A Royal Christmas Quandary
Samantha Hastings
Published by: Swoon Reads
Publication date: October 6th 2020
Genres: Contemporary, Romance, Young Adult
Readers looking for a light, fun read full of holiday mischief will be delighted by Samantha Hastings’ A Royal Christmas Quandary, perfect for fans of A Christmas Prince.
When you spend Christmas in a castle, anything is possible.
1860. Lady Alexandrina Gailey is looking forward to a cozy holiday at Windsor Castle with her best friend, Princess Alice, and her long-time crush, Lord George Worthington. But Drina’s plans are all but dashed when Alice’s parents, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, declare that Alice must choose one of two royal princes to become engaged to before Christmas.
There’s just one problem: George, a junior member of the Foreign Office, has accidentally misplaced one of the princes.
Together, Drina and George scour the town of Windsor for the missing prince, desperately hoping to deliver him to the royal dinner party with the queen none the wiser. They might just need a royal Christmas miracle to pull it off.
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Our Review
This is a YA historical romance that while as cute as we need our YA's to be it's also very well researched and in a way that doesn't feel like info dump just to prove they researched it.
3.5 rounded up to 4.
Drina has had a crush on George forever, but he's just the second son while she's almost royalty. Because her family hasn't made any male heirs, they risk losing everything upon her father's death, so her mother has other plans to ensure her future. Drina however wants to make sure the estate is passed to her, even if she has to defend herself to the queen. Meanwhile, George's father threatens to send him to Austria if he doesn't follow his commands, and the German prince he was supposed to escort for a couple of days? Disappeared before they even met, and Drina is the only one among those who knew the prince who he can go for help.
I don't think I've read any YA historical romances before so I wasn't sure what to expect—the heroines in historical romances can act just like those in YA's already. And the result was very much my thing, it's almost the same as any historical romance minus all the sex scenes. I feel the writer did her best to give it a juvenile feel, including some games the young people used to play back in the time for example, but this pretty much stand in the two genres.
So this is your chance, YA fan, of learning the magic of historical romances without being traumatized by the scandalous sex usually included. It's a nice story, I liked Drina a lot and although George wasn't anything special for me he was a good boy too. I don't think I knew this writer before, but I'm looking forward to more of her works.
Honest review based on an ARC provided by Netgalley. Many thanks to the publisher for this opportunity.
Author Bio:
Samantha Hastings has degrees from Brigham Young University, the University of Reading (Berkshire, England), and the University of North Texas. She met her husband in a turkey sandwich line. They live in Salt Lake City, Utah, where she spends most of her time reading, eating popcorn, and chasing her kids. She is the author of THE LAST WORD, THE INVENTION OF SOPHIE CARTER, and A ROYAL CHRISTMAS QUANDARY.
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This sounds like a good read overall and well written, too! Great review, Anita!
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