After reading the other three books earlier this year, I was super excited to read this one! I felt like this was the perfect way to wrap up the series. The drama in the American Royals always gets me. It is perfectly written. I was highly entertained the entire time. I loved the cameos that characters from previous books made. In my opinion, everyone's storylines ended exactly how they should. Sad the series is over, but it was perfect and I hope one day they do a television adaptation of it!

I cannot get enough of this YA series! Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an advanced copy of American Royals IV: Reign.

I keep recommending this series—in large part because of how it all wraps up in this last installation in the series! I know they’ll enjoy it start to finish & feel the same satisfaction that I did by the end of this book. I’m looking forward to what McGee comes up with next!

I’ve loved the American Royals series since I read Book 1 in 2020, and I have to say that REIGN provided the perfect wrapup to @katharinemcgee ‘s bingeworthy quartet!

I don’t want to give anything away so I’ll just say this: Pre-order this one ASAP! You won’t want to miss this fitting finale!!

Reign hits shelves Aug. 29!

For the Washington family, the stakes are higher than ever. Love might save the throne….if secrets don’t destroy everything first.

I thought this was a great conclusion to the American Royals series. Nina's story was particularly fitting for me. I love that she finally found her own story and started a journey she could call her own. I absolutely loved how all the characters story arcs played out. However, I do feel each one could be it's own book! Katherine McGee did a wonderful job.

Thank you @netgalley and @randomhousekids for letting me review this book.

Katharine McGee, I can't explain adequately how complex my feelings are about American Royals last installment- Reign. When I was approved for access to this title I was elated and then instantly felt myself deflate. Reign is the conclusion of the series.

In 2020, mid-shutdown, my friend recommended I read American Royals. Admittedly, after reading The Royal We by Heather Cocks, I was skeptical. I was looking for something on the lighter side when I was feeling so deeply dark and depressed about the isolation of the ongoing pandemic.

I am so glad I took her recommendation and dove into Katharine McGee’s series. I flew through books 1 and 2 and then patiently counted down until 2022 when Rivals released.

The series tells the stories of multiple characters, which is not easy to do well. What I value about Katharine McGee’s writing across the series is that damnit, I ended up having a soft spot for each and every one of them. From the jump, I loved Beatrice and her guarded, type A personality. Overtime, I grew fond of Nina and her chaos. I then realized how fun and serious Sam could be. Her bravery to break the status quo moved me. I even grew to love Daphne and her layered complexity. I even disliked all of them along the way too. My relationship (yes, I felt connected to these characters that much) with these four women was complicated across the series. I would call my friend up and drive for coffee and repeatedly ask her “Why did you introduce me to this series?! I can’t with [insert character who was particularly on my nerves at that given point in the book].

It created the necessary distraction I needed and allowed me to connect not only with my friend but with others in the reading community. This series is special to me for many reasons including my love for royalty, my guilty-pleasure of reality tv drama, and most importantly my need for hope and light during a really dark time.

I prolonged writing this, because I prolonged reading the ending of this series. I wasn't ready until now.

I still feel sad knowing their stories have ended, but now it’s my turn to just holler about this series to my fellow readers and encourage them to take the dive into this messy royal series that doesn’t disappoint.

Perhaps I shouldn’t call this a review of Reign, but rather a thank you letter to an author.

Thank you, Katharine McGee. I can’t wait to see what you come up with in the future!

I've loved this series since I read book 1 on NetGalley. I can't believe it's over. I will say since I was reading them as they came out, I always forgot everyone's love situation between books. I wish there had been a little recap at the beginning of the book.

Spoilers ahead.
I read this book mostly because I wanted to know how the series ends. Honestly, I’m glad it’s over. Most of the characters were boring and the plots points were unbelievable. I probably should have stopped with book one, but I just kept hoping something cool would happen. The series had a cool premise, What if we never had a democracy at all? There were so many things that could have been done to make this book interesting, instead we get a royal family that’s honestly kinda dumb.
Jeff being lied to and manipulated the entire time. Jeff and the royal mother believing Daphne was pregnant without so much as a blood test to confirm.
Nina, finally happy with someone else, still pining for Jeff and somehow blackmailing Ethan and Daphne which was so out of character for her. Nina was the only one I thought might have a chance at a good story. She’s actually supposed to be the smart one. Oh, and surprise, everything turns out okay in the end. I could keep going on, but it would be the same kind of rant. I’m just glad it’s over.

