** 4.5 stars - spoilers **
This is such a good book, and, in my opinion, the last third of it made it as amazing as it is.
I particularly liked how the author implemented the political and societal themes into this very cute romance.
Especially the whole conversation on how much we as a society should have a right to dictate the lives of leaders, monarchs, etc. -> very little if their way of living doesn’t harm anyone.
Yes, we should be able to challenge each other on things we do and say but there needs to be a relationship or at least a mutual understanding in order to talk into someone elses life like that.
The whole ordeal with the leaked emails portrays how the media and the people in real life still think EVERYTHING on people in the spotlight is fair game.
HOW ON EARTH is it okay to share private emails with the whole world?
I get that something good came from it and many people actually supported Alex and Henry after seing the whole media coverage on it, but still.
I find it disconcerting how we believe stars and other public figures ‘owe’ us insight into everything and anything regarding their lives.
This book did a lot of things right since it had me questioning and grappling with a lot of things.
Not least the question whether the way they threatened the Queen was the right way to go about it.
I know that in some cases people tend to see sense earlier if you pull something like that, but then again, I’m not sure if them making a decision out of fear for themselves and/or their future is the right motivation for doing anything that holds significance.
Aside from all the politics and stuff, I enjoyed reading about Alex and Henry. Both aren’t perfect and both learn and grow as the story progresses which I always love to read.
It also helped that I could relate heavily with Henry on many things, and I LOVED the banter throughout it all.
So, as I said, I really loved this story and will probably mull over things for the next few days and weeks.
