Nina, and Samantha felt very egocentric as well. They all seemed so caught up in their own personal love dramas that it was a bit melodramatic. I would have liked one main character to have some other problem, any other problem really.
Please, don’t get me wrong, I liked it. I did. I will definitely read Majesty. I just wanted American Royals to have a little more depth to it, a little more there there.