Blog Tour | Undercover Princess (Rosewood Chronicles #1) by Connie Glynn

UNDERCOVER PRINCESS

Author: Connie Glynn

Pages: 441

Genre: YA Fantasy

Publishing Date: 2 November, 2017

Rating: ⭐⭐⭐.5

Synopsis:

When fairy tale obsessed Lottie Pumpkin starts at the infamous Rosewood Hall, she is not expecting to share a room with the Crown Princess of Maradova, Ellie Wolf. Due to a series of lies and coincidences, 14-year-old Lottie finds herself pretending to be the princess so that Ellie can live a more normal teenage life.

Lottie is thrust into the real world of royalty – a world filled with secrets, intrigue and betrayal. She must do everything she can to help Ellie keep her secret, but with school, the looming Maradovian ball and the mysterious new boy Jamie, she’ll soon discover that reality doesn’t always have the happily ever after you’d expect…

A thrilling world of parties, politics and bad ass princesses, this is the first book in the brand new series THE ROSEWOOD CHRONICLES.

Book Links: Goodreads | Amazon

Author Info:

Connie Glynn has always loved writing and wrote her first story when she was six, with her mum at a typewriter acting as her scribe. She had a love for performing stories from a young age and attended Guildhall drama classes as a teenager. This passion for stories has never left her, and Connie recently finished a degree in film theory. It was at university that Connie started her hugely successful YouTube channel Noodlerella (named after her favourite food and favourite Disney princess). After five years of publicly documenting her life and hobbies to an audience of 900,000 subscribers on YouTube, Connie closed the book on the Noodlerella project in a bid for more privacy and to pursue her original passions in the performing arts. Connie now writes music and fiction full- time. Follow Connie on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr @ConnieGlynn.

Author Links: Goodreads

My Review:

Thank you to Dave @The Write Reads and Penguin for providing me with a free digital copy to review. This in no way, has influenced my thoughts on the book.

This was a.. nice book. There were a few issues with it, but let’s get into the detailed review and explore them.

Plot:

The plot’s rather fun, and it’s actually exactly my kind of middle grade. The only issue? The book wasn’t classified as middle grade despite the fact that the characters literally sound middle grade. And there was no fantasy either! But the plot was nice and sort of original.

Characters:

Honestly, I did not like the main character Lottie. She did not sound like a 14-year-old like at all. And surprisingly she wasn’t even given as much depth as she should’ve been. However, Ellie, James and all the other characters sound amazing, and I liked reading them!

Writing Style:

This was actually the reason I read the book until the end and also for the three and a half star rating. The author’s writing style is amazing!

I also do feel that had the characters been like 17 or even 16, the book would have been a little more realistic, because the characters were literally taking decisions for their lives and there was alcohol involved. With 14-year-olds.

I would recommend this book to middle grade lovers! As for me, I may or may not pick the following parts- I mean, I am intrigued! Have you read this book? Let me know in the comments!