Royal Player

All-Stars Series, Book 1

De: Katie McCoy

Narrado por: Cornell Collins, Melissa Moran

Charlie Davenport is the bad boy of British tennis - and third in line to the throne. He's a beast on the courts and a wild animal in bed (according to all the tabloids). Girls are lining up for chance at his crown jewels, and when I stumble into the wrong Wimbledon dressing room and catch a glimpse of his game, set, and match, I can see why.

So what's a little good luck kiss between friends (I mean, strangers)? I know better than to get involved with a bad boy like Charlie. But now he's on a winning streak, he thinks I'm his lucky charm - and you know what's luckier than a kiss? Everything.

Suddenly, I've got paparazzi on my trail, exes coming out of the woodwork - and you don't know "cutthroat" until you've seen a pack of hungry socialites set loose near the Royal Family. I'm in way over my head, and even worse - I'm falling in love. Can this American girl win her Prince Charming? Or will we both crash out of the championships in flames?

Contains mature themes.

©2017 Katie McCoy (P)2018 Tantor

Review: All-Stars 1: Royal Player

Royal Player by Katie McCoy is the first book in her stand-alone contemporary romance series, All-Stars . Told in dual POV between Charlie (the spare prince/Wimbledon tennis ace) and Emmy (the aspiring fashion designer/Wimbledon tea girl) this story is quirky, romantic, and fills the niche of pauper to princess love stories that we all secretly (or not-so-secretly) have wanted to happen at least once in our lives. I find I can really get into the light-hearted romance and writing style of this author and I thoroughly enjoyed this story. With just enough angst to keep it from being all fluff and no substance this was a fab book set in London and centering on Wimbledon. Enjoy!

Amazing Story!

Royal Player was such a fun book to read. I was hooked immediately from the beginning and the narrators totally did it justice. This story was a LOL throughout the story, but also was a story that made you feel and enjoy the ride.

Adolescent & poorly researched

Ridiculous. She’s supposed to be so very invested in history, yet knows nothing about fashion history or the relevance of under clothing. Women did everything in corsets, from hunt on horseback to field work. (Even slaves wore corsets and they did grotesquely grueling hard labor in the Americas.) Women have done everything in corsets and most of life was far more laborious than it is today. Tightlacing was extremely rare and only because possible with the advent of the metal eyelet and damaging when taken to an extreme with steel boning. Corsetry was still done in the 1920s when it began to transition to tighter, but less structured elasticized undergarments, such as the girdle. Bras are far less comfortable than a corset, but work better with today’s clothing that bares more skin.
Upper undergarments don’t show process, the clothing over them does. The transition to lower shaping undergarments that were and are more difficult for privy use is not an advance.
Clearly this one example of not bothering to research bothered me greatly, the trend follows through the book.

This book is for teens who don’t do well in school, or preteens.

Perfectly cute and fun to read

Very enjoyable read. Met my expectation and kept me entertained. would be fun to get more stories regarding the others in the book.

The Male Voice Actor was Terrible when Attempting an American Accent

The book is ok. I liked that there wasn’t too much angst. I really struggled with the voice acting. During the male POV chapters, the British actor’s attempt at a Cali girl accent couldn’t get any worse. He gave Emmy a deep southern accent that made for a hard listen.

Cute little story

It was free on Audible. I was stuck in traffic and it definitely kept me company.

Cute Story

It's a cute story even if it's a basic retelling of so many others just like it. Younger prince, "the spare", always the playboy, suddenly starts behaving a bit better since he's met HER aka "the one". The only tabloid problems now are caused by the two of them together not being able to keep their hands off each other. That is, until the press starts digging into her past. Will they make it through the storm? Yes, just like all other similar stories that came before. There are no surprises here, nothing that sets this one apart from the others. It's cute and well written, that's the most I can say. The cons are there isn't an epilogue so it ends on a weak note and the male voice actor is awful. First of all, in his normal narrator voice he sounds like the guy from the Chuggington cartoon, not good for a romantic novel. Secondly, he kept changing the sound of the American love interest, half the time he gave her a southern accent which the female voice actor didn't give her so it didn't match, it was very out of place. He sounded too old to play the part of a young prince. He would have been better suited for an old butler, if there had been one in the story. Read it or don't, this is not one of those that you will rave about and kick yourself if you miss it but you probably will enjoy it. It's a lite read/listen, not much substance.

It was ok.

No real twists or character development. It got into the intimate part with little reason. Mildly entertaining. The narrators did a good job.

Loyalisa30

This was my first book/audiobook by Katie McCoy and it was a fun meet cute story. Although Charlie and Emmy has some hurdles to overcome to obtain their HEA, I liked the fact that they were both honest and steadfast in their feelings and opinions. Cornell Collins was a new narrator to me and he did an excellent job. Melissa Moran was phenomenal as always. This was a very enjoyable listen!

Disappointed...

I was really looking forward to this one as anything British I love! This one fell a bit flat for me, the MMC sounded too mature for a 20 something playboy and the FMC was quite naive. The Royal family overlooking leaked sexual and naked photos was a bit far fetched for me. No true character/ story development. It was free so there's that.