Royal Heirs Academy
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- 65,00 kr
Publisher Description
"Gossip Girl meets Katharine McGee’s American Royals" (SLJ) in this story filled with “romantic tension, royal drama, and family secrets” (Kristy Boyce), where four teens living in a glamorous boarding school must compete to inherit a European kingdom.
For fifty years, King Leander Eldana has ruled Ashland without naming an heir to the crown. After sending away his grandchildren to be raised out of the public eye, it’s finally time to secure his nation’s future by appointing one definitive heir. The best way to appraise his successor? In the halls of Almus Terra Academy, a boarding school infamous for breeding the world’s next generation of leaders—and liars.
Titus Eldana has always known he’d inherit Ashland’s future. Now he must prove he has what it takes.
Alaric Eldana was not raised with a silver spoon. His secondhand clothes might not be fit for a king, but he knows how to rule: with his fist.
Emmeline Eldana only wants to please her neglectful parents. If that means securing the crown, she won’t hesitate to destroy anyone in her way.
Sadie Aurelia has no idea why she’s been given a chance to bring new blood to the throne. With nothing left to lose back home, she’s ready to take it.
Filled with competition, secret alliances, enemies-to-lovers romance, and cunning revenge, Royal Heirs Academy is a breathless, entertaining read set in modern-day. This gossip-filled school for the global elite is inspired by UWC of the Atlantic, which Vanity Fair has described as "Hippie Hogwarts."
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
King Leander Eldana of Ashland refuses to let his unworthy children's political infighting and jockeying for the crown ("My sons are worthless.... And my daughter is too frail") compromise the kingdom's future. Thus, he separates his grandchildren Emmeline, Titus, and Alaric from their parents to be raised ignorant of their royal statuses. When the three are 17, they're admitted to Almus Terra Academy, a school for the international global elite. Emmeline and Titus, who were raised by wealthy families, are used to this level of grandeur, while Alaric grew up in foster care and believes that he must rely on himself. They're joined by wildcard Sadie, the only one raised in Ashland; though she isn't a royal, she was personally chosen by King Leander to compete against his grandchildren for the crown. Duga (Glow of the Fireflies) deftly combines competition intrigue with the romance and friendship drama of standard boarding school settings, making for a twisty contemporary tale. School divisions between the rich and powerful and the scholarship students, or the Norms, help to emphasize the issue of class disparity that permeates the primarily white characters' every interaction. Ages 14–up.
