Did Father mention that he’s giving me the patronage of the Imperial War Museums?” “Father felt it only fair, since I’m the one still in the Navy.” “He’s sending me to Portsmouth later this month for a thing with the Navy.” We were having lunch, just to catch up, and it went long.” Freddie straightened proudly. “I’m not late, I’m ninety seconds early,” huffed. “Thanks for finally joining us,” Nick said. Here’s an example of Nick and Freddie’s relationship for most of the novel: Even though Nick and Bex’s marriage is the focus for part of the book, the sequel isn’t a romance and it felt like a lot of the book was dedicated to members of the royal family being shitty to each other, which wasn’t exactly the most fun to read. The events in The Heir Affair are mostly bad things happening to Bex, her enduring them without advocating much for herself, and Nick and Freddie being jerks to each other. The reason The Royal We worked for me was that Bex and Nick were in their own little bubble at university which gave them the space to know each other and fall in love. It’s true that Freddie told Bex he loved her and they kissed, but now Nick is doubting her feelings for him and the press is demonizing Bex as a slut. Unfortunately, at the exact same time they’re saying “I do” the press drops a story that Bex cheated on Nick with his younger brother, Prince Freddie. She and Nick fall in love, his family conspires against her (especially his dad who is awful), but they make it work and when The Heir Affair opens they’ve just gotten married. In the first book, American Rebecca “Bex” Porter goes to university in England where she meets Prince Nicholas, heir to the throne. These novels are very, very loosely based on the royal family in England. This book takes place almost immediately after the first one, and there isn’t a ton of exposition to understand the character relationships that were developed in The Royal We. A lot of things happen in the book, but the three main characters, Bex, Nick and Freddie all end up at pretty much the same place they started at.įirst of all, you really do need to read The Royal We to understand The Heir Affair. Unfortunately, while the humor and the narrator’s voice still worked for me, there was no character growth at all in The Heir Affair. The Heir Affair is the follow up to 2015’s debut The Royal We, a book I enjoyed immensely.

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