Monday, August 28, 2017

Review: Fallen Heir (The Royals #4) by Erin Watt


These Royals will ruin you.

Easton Royal has it all: looks, money, intelligence. His goal in life is to have as much fun as possible. He never thinks about the consequences because he doesn’t have to.

Until Hartley Wright appears, shaking up his easy life. She’s the one girl who’s said no, despite being attracted to him. Easton can’t figure her out and that makes her all the more irresistible.

Hartley doesn’t want him. She says he needs to grow up.

She might be right.

Rivals. Rules. Regrets. For the first time in Easton’s life, wearing a Royal crown isn’t enough. He’s about to learn that the higher you start, the harder you fall.

Warning: This book has a cliffhanger. The story will be resolved in Cracked Kingdom, due out January 2018.



 


What I thought about Fallen Heir

Wow! That was some ending! 

Fallen Heir is Easton Royal's book.  With Reed and Gideon away at college, he's now the oldest at home.  He's led a life of privilege and money gets him out of any of his many situations that usually involve sex and / or drinking. He's cocky and has a fairly high opinion of himself -- at least until he strips away some of his bravado and we get to see the real Easton.

Easton becomes interested in Hartley, the new girl at school.  It starts off more as a challenge because Hartley really doesn't want anything to do with Easton. But he slowly worms his way into her heart. 

The book is entirely in Easton's voice, which I liked.  I actually found myself liking Easton, even though I wanted to whack some sense into him most if the time and he kept repeating the same  mistakes. But when he showed some vulnerability, especially with Hartley,  I really liked him.

As for Hartley, she got on my nerves at times mostly because I didn't quite believe her circumstances, which were very sad when revealed. She did have some backbone and I did like her self sufficiency and sense of honor, especially in contrast with all the morally bankrupt adults in the book.

This book follows a similar pacing as the previous books in the series.  There's a very slow build to the story and at times I found myself getting frustrated with that, but then toward the end the pace speeds up and hits like a freight train.  In Fallen Heir, I never saw that train coming and I absolutely loved that about this story!  I was blown away by the cliffhanger ending (it's a doozy) and now I can't wait to see what's going to happen next. 

Loved the big bang ending, so I'm giving this 4 1/2 stars in spite of the slow build. This really is not a standalone read, and I do recommend reading the first three books in the series before tackling Fallen Heir.  If you are a fan of intrigue among the wealthy, then you may like this series.

An ARC was provided for review.



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 About the Authors

Erin Watt is the brainchild of two bestselling authors linked together through their love of great books and an addiction to writing. They share one creative imagination. Their greatest love (after their families and pets, of course)? Coming up with fun–and sometimes crazy–ideas. Their greatest fear? Breaking up.


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