Book Review: The Princess Ballot

The Princess Ballot by Jaymin Eve & Tate James

    I have no other way to say this but this book is terrible. This book is really, really bad. The only compliment I have for this book is that the cover is really pretty but that's it. I thought this book would be a fun romance book but it's not. It's just a terrible. I really have no other words for this book. It is terrible. How does this book have a 4.36 star rating on goodreads?

    The Princess Ballot tells the story of Violet Spencer. Violet wins the Princess Ballot, a scholarship to the  Arbon Academy. The prestigious school for royals. However, Arbon Academy is place of dark politics and dangerous men. Violet soon finds herself caught between Rafe, the Prince of the Switzerland, and Alex, Prince of the Australasias. (And no not Austria like I orginally thought. Australia. Like Australia with the Koala Bears) And then the drama ensures.

    Where do I even begin with this book? There is so many things that are wrong with this book. Let's start with the genre. This book is marketed as a dark college romance. But the book is aslo set in the future. Yes, folks. The future. A future where every country has a royal monarch (Alex is the Prince of Australia) and they all communicate through apple watches. Yes, it's that kind of future. I think this book would be way better if it wasn't set in the future. Like this is a unnesscary detail. And it didn't really add anything to plot except explain why every country has a king. And the Princess Ballot didn't even do a good job at explain the history of this world either. 

    My second problem with this book are the love interest. Rafe & Alex are beyond annoying. If 

They show very few emotions other than angry and wanting to get laid. Also Why do people think guys being cold and rude to girls is attractive? It's not. It's called being a jerk. Not romantic. This book has a disclaimer that says these books are a**holes and they are. However, if you are going to write a hate to love story, then you should at least give this a**holes redeeming qualities. Also, none of this characters felt like real people to me. They all felt like talking book tropes. They didn't feel original nor did I connect with any of them. 

    My third and main problem is that there is too much going on. This book deals with a lot. Love, murder, sex, and betrayal to name a few. But I felt like it overwhelm the book and the plot. There was too much going on. Instead of being surprise or shock like I was suppose to, I was just rolling my eyes. There is also a fight club. Yes, a fight club. An actually undergroud fight club. Where they wear costumes, have stage names, and punch each other. And Violet joins in. Surprise? Not really. I'm just here rolling my eyes and thinking, "Wow, this is stupid. Just stupid". I get that the authors wants to increase the drama and tension but this is too much. The book didn't need this.  

    Overall, I have to say this is not a good book. It's like this is a soap opera on steriods. There's rommance, sex, politics, betrayal, and murder but it's all done wrong. This was a very entertaining book to read. I'll give it that. However, this book was like watching season 7 of Game of Thrones. Entertaining but also force, unnatural, and disappointing to say the least. This book had potential but then the writers decided to add absolutely whatever the heck they wanted and it turned this book into a dark and weird sci-fi rommance. This book was terrible. I don't recommand this book at all. Go read some fanfiction or literally any other book if you want something of highier quality. I give this book 1 out of 5 stars and that is a generous rating.