I loved this. I thought it was the perfect ending to the series although I didn't agree with where everyone ended up. I am so glad I got to go on this journey with Beatrice, Nina, Sam, and Daphne. I will always read Katharine McGee's books! Please let there be more!!

I thought this was a great ending to the American Royals series. There was tons of drama, character development, (even though Jeff sucks) and excellent pacing.

This was a great ending to a fun series. Each of the royals was in a bit of a disastrous place, some more than others, at the end of the last book, and this final book in the series managed to do an excellent job of pulling together each storyline.

I especially enjoyed Daphne's story line... I know she's a bit of a bad guy, but I always liked how clever she could be!

I have been following this story since the beginning. I loved American Royals and its sequel. By the time I reached the 3rd installment I was getting a little bored with the same thing over and over and unfortunately I felt similarly with this last book. Some of the relationships are just so repetitive and I'm over it.

However, I do love (most of) these characters and I'm so used to the world now that I still enjoyed being a part of it. There were definitely some new elements that made things interesting and allowed for some unique explorations into new and old feelings. I hate Daphne but I am so happy with how her story ended. It was perfect. Not everything ended exactly how I would have liked but it was still satisfying and didn't feel undone.

I had such high hope for this final book in Katharine McGee's American Royals series. I fell in love with book one and found the trajectory of our core female characters intriguing through book two, but book three fell short and Reign barely recovered the enthusiasm I had for the first two installments. Where the first two books developed complex and interesting characters Reign focused on tropes such as amnesia and did not fully flesh out the relationships between our core characters. McGee's initial idea of an American Royal Family soon to be lead by the first female monarch was fascinating, eye catching, and bingeable. I felt let down by Reign, our leads did not build upon previous character development and there were times where even the Gossip Girl-ness of the series was too far to believe. I would suggest this series to anyone who is looking for strong female characters of privilege looking to find themselves all within the constraints of monarchy.

Great ending to a series! I love that readers were left without a conclusion to Nina and Jeff! Everything else was wrapped up in a great way!

Of course in typical Katharine McGee fashion, this story hit the ground running with drama and excitement! I have loved this series and I will miss these characters dearly. “Reign” was the perfect conclusion to the series and the happily ever after that we’ve all waited for. Our main characters go through many ups and downs in this book, and I was always eager to turn the next page. If you have loved the American Royals series so far, then this conclusion is a must-read! And if you haven’t dipped your toes into the American Royals series yet, you are missing out on a story that is pure fun and chaos in the best way!
I cannot wait to see what Katharine McGee does next!

Thank you very much Random House Publishing and NetGalley for the opportunity to read this ARC!

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American Royals IV: Reign
By: Katharine McGee
Publisher: Random House Children’s
Pub Date: 8/29/23

This is the last book in the American Royals series. I absolutely loved the wrap up that each character got in this. I agree with the buzz that this series should definitely be adapted into a series or movies.
With Beatrice in a coma and Samantha still missing on the run from Marshall, Jefferson is left to rule. But with Daphne back in the picture trying to worm her way back with Jefferson… a mess is on the horizon.
Can Samantha fix her relationship and come back. Will Beatrice wake up? And what about Jefferson and his true love? Things are a mess but will everything work out? Find out in the last installment!

Whenever a series I love comes to an end I am always so nervous for the last book and often put it off but we were left on such a cliffhanger after Majesty I had to pick this one up as soon as possible.

We are still following the whole royal family but we get a much more mature group this book which makes sense. They have grown so much from book one this no longer felt young adult at all and is firmly in new adult territory.

I don’t want to give to much away but I feel like this perfectly wrapped up each characters story and am so happy to leave them all moving on into their futures with lots of hope!

I loved this finale to the American Royals series. I like that all of the story lines were wrapped up by the end of the book, but there was still more for the characters to do when the story was over. Their lives did not end with the book. It ended with hope for the future and possibilities for the characters. Watching the characters grow throughout the series was the lost enjoyable parts of the story.

The perfect end to my favorite YA series! I loved this one…. I needed some more Theo and Beatrice, though. Ugh!

I know these books are technically YA but I really do love them! A great wrap up to a series I thoroughly enjoyed.