Book Review: Heir, Apparently by Kara McDowell

Title: Heir, Apparently
Author: Kara McDowell
Series: The Prince & the Apocalypse #2
Pages: 336
Publication Date: July 9, 2024
Publisher: Wednesday Books
Genres: Fiction / Romance / Contemporary / Fantasy
Synopsis:

An American teen learns she may have accidentally married the King of England, only to end up stranded on a tropical island with him in this highly-anticipated sequel to The Prince & The Apocalypse.

Freshman year is stressful enough without accidentally being married to the King of England. Of course, Wren Wheeler can’t tell her Northwestern classmates about that; after surviving a narrowly-averted apocalypse over the summer, everyone’s had enough excitement for one lifetime. Wren knows she needs to move on from Theo, but she can’t forget the look in his eyes when he left her on that island in Greece—and also, he took her dog.

When an ill-fated attempt to rescue Comet the Apocalypse Dog turns into a chemistry-fueled reunion with Theo that’s caught by the paparazzi, Wren finds herself under the royal spotlight. Suddenly, she’s a problem for “the firm” to solve, and in order to be protected from the rabid press, she’ll have to fly back to London with Theo. Along for the ride are Naomi and Brooke, as well as Theo’s siblings, including Henry, the brother he’s spent his life being compared to. But because the universe can’t let these two maybe-newlyweds have one conversation in peace, their plane goes down over the Atlantic, crashing on a tropical island in the middle of nowhere.

Stranded with no sign of rescue, the group will have to band together against poisonous animals, catastrophic injuries, a brotherly rivalry, and an ill-timed volcano if they’re going to make it out alive. And, scariest of all, Wren and Theo will have to face their feelings for one another and decide what they want their futures to look like—and if that future will be heartbreak, or happily ever after.

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My Review:

I was so excited to read this after loving The Prince and the Apocalypse last year. It was such a fun and unique story, and I adored the characters, so I couldn’t wait to find out what happened to them after the conclusion of the first book. Heir, Apparently is as fun and quirky as the first book!

A little bit of time has passed from the end of the first book and the beginning of this one. Now, Wren and Theo may or may not be married, and Theo’s mother has died, so he is about to become the next King of England. Wren’s trying to adjust to a normal, mundane life in college, but her world is soon turned upside down when she tries to get the dog she and Theo rescued back from the heir. As the pair tries to figure out if their marriage is actually legal, disaster strikes again.

What’s better than one disaster to bring two people together? Two! In the first book, Wren and Theo face a possible global catastrophe, and in this one, they are stranded together with others on a deserted island after surviving a plane crash. Unlike the first book where Theo and Wren are mostly alone, in this book we have a fantastic cast of friends and family to complement the protagonists. I loved the relationships and dynamics throughout the story! The dialogue is great and really highlights the connections they share, the banter is fun, funny, and sometimes filled with chemistry, and the chemistry between Theo and Wren is fabulous.

My favorite part of the story, of course, is the romance between Wren and Theo. They face so many challenges both in their lives and in their relationships, and I was eager to see if they would be able to work through everything. Being stranded on a deserted island comes with its share of problems from dangerous and deadly creatures, surviving the elements, and a potentially explosive volcano. Even though Wren and Theo come from very different worlds – worlds that are difficult to fit into – it seems like during these disasters they’re on more common ground. They have amazing chemistry, and their romance is angsty and swoon-worthy.

I would definitely recommend this duology to YA readers who like disaster romances. It’s fun and exciting with great characters and a unique plot and love story. Special thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday Books for providing me with a copy of the book. All thoughts are my own.

• The romance.

• The characters.

• The banter and chemistry.

• The fun and suspenseful plot.

Kara McDowell is the author of the the upcoming The Prince & The Apocalypse (Wednesday Books), One Way or Another, This Might Get Awkward, and Just for Clicks. She lives with her husband and a trio of rowdy boys in Mesa, Arizona, where she divides her time between writing, baking, and wishing for rain.

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