The Royal We is one of my comfort reads. When I'm feeling blue and everything is a drag, I pick it up. I've recommended it to my coworkers and patrons alike. It's just a _good book_.
I've had my own copy of The Heir Affair preordered since it was first available on Amazon and literally squealed when I saw I was approved for the ARC on Netgalley. I can confidently say that it lived up to every single expectation I had for it, and more. It was an absolute perfect balm to the Covid-19 stress. I laughed, I very nearly cried, I will reread it again!
100,000 stars out of 10.

It's an alterna-history that's every bit as juicy as The Crown, just much less sedate. In this alternate version of events, the British royal family has been sent reeling by a scandal involving its heirs and the American woman who's married into the family and has gotten way more than she bargained for. What's most fascinating about this book is how it balances out the plight of its modern characters - Prince Nicholas, his wife Bex, and his brother Freddie - with the older generations, drawing parallels and reminding us of two things: 1) history always repeats, and 2) wealth and power don't exempt anyone from deep personal pain. It's a book with a lot of humor and pain, often at the same time - in short, it's what we think (or at least, we'd like to think) modern royalty is like.

I really loved this book. It was a great follow up to the first book, The Royal We. It gave us everything we loved in the first book with it's own unique story line. It will be the summer read that everyone is craving!

I have been waiting for so long for a sequel to one of my favorite books, The Royal We. I've read that book at least four times since the first time I picked it up. I fell in love with Bex ,Nick, and Freddie. This story is loosely based on the story of Prince William, Kate Middleton and Prince Harry. This book was all about friendship and family relationship, not forgetting romance. The story ended up with an open storyline, but did gives us a final that we could have been happy with....

Then they announced The Heir Affair and I lost it. I was so excited. Were these women clairvoyants? Subjects that they touch on are so similar to what is happening to the royal family today. We thought Bex and Nick had there happy ending, but did they really? I also really wanted this book to be more focused on Freddie and it was, sort of. I do want to say that this book does touch on Infertility, so be mindful of that. This story was full of drama and Clive is back at it again.

I laughed, I teared up and I loved the writing. While I loved the first book so much more, I still loved this book. I hope they continue the story with another book. I feel like they really can!

I really loved The Royal We and have been looking forward to the follow up. Sadly, this one just did not deliver as hoped.

The Heir Affair
The Royal We #2
by: Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan @fuggirls ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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I loved The Royal We, so I was super excited to receive an ARC of The Heir Affair from @netgalley and @grandcentralpub! *The pub date for this book is 07/07/2020.*
The last time I read The Royal We was on the way back from New Orleans after Clemson lost the 2018 Sugar Bowl - it was a 12 hour drive home to a Charleston, and The Royal We was the bright spot. Reading The Heir Affair during the Coronavirus Quarantine 2020 was also a bright spot.
The Heir Affair starts directly after Nick and Bex’s wedding and continues through their first few years of marriage and all that entails - dealing with the backlash of their wedding, moving into a new home, thinking about starting a family, learning to be the Duke and the Duchess, etc. The secondary plot line deals with Nick’s great-aunt Georgina; Bex and Nick move into her home and start going through her belongings and get more than they bargain for. There is also closure on Lacey and Freddie.
If you loved The Royal We, you’ll love this just as much!
#callireads2020 #royalreads #theheiraffair #theroyalwe #netgalley

Caveat 1: I thought this would follow suit and be a play on Harry & Meghan, not realizing that the first one wasn’t actually based on Will & Kate until the acknowledgements at the end of this one. My bad! I’m late to this whole royal thing.

Caveat 2: I was very ill while reading, but also so excited for it and chose to power through. Being so sick for sure colored my reaction to the story.

Those caveats aside, the book is a bit sadder and deeper than the first. It wasn’t quite what I wanted it to be, but it did tell Bex, Nick, and Freddie’s stories so well.

Thanks to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for this eARC.

This book was a lot. Like what on earth did I actually just read?

The Heir Affair picks up where we left off in The Royal We. Nick and Bex are hiding out after the disastrous wedding in a teeny town in Scotland, aptly named Wigtown as both of them are sporting particularly heinous wigs in an effort to remain undetected. Fun fact, Wigtown is in fact a real place and it looks delightful! Anyways, back to the story. The rest of the book revolves around Bex and Nick adjusting to married life and dealing with whatever happened with Freddie in the last book. Freddie and Nick spend much of the book at odds, over again the nonsense that happened with Freddie and Bex in the previous book. That whole thing never made any sense to me, on top of being insanely cringey (if I have to read ‘killer’ one more time I’ll scream), their relationship/feelings never felt like it was actually there, which made the fact that Bex acted like a jealous twit for a good portion of this book really strange.

