Review: Dramas of a Teenage Heiress (Hotel Royale #2) by Katy Birchall
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Series: Hotel Royale #2
Author: Katy Birchall
Published September 9th 2018 by Egmont
Goodreads Synopsis
A brand new laugh-out-loud series from rising star Katy Birchall, author of the much-loved It Girl series. Perfect for readers of 10+ and fans of Geek Girl, Super Awkward and channel 4's Derry Girls.
1. If anyone was going to be photographed FIRST holding that handbag, it was going to be Fritz.
2. And if it was a little too big for Fritz, then it was going to be ME.
3. And if it wasn't me, then maybe the Queen or Beyoncé or someone.
4. Whoever it was, it was not going to be gossip columnist Nancy Rose . . .
When a scurrilous journalist writes a very mean article about hotel heiress Flick Royale after 'an unfortunate incident' over a handbag designed for her pet daschund Fritz, she is mortified. Especially when it goes viral! She has to find a way to show the world that she's not the spoilt brat she's been made out to be.
But with not enough followers on even Fritz's Instagram account, let alone her own, she needs to find a bigger crowd to tell the real story to. But how?
Find out in this brilliant sequel in the Hotel Royale series.
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Review
I enjoyed the first book in this series, so thought to give book 2, Dramas of a Teenage Heiress, a try. This time around, Flick is facing social media nightmares, when a 'popular' vlogger, Nancy Rose, starts to spread negative messages about her, some of which have a bit of truth in them. This leads to Flick being dropped from the exclusive 50 Heirs to Watch list, and she's distraught. Appearing to save the day is her aunt, who brings with her a reality TV show, who want to film a pilot about Flick's life. Pretty much everyone else is against this, but Flick jumps at the chance, and relishes the attention - especially as ex-best friend Ella has infiltrated her friendship group, seems to want to spend all her time with Cal, and may be spreading bad information about Flick to Nancy Rose. Will the TV show be the making of Flick, or is it another bad idea?
Again, this book was enjoyable, but definitely read young - I definitely don't see how it can be compared to Derry Girls, if I'm being honest. Flick isn't as annoying as she had been in the first book, but there were times I was rolling my eyes at her, and neigh on begging her to give her head a shake - especially when the TV show became involved. Here, she became a bit of a diva and really started to alienate her friends, but she did come to her sense later on. The ending of the book was quite ambiguous, and seeing how it was released a few years ago, I don't think there's going to be a third, so I would've like it to be wrapped up a bit more.
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3 Stars
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