Paper Princess... A Sneak Peek
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Current book:
Paper Princess (The Royals #1)
Erin Watt (Elle Kennedy & Jen Frederick)
Goodreads Summary:
From strip clubs and truck stops to southern coast mansions and prep schools, one girl tries to stay true to herself.
These Royals will ruin you…
Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone.
Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from.
Reed doesn’t want her. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals.
He might be right.
Wealth. Excess. Deception. It’s like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she’s going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she’ll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.
These Royals will ruin you…
Ella Harper is a survivor—a pragmatic optimist. She’s spent her whole life moving from town to town with her flighty mother, struggling to make ends meet and believing that someday she’ll climb out of the gutter. After her mother’s death, Ella is truly alone.
Until Callum Royal appears, plucking Ella out of poverty and tossing her into his posh mansion among his five sons who all hate her. Each Royal boy is more magnetic than the last, but none as captivating as Reed Royal, the boy who is determined to send her back to the slums she came from.
Reed doesn’t want her. He says she doesn’t belong with the Royals.
He might be right.
Wealth. Excess. Deception. It’s like nothing Ella has ever experienced, and if she’s going to survive her time in the Royal palace, she’ll need to learn to issue her own Royal decrees.
Sneak Peek:
"My skill, if I have one, isn't dancing. It's my ability to believe that tomorrow can be a better day. I don't really know where I got this optimism." p 171
Initial Thoughts
Let me start by saying, this is rated R - seriously do not pick up this book, or series for that matter, if you are not a fan of explicit intimate scenes. At first this was pitched as a YA, but it is mature, so even though the characters are in high school, this should be a NA or adult fiction... So fair warning, because if you read this, you will have to pick up the rest of the series, it is just too fast-paced, only to end with the ultimate cliff hanger! I do have issue with the language of many scenes, yet the characters are well developed and the story line is intriguing. I discussed this with my husband, and while I know most high schools are not at all like this one, having gone to a "rich kids" high school, it isn't that far off for some experiences... overall, I'm on the fence...
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Meet the Hosts of Saturday Sneak Peek:
Marissa, writes book reviews from a variety of genres and shares thoughts on motherhood & life on Reading List. She loves to see what others are reading to grow her to-read list. Marissa also enjoys photography and a new journal to fill.
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Alyssa reads a variety of genres and writes about it at Sunrise Avenue. She is always looking for new bookish friends and recs'! Besides reading, Alyssa loves to bake and anything Doctor Who.
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Karen is a reading teacher who loves to listen to books as she commutes to and from work. She prefers crime thrillers and mysteries but enjoys a good book from any genre. She blogs about her life as a wife and mom at Dino Hero Mommy.
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Here are some rules if you decide to join in:
• Pick up whatever book you are reading (non-fiction, fiction, children's... really the sky is the limit)
• Open to any page you have already read
• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page - make it interesting without flipping to a ton of different pages.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away -- You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so we can all add your book to our To-Be-Read lists!
This particular link up will be open for a month, so stop by often to share a new sneak peek, and grow your own TBR list!
• Open to any page you have already read
• Share a few “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page - make it interesting without flipping to a ton of different pages.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away -- You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so we can all add your book to our To-Be-Read lists!
This particular link up will be open for a month, so stop by often to share a new sneak peek, and grow your own TBR list!
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