"In their first adult novel, authors Heather Cocks and Jessica Morgan take on a story of romance and rivalries inspired by today's most talked-about royal couple: Will and Kate. "If I'm Cinderella today, I dread who they'll think I am tomorrow. I guess it depends on what I do next." American Rebecca Porter was never one for fairy-tales. Her twin sister Lacey was always the romantic, the one who daydreamed of being a princess. But it's adventure-seeking Bex who goes to Oxford and meets dreamy Nick across the hall - and thus Bex who accidentally finds herself in love with the eventual heir to the British throne. Nick is everything she could have imagined, but Prince Nicholas has unimaginable baggage: grasping friends, a thorny family, hysterical tabloids tracking his every move, and a public that expected its future king to marry a native. On the eve of the most talked-about wedding of the century, Bex reflects on what she's sacrificed for love -- and exactly whose heart she may yet have to break.""--
Purchasing this book was what I like to call a "hit and run" but without the legal implications. Basically I was just walking through Barnes & Noble, saw the cover, skimmed the blurb, and purchased it without much thought. Sometimes that doesn't pay off *cough cough* Revival *cough cough*, but this time it did! I really enjoyed this one!
If you aren't interesting in royals, fan fiction about real people, or Kate Middleton, you will not enjoy this. Good thing I like all three! I wouldn't consider myself "obsessed" but I am interested in the Duchess' life. I mean, how many people can say that they went from a nobody to marrying a prince? Okay, exactly. She got what every little girl has always dreamed about. She gives all those girls hope that someday they really CAN be a princess. Anyways, this is unabashed fan fiction about Kate and William's entire relationship, except I would say it is largely based on fact. The only parts that are fiction are things we the general public wouldn't know about (like the first time they had sex). There's really nothing else to say about it. It's fun, it's easy, and it kinda makes you feel like you know them personally (except you don't).
Granted, I've read and enjoyed Heather Cocks' and Jessica Morgan's books before, but I really didn't even notice they had written it until after the fact. I know they run a pretty popular blog, but I've never checked it out. Maybe it's time to do so!
