Royally Lost by Angie Stanton Series: Standalone
Published by HarperTeen on May 6th 2014
Genres: Adolescence, Emotions & Feelings, Family, Fiction, Love & Romance, Young Adult
Pages: 133
Read it as: eBook
Source: Purchased
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Synopsis
Dragged on a family trip to Europe’s ancient cities, Becca wants nothing more than to go home. Trapped with her emotionally distant father, over-eager stepmother, and a brother who only wants to hook up with European hotties, Becca is miserable. That is until she meets Nikolai, a guy as mysterious as he is handsome. And she unknowingly finds herself with a runaway prince.
Nikolai has everything a guy could ask for-he's crown prince, heir to the throne, and girls adore him. But the one thing he doesn't have...is freedom. Staging a coup, he flees his kingdom and goes undercover on his own European tour.
When Nikolai and Becca meet, it’s their differences that draw them together. Sparks fly as they share a whirlwind of adventures, all the while dodging his royal guard. But Becca's family vacation ends in a matter of days. Will Nikolai and Becca be forced to say goodbye forever, will his destiny catch up to him, or will they change history forever?
This book gave me what I always go expecting of an Angie Stanton novel: A sweet, love story. I really can’t complain about it, because it delivered. However,
I can’t be expected to like such an ignorant character
Unfortunately, I wasn’t much of a fan of the protagonist, Becca. All she did was whine about the trip she’s forced to go with her family and how boring everything is until she meets Nikolai. I mean, sure there are people who don’t like history, but come freaking on, this girl seriously got on my nerves. One way or another. At first I thought that it was Nikolai-less thing, which is pretty bad in itself, but no this girl found the way to be annoying at all times.
The guide blathered on about the old church, which, if Becca wasn’t so annoyed, she’d admit was impressive, but how much was she expected to put up with? She’d rather live in the here and now.
It’s not like she’d ever need to know any of this stuff. She needed fresh air, trees and grass.
“See, that’s what I hate about history. People hang on to it like the old ways were the best. Can you imagine if we did that with medicine or thechnology? Progress people!”
God, just… for someone who Nikolai thinks as smart, she’s pretty dumb. Regardless of what’s better or not, people who’d rather go back to a world without technology are a minority, and the reason why tours exist, in theory, are to inform people, and for them to be ‘smarter’ once they widen their view a little more by learning about people different from them, living in an entirely different time. It’s about knowledge, nothing else. Sure, there are traditions that continue until that. But people like some traditions, because it’s part of their identity.
I’m not a history geek. But I do have enough sense to know it’s important, and I’d like to be not lazy enough to pick up a book about other cultures’ history. But I am, but at least I don’t go around thrashing it.
Well… you can guess I’m not happy with how Becca’s personality is written.
Another point, is Nikolai. Nikolai is a pretty good guy. He has the looks, is smart, and has good ideas. He’s a little bland because he’s too perfect. But nothing that bothers me too much. Except that Becca comes in and maages to spoil everything. Everything meaning their love story.
Insta-Like? Bring it on. Insta-Love? Burn!
There has ben instances in which Insta-Love has felt right and not forced, and has more or less made sense. But in Royally Lost… I was flabbergasted when only days after meeting Nikolai, Becca was already proclaiming her undying love for him, even going to the lenghts of staying some extra days in Europe without her parents to stay at hotels with Nikolai. Okay… let me get this straight, no matter how much I feel attracted to some super hot guy, I’d have to be crazy to stay at a hotel with him. In a foreign country.
Sure, there are consequences, but I don’t think this action is condemned enough to make a point. It’s made out to be as if Becca was right to do this and it’s her parents’ fault that she’s so crazy. o.o
And no, I’m not a parent. I could very well be Becca, and I think she had it coming for being so irresponsible. There are ways to stay in touch. And if she and Nikolai hadn’t pulled that stunt, then maybe his parents wouldn’t have been so keen on keeping them apart.
Perhaps I just wasn’t in that sweet of a mood… No, but seriously, it was a nice book, not just one for me, or anyone who respects history, for that matter.
Ugh, yes. I was so frustrated with how dumb Becca was… By the end I seriously felt like neither of the pair had any respect for anybody and it kind of made me want to hit them on the head with a rock. This book disappointed me… *sigh* So much.