I’ve been waiting for this one and it did not disappoint.

In this book, Beatrice is set to run her first League of Kings conference – it is her first big event as Queen and all eyes are on her to make sure she doesn’t fuck it up. Let’s just say things don’t go exactly as planned for her, though she does make some friends.

Basically, the League of Kings conference is a big event where royalty all around the world get together and discuss important issues but also they just kind of party and live their best wealthy lives. Super fun.

I honestly feel bad for Beatrice, she is always struggling with being Queen and it hasn’t exactly been going well for her. Especially when she is trying to find a place for Teddy to fit into all of this, Teddy is her King consort to be but because America has never had a King consort before, they need to find something for him to do.

On top of that, Beatrice is also trying to win over everyone at the conference to vote for her climate change accord, it was something her father had pushed before and she wanted to see it through. That doesn’t really work out for her either, at least not initially. Once she kind of stands up for herself and takes command she is able to get people to reconsider, not without the help of a new possible friendship with Louise, Princess of France.

Meanwhile down at King’s College, Nina is making friends with Daphne? I know who would have thought? But it turns out they share a common enemy, Gabriella. The girls are convinced that Gabriella is the reason why Nina’s financial aid gets revoked after Nina makes some nasty comments about her. Gabriella’s father is also the reason why Daphne’s family is at risk of losing their baronetcy and if they do then Daphne will be nothing but a commoner. Ouch.

So the girls team up to take down Gabriella and they thought they would be able to do it, and honestly they had me fooled too. I thought they could do it.

Sadly for them, the dirt they had on Gabriella was really nothing and Daphne’s family ended up losing their title. Luckily for Nina though, good old Prince Jefferson noticed something was up with her financial aid and looked into it and had it reinstated so Nina lucked out.

Speaking of Prince Jefferson, he and Daphne are back together but Nina and Jeff have been getting close again. Yikes.

So the friendship with Daphne and Nina doesn’t last long especially when Jeff says to Nina that Daphne has been acting weird lately and then kisses Nina. Naturally, Daphne sees this and is furious. She thinks Nina double-crossed her and was working with Gabriella this whole time and now she was taking Jeff from her again.

This leads Daphne to pull out all the stops to prevent Jefferson to break up with her, so she pretends to be pregnant. I mean I saw this coming lol I didn’t know what she was going to do but this is definitely on brand for her. There’s nothing like a pregnancy scare to make someone stay with you, especially in the fictional dramatic world of TV/books. It’s not original but I am excited to see how Daphne plays this one.

Meanwhile, Nina finds out Jeff didn’t break up with Daphne but she doesn’t know the reason, she just figures that Daphne was the one double-crossing her and that she was done competing with her.

Honestly, I am sad that this happened to them, Nina and Daphne would have been a great friendship. I imagine they could have a big confrontation in the next book and possibly be friends again but at the same time would Nina be able to forgive Daphne for pretending she could be pregnant just to keep Jefferson on her hook?

Side note, I feel so bad for Jefferson constantly being in the middle of these two. I mean the main thing is he is just being manipulated by Daphne 24/7 so he can’t just be with a person he actually has feelings for like Nina. I just need him to snap out of it and realise who Daphne really is, he got a glimpse of who she really was this time around I imagine it’s not going to take long for the cracks to continue to show with her.

And then there’s Sam who is trying to choose between her relationship with Marshall, the future duke of Orange, and her duty as heir to the throne. If she and Marshall got married she could only see a future where Marshall would have to give up his dukedom which she didn’t want. And then she realises she could just give up her title instead. Honestly, Sam’s dilemma was not that interesting in comparison to other things going on. If anything it was kind of mirroring what Beatrice and Teddy are going through but it’s more serious for Beatrice as she is the queen.

Sam and Marshall end up running away to Hawaii for a while where they can live as normal people because Hawaii stays separate from everything and doesn’t recognise foreign royalty on its soil. So that’s nice for them.

The book doesn’t end all sunshine and roses though as Beatrice and Teddy’s relationship ends up becoming strained as Teddy feels like Beatrice hasn’t been focusing on and working as much on the relationship as he is. Especially since Teddy has willingly given his all to Beatrice, including his own Dukedom.

Teddy explains to Beatrice after the League of Kings conference ends that he needs some time apart but in true romance movie fashion, Beatrice thinks that’s a terrible idea and asks for a driver to take her to the airport to stop Teddy from taking off. As she is being driven to the airport she gets into a car crash and is left in critical condition. Uh oh. Not a good time for Samantha to renounce her title and run off to Hawaii.

This leaves Jefferson to take on the duty of Acting King which he agrees to do with Daphne at his side. It is in the hospital that Nina is watching this unfold and pieces together that Daphne was only ever looking out for herself and now that Jefferson was going to become the Acting King there was no way she was going to be able to get between them now. That and whatever friendship they had was over.

And that’s where we end things. Honestly, I am not sure where we go from here. Naturally, I don’t want Beatrice to die, the family has already been through enough since their dad passed away not that long ago. Plus, Sam is going to feel awful for leaving town and being unreachable when she finds out about Beatrice.

Daphne will probably do what she always does and stand by Jefferson’s side and gently guide him in his new position as Acting King. I don’t know how everyone will react when they realise Daphne isn’t pregnant and she exaggerated but that’s something I look forward to finding out. And also you know what Nina is going to do if Daphne refuses to let her see Jefferson again…

So yeah, it’s all a mess but I am hooked on the drama. And I just looked it up and the next book is set to be published later this year so sign me up because I am more than ready for more American Royal family drama.