The sequel to “The Prince and the Apocalypse”, “Heir, Apparently” wraps everything up satisfactorily.

There were a few things I kind of had to handwave away under “it makes the plot go”, but overall, this was a sweet romance that leaves you with a happy ever after. In the end, conflicts are resolved by
communication, which is refreshing.

Recommended for teen readers and up (possibly tween, depending on said tween), I’ll be watching for McDowell’s next book.

This book was chaotic in a way I really liked. There were parts that were unbelievable but also made sense? It was a wild ride. The time taken to make sure Victoria's diabetes was discussed right was really a big part in how much I enjoyed this book. Overall a really fun royal duology.

I heard about this the 1st book in this series I am pretty sure from a podcast last year and I had to read it because the name was just so out there. I fell in love with Wren and Theo and the "cliff hanger" at the end of the first really made me need the sequel ASAP. I was so happy to get approved to read this one as the 1st was one of my top books last year and the sequel totally lived up to the first. And that is saying something sense the end of the world happened in the first book, how do you follow that up.
I love that Wren went from type A, major planner to kind of lost and confused until she find her way back to Theo. They really were fate and beyond for each other. I loved that we got to know Brooke, Naomi , Victoria ( who is by far my favorite) and Henry. We spend some much time with just Wren and Theo in the first book that it was nice to see the interaction with family during a crisis in this one.
I loved the setting a deserted volcanic island, I loved the adventure and suspense as they try and get rescued but I truly just loved the scenes where Wren and Theo were together. You can almost feel the story click when they are together.
While the story is unrealistic and idealistic ( isn't young love supposed to be that), it is just such an amazing read. If you love YA romance with adventure, witty characters, an amazing dog, rescue missions, royal family and family this is the book for you.

Please note I would really really like a third book and a fourth book - I need Henry and Victoria. I feel like the 'failed" phone call to Henry's ex is the perfect start to a 2nd chance love story and the future Queen Victoria I have a feeling is going to be turning the monarchy on its head and she needs a match to help her do it. I don't want to leave this world.

Thank you Netgalley Wednesday books and Macmillan audio for the free ALC and ebook copy. My opinions are being left voluntarily. This was the follow up from book 1 that i have been waiting for. Grumpy sil hyjinks of escaping an island with royals. Juat absolutely a great read cocet to cover. I was a bit worried what book 2 would look like and i think its my favorite in this duology. Although the way it was set up can definitely see a book 3 coming.

5/5☆

Heir, Apparently takes off right after the events of The Prince & The Apocalypse. Don’t read this review if you don’t want spoilers for the first book. Theo and Wren just can’t catch a break can they? First, it was an apocalypse, among other disasters. Then there was a wedding.

Just like in Roman Holiday, the heir has been returned to his castle, where he begrudgingly will be coronated soon. In a hare-brained scheme, Wren decides to steal back the dog named Comet that they adopted during the apocalypse. In a truly chaotic set of events, Wren gets her sister Brooke and her friend Naomi to take her to Canada, where the dog Comet was sighted.

Of course with our obsession with anything royal, Wren and Brooke get caught embracing by the paparazzi and someone leaks their maybe-legal, maybe-not wedding certificate from Greece. Now she’s being dragged to London with Brooke and Naomi, Theo, and his siblings Henry and Victoria.

Because you can’t take these two anywhere without an event, the plane crashes. And everything that could go wrong does go wrong. I enjoyed how we were taken out of the limelight, but stakes were still high, life being a pretty high stake. The tensions of being stuck on a island with no supplies is exasperated by a bunch of family and friends crashed with them who don;t know the whole story. Theo and Wren grow back together, realizing that the spotlight is what interfered before. Will they survive the paparazzi and the firm or will their love crash and burn?

In solidarity with the SMP Boycott I will be withholding my review for this title until SMP acts on the following:

1. Address and denounce the Islamophobic and racist remarks from their employee.
2. Offer tangible steps for how they are going to mitigate the harm this employee caused.
3. Address how, moving forward, they will support and protect their Muslim, Arab, and Palestinian influencers, authors and readers, in addition to supporting their BIPOC influencers, authors, and readers.

