Matters grow more complicated when one notices that in comparison to Part Time Princess, Royally Screwed has a very masculine, British voice and perspective that I do not believe was generated by a woman from New Jersey. In an interview, she stated that she outlined three of the books in the Royally…. This sounded strange to me because the only time I was ever able to hammer out a novel within a week was when I was deliberately writing it from a template in order to demonstrate a point: It is far easier to write a book when you already know the story. In the days that followed, I went on a writing bender…. In Emma Chase’s acknowledgements, she described how she had no idea what she wanted to write until her agent brought her an idea that ‘grabbed her by the throat‘.ĭuring a ‘brainstorming session those passions and interests created the perfect storm of inspiration and Royally Screwed was born. Every great story comes from somewhere - a dream, twenty years of experience, a bad relationship - etc. Next, there is the issue of how the author describes the origin of the story. That is sort of how I felt after reading Royally Screwed, and the accusation of Tangled‘s similarity to the work of another author raises a red flag because plagiarists never do it just once.

No offense to my dozens of friends who loved this one, but the sooner I forget this book, the better. I didn’t think this book was entertaining. The male MC doesn’t respect the female MC. He doesn’t respect her boundaries, he doesn’t respect her intelligence, and he doesn’t show that he is worthy of her for a hot second. We get blatant misogyny and even SEXUAL HARRASMENT at work framed as “just teasing” and “all in good fun,” offset by, of course, an even bigger asshole who “crosses the line” and shows that the MC isn’t all that bad. We get the adorable niece (which can be replaced by doting younger sister in some books), who shows a dickhead’s “loving” side. We get a magical vagina turning a pigheaded guy into a devoted man. This book reminded me of a Kristen Ashley book. Okay, I know that everyone loves this book. Given the number of fake reviews on Goodreads, this is not surprising. One top rated goodreads review of her debut novel expressed confusion about the number of 5 star reviews when thousands of other reviewers absolutely hated the male POV described.

The main complaint about her work is that she always depicts doormat women and stupid, narcissistic men who cheat with strippers/prostitutes/secretaries while the woman accepts it. That makes 3 books per year - a rapid pace.

After gaining notoriety as a fan fiction author for dirty versions of Twilight and Roswell, Emma Chase has produced five series of romance novels with about 4-5 books each since her debut in 2013. First, I’ll take a look at the publishing history of the author.

Royally screwed by emma chase