There was an insane amount of crazy unrealistic batshit crazy dialogue, but that dear reader, is for you to discover on your own. There were certainly parts of the book that I enjoyed, and I can see how others might enjoy it, but I really don’t think it’s for me. Which is a shame as British rom-com chick-lit is like my number 1 guilty pleasure, but oh well. I think the books main problem is that none of the characters make sense, like what is Bex’s deal and how is she constantly making pretty much the same mistakes over and over with only slight variations on the theme. Also the plot was completely bonkers, like the Queen and baseball?? I’m not going to even get into the meat of the bonkers plot as I don’t want to spoil anything, but rest assured it is insane. The dialogue is ridiculous, which is at times definitely the point, but other’s I’m not quite sure.

The Royal We is my favorite book in the whole world so naturally I had high hopes for The Heir Affair. Spoiler alert: I LOVED IT. Heather and Jessica allowed us back into the world of Bex and Nick (and everyone else around them) with such grace and brought us new depth to the characters at the same time; this book truly blew my expectations out of the water. I loved getting to learn more about Queen Eleanor and Princess Georgina's backstories along with the twists and turns that accompanied their relationship.

Heather and Jessica's writing is superb - I could truly visualize each scene throughout the book and was totally engrossed throughout. I appreciate that they don't skimp on the material either - they go there with tough subjects not normally found in romance or romance-adjacent novels and it's a breath of fresh air. It's also not common to find a book that will make you both cry and literally laugh out loud multiple times, but The Heir Affair helped me do just that.

I can't wait to pick up my hard copy of the book when it's released this summer and will be telling all of my friends to do the same. I can only wish now for a third book, but if that doesn't happen I'm so thankful we were able to catch up with the Duke and Duchess of Clarence once again. In the trying times we're living in, The Heir Affair was the perfect escape and for me felt like catching up with old friends. I look forward to rereading this book for many years to come. Thanks to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for the ARC, and to Heather and Jessica for creating two amazing books and a universe that feels like a warm hug every time I dive back in.

After loving the first in the series, I'd been looking forward to revisiting Cocks and Morgan's alternate version of the most famous Royal family. The sequel not only did not disappoint, it left me gasping! I was so happy to see Bex and Nick and everyone else again!

I have been eagerly awaiting a sequel to The Royal We ever since I stayed up all night reading it when it came out years ago (I've subsequently read it a few times and own it in paperback and on my kindle, so I can always have it nearby!)

The Heir Affair did not disappoint. It was a delight to spend additional time with all of the characters I grew to love in The Royal We; I read this book slowly over a week to spread out the experience. While the first book focused on the romance between royal heir Nick and his American girlfriend Bex, The Heir Affair follows Nick, Bex, Nick's brother Freddie, and their friends and family following Nick's and Bex's marriage. The group weathers tabloid gossip, family drama, and fertility woes both in the public eye and behind closed doors, all with a wonderfully warm and wry tone I've grown to love over years reading Cocks's and Morgan's site Go Fug Yourself. The duo are exceptional writers, and they know how to craft a compelling novel.

The book did feel a bit unfinished, however; is there another volume planned? I was disappointed that Clive got no comeuppance at all, and I didn't feel that the love triangle between Bex, Nick, and Freddie was sufficiently tied up. It sort of felt like Bex might still end up with Freddie after all? I would love to see another installment, but hate to wait another few years!

In all, I loved this book, and would happily read anything the Fug Girls write!

REUNITED AND IT FEELS SO GOOD.
I had read The Royal We several times a year since its release, and have been waiting to find out what happens to Bex, Nick, and the entire crew.
The Heir Affair was worth that long wait.
Reading this book felt like an overdue reunion with dear friends, and joining them on a roller coaster of a phase. I'm most amazed at how solid Bex and Nick and Freddie evolved into their own characters, versus their real-life royal models. And just as I thought I had the book figured out, Cocks and Morgan threw another curveball (and then a knuckleball, and then a fastball) at me and knocked me off my feet.
This book was such a joy to read. I loved every word, every sentence, every chapter...and I am incredibly satisfied and thrilled for the Lyons/Porters/everyone.

I admit that when I started reading, I realized I had forgotten most of the actual plot of The Royal We, beyond "loosely Kate/Wills/Harry fanfic", but I eventually figured out where we had left off. The Heir Affair was even more soapy than the first book, but a light and funny diversion from real life is exactly what I required and it delivered.

This was a delightful escape right now and I really enjoyed seeing Bex, Nick, and Freddie again. (2015 seems so long ago!) This sequel will please fans. There is a good balance of drama, heart, and humor.

