His Royal Highness by R.S. Grey was one of my most anticipated November reads, and I am eternally grateful to have been given the opportunity to read and review the book early! The Disney parks have been something special to me for many and many years, and I had never read a romance book that took the idea of a theme park and used it as its setting, so as soon as I read the synopsis for HRH, I knew I had to read it: it sounded like something right up my alley and something that I was sure to enjoy. And I was 100% right. This book was a complete win for me. Let me start off by talking about the obvious, and something I briefly mentioned previously: the setting. Not only was it unique, but it also gave this book a magical and fun feeling that I can’t quite describe. And I just loved the little details of how a park operates behind the scenes: As an avid Disney parks fan, I know quite a bit about it, and although this was a fictional version of it (for obvious reasons), it was still fun to see how much care to the details was put into getting these little things right. I really really loved that! Now, the characters. I LOVED Whitney. I loved her hopeless romantic side, and she was just so adorable. Her inner monologue made me laugh out loud multiple times, she was a very awkward and somewhat quirky characters and I really enjoyed getting to know her. I thought was slightly… I don’t want to say childish, because normally childish behavior annoys me and she personally did not annoy me in any way, I truly loved her, but she did feel younger than she actually was throughout 50% of the novel. I really felt like she grew up and developed a lot after her trip to NYC though, and I always appreciate reading some character development, so there. Derek REALLY surprised me, actually. After the synopsis, I went into this book thinking he would be one of those cocky, rich characters, and what I found was the complete opposite. He was sweet and genuinely hard working, and I loved his POV so much! One of the things I was scared of when I started was the age difference: Whitney and Derek meet when she is only 18, and he is 28. She has a huge crush on him, and I was scared that he would think of her in an inappropriate way. I mean, yes, she is already 18, but at the same time, I don’t know if I would have enjoyed seeing him thinking of her sexually while he is in a position of much higher authority than her, while she was clearly not yet mature enough, and being 10 years older. I liked that the feeling she had for him then was truly unrequited, and that he never really saw her that way back then. Besides, seeing him develop feelings for her when they meet again was half the fun! Which brings me to the couple: I LOVED their interactions. So much! Their banter was spot on, fun and always made me smile. The chemistry was 100% there from the very first encounter, and I loved that Derek does not give up on trying to win her over. Lastly, I think Rachel did a spectacular job with the slow burn, and I credit a lot of this to how well the characters fit together and how good their chemistry was: even while they were not together, they still delivered such fun moments, and I found myself turning the pages to find out what would happen next and to read their next interaction. Lastly, I can’t end this review without mentioning that not only did I love the couple and the two main characters, but the side characters were also so much fun! I loved the friendship between Whitney and Carrie, I loved Cal’s relationship with both Derek and Whitney, and I loved watching the little side romance between Carrie and Thomas unfold: those two were SO CUTE! Overall, I believe this one made it as my second favorite R. S. Grey novel, only falling behind Hotshot Doc, which I believe might eternally be my favorite, mostly because It was my first book by Rachel and I have a soft spot for it. His Royal Highness was a unique and sweet book that should be in any romance reader’s TBR!