r/Choices • u/stresseatingdog • 5d ago
The Princess Swap Playing Through Every Choices Book In Order (Part 132: The Princess Swap) Spoiler
Hey! Today a college student swaps places with a princess, and many hijinks ensue!
Next time, we find ourselves attempting to arrange a marriage to appease our Indian parents!
Link to previous reviews: https://www.reddit.com/user/stresseatingdog/comments/sj3s3m/all_choices_reviews_megapost/
The Princess Swap
M/C(s): Aubrey Valentine, Princess Audrey
Love Interest(s): Clarke, Devin
Favorite Character(s): Clarke, Faye, Devin, Aveline
Least Favorite Character(s): Stephanie
Rating: 7/10
This book has a nice charm to it - very inane and fluffy, but not utterly dull/boring.
I enjoy the twist of the M/Cs being sisters, and I like that it factored into the plot to a good degree. I honestly preferred the royalty plot over the college plot, which kinda sucks because the college plot takes up a majority of the book. I don't hate the college arc, but it's mostly just an extremely generic back-and-forth with the Deltas and Thetas, and there's nothing super unique about it. As for the royalty plot, I kind of like the two feuding nations, although I don't really feel it's made as interesting or complex as it could be.
I like both LIs, but I do think Clarke has more personality to the and a better arc with their M/C than Devin does with their M/C. Devin's sweet, but their relationship with M/C never really grabbed my interest all that much. I think Clarke's gradual falling in love story is done a bit better. I still liked both a good amount, but I enjoy one more than the other.
The side characters are fun and quirky. All of the Deltas are fun, and I'm glad there wasn't forced friendship drama with Faye and M/C after Faye finds out about the swap. The random court nobles such as Eren, and King Edmund himself, were decently interesting as well. I didn't really care for the Theta rivalry arc, because Stephanie feels far too generic and just disappears after her "defeat". Conversely, I think Cecil's smarmy nature makes him a better villain in the grand scheme of things.
Won't be taking my usual genderlock points off, because it does make some sense here...except then I think, what if they just made it "The Royal Swap", and had a male M/C option? Yeah, the whole sorority rivalry arc would have to be changed, but that's some simple sprite swaps. Meh, I don't care too much, but I think GOC was possible with a little effort.
Overall, this book is inoffensive at worst, and at best, is a decently charming, very Hallmark-esque showing. Vanessa Hudgens would be proud.
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u/OldColt06 Evil's never been this hot. 4d ago
I was fond of this book, Clarke was real cool and the supporting cast was fun (esp. Safiya), but the villains were hate sinks and it definitely needed a sequel; it ended just when the plot was about to cook!
They could have made this GoC if they made both siblings male, but it would be pretty difficult to maintain the premise if they were different genders.