This book is a surefire delight for royal watchers and lovers of romcom. And coming right on the heels of 'the American Duchess' fleeing the royal palace in real life, it completely resonates! Bex and Nick are as adorable as they were in THE ROYAL WE, the first book of the series where we originally met them. But my favorite characters are Freddie and Eleanor, the younger brother and Her Royal Highness, the Queen of England. The dialogue between Bex and Eleanor is super-witty but what also peeps through is the pathos of royal living. And I love how many grey shades there are to Eleanor – it's the most complex character in the book. She can be devious and manipulative, yet you are somehow rooting for her, much like real life I guess. Here, the two brothers and their father are confronted with age-old family secrets and have to take a decision that could change the very history of the United Kingdom. The intrigue sets in a little late into the book but once you get there (saying anything more would be a spoiler!) you can't put it down.

Well, it took more time for me to finish it because I had to turn back and read the first book to capture the main idea and soul of the book, meeting with characters, their struggles, dilemma ext. But as far as I see, the authors are real clairvoyants because they can truly see the future. They already guessed an American girl’s introducing to the royal family before Meghan and Harry hit the road and move to Canada ( now we welcomed them to California!)

We were introduced to Bex and Nick’s story at the first book: “Royal We”: Price Nicholas is Great Britain’s future king falls in love with American girl: Rebecca Porter (we call her “Bex’, we’re in more friendly terms.) comes to Oxford, seeking adventure and she finds herself in tempting relationship with her prince charming. (Don’t worry, we don’t have seven dwarfs in this story!) But as soon as she finds herself into this mess: scandalous life, chasing by paparazzis, ugly alligator cries of ex-girlfriends ( they look like better future queen candidates. No offence Bex!) and problematic, sexy bad boy brother Freddie, she realizes she already ate more than she chew. But at the first book, she finds her HEA and marries with hot prince.

Now we’re reading the sequel: Heir Affair; and we think: Bex and Nick already won the war against the challenging struggles and earned their happy family life. Nope, you couldn’t be wrong. This book reminded me of binge watching Crown series with less politics and schemes but more romance, angst, and extreme drama!! There is so much drama in this story make you want to scream and cry out loud resembles telenovelas that the main characters always deal with heavy problems. There is too much heartbreaking, misunderstanding, resentment, crying, cursing (cursing part comes from me)!

This time: lovers deal with the scandalous story about Bex and Nick’s problem child brother Freddie (I think I’m so happy to get a closer look about his life and past story) erupts at the news during live broadcast of ceremony.
This book consists of so many heavy tragedies, traumatic scandals. It is more depressing, dark and heart wrenching. If you adore angst, heartbreaking, heavy drama, this is great fit for you. But I think it was a little heavy for my taste because I’d like to read something more promising and feel-good romance kind of softer novel during this pandemic break.

I still enjoyed the story and after reading the first book I already connected with the characters and rooted for them so it was impossible for me to give less than 4 stars to this story. I loved the first installment more and too much drama, long chapters are the weakest parts of the book but the writing, characterization and intriguing progression, the unconditional love between Bex and Nick were the greatest part to give me hope and keep reading.

Special thanks to NetGalley and Grand Central Publishing for sharing this lovely sequel for me in exchange my honest review.

I was so excited to get my hands on this sequel to The Royal We! Nick and Bex are back and trying to navigate life as newlyweds when nothing is simple. Secrets, betrayals, and reinvention keep the plot humming along and bringing out the best and worst of all of the characters we came to care about in the last book. The drama kept coming chapter after chapter and it was hard to put down. The humor peppered throughout made it impossible to put down. I am so happy this sequel exists and would love for the authors to continue the series.

***Thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for providing me with a digital copy of this book in exchange for an honest review***

I was not a fan of this. I don't think this is what a romance should be and maybe I'm being petty, but I didn't enjoy this much.

I have been looking forward to this book for years and I was thrilled to get my hands on it! It was so great to dive right back into the world that Cocks and Morgan have created and the entire time it felt like spending time with old friends. I adored the development of the relationship between Bex and Eleanor and I found myself shedding a tear more than once. At first pass I was disappointed with the story that was given to Freddie, but on second glance I think that it is rooted in the reality of being a royal. I enjoy that many characters in this book were given full storylines and that it is not just a book about Bex and Nick that the others just rotate around. Gaz is the gift we all need in our lives. Thank you for the opportunity to read this book. It will appear at the top of my summer reading recommendations.

THIS BOOK DID NOT DISAPPOINT. The Royal We is one of my favorites, and it was such a treat to continue the story here. Smart and sharp, it was the perfect read while waiting out this quarantine. I was particularly impressed that they were able to once again create such a substantial story after happily ever after, and will definitely be included this book in our summer roundup.