This is not a reflection of the author personally, nor is it a call to boycott buying this particular book. The star rating (4.25 stars) is an accurate assessment of my thoughts on the book.

Thank you to NetGalley, St. Martin's Press, and Wednesday Books for this advanced copy! You can pick up Heir, Apparently on July 9, 2024.

This was a super cute royal romance! I had no idea it was a sequel and still enjoyed myself immensely. Wren's character was funny and relatable, Theo was charming and tragic, and the entire cast had great chemistry. Was the tropical island/volcano exploding slightly outrageous? Yes, but that seems to be the running theme here, and I didn't mind it at all.

I felt there was a good balance between flashbacks to Theo and Wren's whirlwind romance and the present moment when they're confronting these emotions and the circumstances surrounding them. I wouldn't be mad if there were another book in this series or universe so we could catch up with Theo and Wren.

Definitely recommend if you love early 2000s movie vibes and shenanigans!

I absolutely enjoyed this sequel almost more than the first. What a fun adventure! I highly recommend!!!

I loved the ending to this story. I had to know how Wren and Theo’s story ended. McDowell sucked me in from page one, and each new disaster had me eagerly reading, not wanting to put the book down until I knew what was going to happen. Well done, full of emotion, and entertainment.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press | Wednesday Books and NetGalley for an advanced readers copy of this novel.

Wren Wheeler is starting her freshman year at Northwestern with a secret. While everyone was living it up due to an impeding comet that threatened to destroy earth, she was on her own adventure with the heir to the British Throne, Theo. Separated in order to save him, she is still hung up on him, and also, he took her dog, Comet. Not to mention, they were accidentally married.

When she figures out that Theo is visiting Canada, she enlists her friend and her sister to go there in order to get her dog back. It doesn't seem like Theo has gotten over Wren either. But the Firm has obligations and expectations that don't include Theo marrying a teenage American.

Heir, Apparently is the sequel to Kara McDowell's The Prince & The Apocalypse. I hadn't read the first book, but I quickly picked up the plot. It is a fun and entertaining novel and went to places that I didn't know. The characters are a little surface-y, but I enjoyed reading it.

Wren and Prince Theo are back in a sequel to The Prince & The Apocalypse (July 2023). The open ending of the first book is quickly, sort of resolved. It is a few months after the first book and Wren travels to Canada not so much to see Theo who is making a state visit but to see her dog Comet. Of course there is commotion and reunion and of course paparazzi and leaks to the press. If that isn’t bonkers enough Wren and pals join the prince and his siblings on the flight back to London. Then the plane crashes on a tropical island.

This book, like the first one, is wildly unpredictable. The story, especially the first half, is humorous and adventure filled. Theo still doesn’t really want to be king but with the passing of his mother everything is on a countdown to his coronation. This is a YA novel and appropriate for younger (middle school) readers. I wouldn’t have made all the same choices but I did laugh at some of the pair's escapades. The story makes the most sense if you’ve read the previous book in the series.

At one point Wren says “Almost dying is what we do best” and that’s a good overview of the duology.
This has the same feel as the previous book, which I had labeled as the edgier cousin of a Disney family adventure movie - not a complaint! For all the death defying acts, it’s still a light and fun read.
While I wouldn’t have said no to a third book, the story does end in a good spot (I’m just greedy)

So. I got this book strictly based on cover and the fact I had seen the cover a couple places on Instagram. I didn’t read the description, check the GoodReads, anything before I requested.

When I was going to sit down and read I marked reading on GoodReads. It’s a book 2. 😬 oops.

With all that being said I snagged the audiobook in Libby for book 1 and what?! It was so good!!

IMMEDIATELY starts book 2 upon finishing.

And I LOVED it. Getting to know the family and friends as well as Theo and Wren was perfection. I loved them.

