Her Royal Highness

Written by Rachel Hawkins

Narrated by Karissa Vacker

"Her Royal Highness will make you swoon."—Entertainment Weekly

Regal romance abounds in this flirty, laugh-out-loud companion novel to Prince Charming, by New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins.

Millie Quint is devastated when she discovers that her sort-of-best friend/sort-of-girlfriend has been kissing someone else. Heartbroken and ready for a change of pace, Millie decides to apply for scholarships to boarding schools . . . the farther from Houston the better.

Soon, Millie is accepted into one of the world's most exclusive schools, located in the rolling highlands of Scotland. Here, the country is dreamy and green; the school is covered in ivy, and the students think her American-ness is adorable.

The only problem: Mille's roommate Flora is a total princess.

She's also an actual princess. Of Scotland.

At first, the girls can't stand each other, but before Millie knows it, she has another sort-of-best-friend/sort-of-girlfriend. Princess Flora could be a new chapter in her love life, but Millie knows the chances of happily-ever-afters are slim . . . after all, real life isn't a fairy tale . . . or is it?

New York Times bestselling author Rachel Hawkins brings the feels and the laughs to her latest romance.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
• Release date: May 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781984885777

Rachel Hawkins

Rachel Hawkins is the New York Times bestselling author of The Wife Upstairs, Reckless Girls, The Villa, The Heiress, and The Storm as well as multiple books for young readers. Her work has been translated into over a dozen languages. She studied gender and sexuality in Victorian literature at Auburn University and currently lives in Alabama.

Reviews for Her Royal Highness

[LUWattpad · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

It's a good book if you love royalty, Scottish academies, and enemies to lovers. Also, if you belong to or support the LGBTQ+ community, you will enjoy it and may even identify with it.
In conclusion, it's a very nice story, simple, with characters you will love or hate, and it's entertaining and easy to read. (Translated from Spanish)

[dominiquedavis · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The gays have done it again! And by it, I mean make me cry.

[kevn57-163679 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was so much better then I expected it to be. I have a real disdain for royalty and class systems so I thought I'd hate this but it was cute and in like Hogwarts in Scotland so cool.

[fionaanne · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

A lovely bit of absurdist fluff.

[Shyari04 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It is a beautiful story with a magnificent representation. It allows readers from the community to identify themselves. (Translated from Spanish)

[reader1009-863136 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

teen lightweight romance with incidentally bi/lesbian 17-y.o.s
The characters are not developed that much (pretty much flat, aside from Millie having a backstory) but this is a perfectly cute "falling in love with a princess" story if that's what you're looking for. parental notes: a little drinking (legal in Scotland at that age) and also a small but not explicit amount of kissing/making out)

[Clarisse14 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Nice, enemies to lovers, gripping, spicy. Millie goes to a boarding school in Scotland after a bad breakup with her ex and is surprised to find that her new roommate is the very princess of that nation. It's predictable, quite cliché, but it was very fun to read. I recommend it for passing the time. Definitely finding an unfriendly, but sweet and pretty princess who wants to pay your school tuition would be quite a pleasant reality. (Translated from Spanish)

[forsanolim · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I am desperately trying to avoid all election coverage today, so instead, here's another queer young-adult romance! Not my favorite, but cute.

Millie, now entering her senior year of high school, has applied and been accepted to a Scottish boarding school. Though it's a huge change from her life in Texas, Millie--also struggling to get over a breakup--decides to head across the pond for the year. When she arrives, she learns that her new roommate just happens to be Princess Flora, a notoriously rambunctious Scottish princess. From the beginning, Millie and Flora really don't hit it off, both of them being in very different worlds. But with the school's legendary Challenge, a partner-based weekend camping experience, the two begin to have to work together.

This was quite cute, and I think that it was a solid YA female-female romance. The pacing didn't make a lot of sense, though, and various things seemed either to blossom into huge problems really quickly or to be solved in the next moment. The story's definitely cute, though, and I think that it definitely has a place as a wlw teen romance.

[sandrabrower · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

This was a partial read as a sneak peek. Texan Millie Quint is in love with her best friend who broke her heart by going back to her boyfriend. Millie has been accepted to a school in Scotland. She wants to go partially to get away from Jude and also to experience new and exciting adventures. What she doesn't expect is to have a royal as her roommate. What happens in Her Royal Highness next is up to you to find out. It is one wild and catty ride.

Rachel Hawkins has created the kind of girls and friend sidekick, Perry that I hated in High School but love reading about. What Millie doesn't understand is the world of Royal and Rich and Ms. Hawkins does a great job of bringing the unfamiliar to those who want a change in their environment. I would like to finish this book. Can't wait to read it.

[deslivres5 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Cute companion novel to Royals by Rachel Hawkins, Her Royal Highness continues the story of the fictional royal family of Scotland and their romances. This time, it is the pampered Princess Flora and her romantic interest is her American boarding school roommate, Millie, a student from Texas. Themes of American in Scotland, boarding school life, princess vs. commoner and teen girls dating fill this sweet romance.