Um and obviously my cast for Theo was young Theo James and Henry was young Henry Cavill. I mean with those names and clearly the accents I know they have, it was all I could picture 😏

Anyway happy accident and soooooo glad I accidentally requested this book 2.

READ THIS BOOK

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for a chance to read and review.

To preface, I have different standards for Christian books than for secular books, but I was seriously surprised by this novel. It’s funny and absurd in its humor, but then it’s full of cuss words and I was no expecting that to be in a YA book. I finished the book out of curiosity for the ending. It was fine, but it would’ve been better without the curse words or scenes.

I like the author’s writing style, but I won’t pick up the first in this series. I would, however, be interested in seeing some of the author’s other work.

Just like the first book, this book was just plain fun!

It’s hard to categorize this book, it’s YA/teen, with a rom com adventure feel to it. Definitely read this book in order, it is not a standalone!

I zoomed right through it, I could literally not put it down. Slightly bonkers storyline, but I really enjoyed it. The side characters in this book were top notch, and really made the book.

Theo and Wren really have to deal with a lot of twist in this book, it really keeps you on your toes!

The follow-up to The Prince and the Apocalypse (a does-what-it-says-on-the-tin romance if there ever was one!), Heir, Apparently picks up a couple months after the end of book 1, with Theo preparing for his coronation as king and Wren preparing to start college at Northwestern. Wren is miserable, Theo looks happy in all his public appearances, and maybe they’re married? Wren hatches a plan to steal (is it stealing if it’s technically already yours?) back her apocalypse dog, Comet, when Theo and his siblings visit Canada on a royal tour. And because this is the sequel to a book that involved a literal world-ending comet, naturally, things end up with Wren and Theo landed on a deserted island with the dog, Wren’s sister and best friend and Theo’s two siblings - now the heir and spare to the throne. But getting off the island will be simple compared to figuring out if Wren and Theo can make it work.

Like the book before it, Heir, Apparently is silly, packed with adventure and has absolutely no business being as charming and delightful as it is. They actually act like teenagers (even if one of them is a literal king), with a helping of sibling bickering, pre-college jitters, and raging first-love hormones. There’s a plane crash! A volcano! An evil (or just selfish) palace staffer with an agenda of his own! It was absurd. I grinned the whole time. I loved it so much.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 4.5 stars rounded up

Thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

When you may have accidently married the future king of England what do you do? Go to school and pretend like you didn’t.

The premise is fun. The wit is quick. This is a second in a series so it helps if you read the first.

I liked getting to read another HEA.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for ARC.

Really enjoyed this book. I didn't read the first book in the series, but you don't really have to. I'll probably eventually read book #1 even though it doesn't sound as interesting as this one.

This was the perfect follow up to The Prince and the Apocalypse. Wren and Theo have been apart for months now, but when the royal family comes on tour only hours away, she attempt to get her dog back. Next thing she knows, the paparazzi is chasing them and she finds herself on her way to England. Then the plane goes down.

This has all of the wit and charm that I loved from The Prince and the Apocalypse. The light-hearted banter along with very real mental and physical health dealings are so well balanced. And, as expected, crazy antics ensue. While I wanted more of the Theo/Wren dynamic, I also loved the addition of the other characters. We are introduced to some of Theo's siblings as well as Wren's sister and best friend. The dynamic created when they were all together was just great. I will say that the ending, while ultimately satisfying, took a bit longer than expected to come around.

Heir, Apparently is heartwarming, hilarious, touching, and fun, all rolled into being trapped on a tropical island. It's over the top in the best way and absolutely delightful!

For those YA readers who read the first book “The Prince & The Apocalypse” that came out in July 2023, this book may make a bit more sense as earlier activities/situations are referenced in this new book. But, that said, this is a fun story about Wren, an American college freshman who may or may not have married Theo, the British heir to the throne the prior summer. While she feels she’s “over” him, she does miss Comet, the dog they rescued now living at the palace. And so off the story goes – a cute romcom.