I am a huge fan of Harry and Meghan - and although this book is classified as "Modern Satire" I did not appreciate the jabs and crassness of the story towards these 2 and the other Royals.

Not nice Solanah, not nice at all.

Thank you to NetGalley, Solahah Fane for providing me with an ecopy of this publication which allows me to provide you with an unbiased review.

Keeping Up With The Kensingtons was not for me; I continued reading hoping for something different but it didn’t happen. I thought it would have been more of a dark rom com but, the entire book's focus was trying to prove that every event that happened to Meghan with the family, was solely her fault, I found it distasteful.

I wanted to enjoy this book more than I did and put it down several times before finishing it. Though I did like the plot

I thought this book was going to be funny but it ended up feeling like trashing and dislike about Meghan Markle and her existense. I just did not see the appeal of the story.

I really couldn't get into this book. I had to DnF it. I'm sure others would like it, especially fans of the royals and the Kardashians, but I really couldn't get into it.

Do you remember in the movie “Men In Black” when Agents J & K buy up all the tabloids at the newsstand and begin scouring them on the street because they were the “hot sheets” aka the truth that is REALLY happening? This scene was my first thought as I began reading “Keeping Up With the Kensington’s.” Written to be a satire about Prince Harry and Meaghan Markle (oops - everyone knows Meghan comes first in the relationship) it tells the story of Harry and Meaghan’s quick romance and Meaghan’s attempt to infiltrate the royal family and her ultimate epic fail. Certainly, it is a fiction story, but with the news reports that came out, it’s hard not wonder if there are many slivers of truth to this tale.

This is a very quick read; definitely snarky and maybe a little bit true. Good read alike for those who salaciously enjoyed Hilary Liftin’s “Movie Star by Lizzie Pepper” book.

What did I just read? I did not enjoy this story, if you can even call it that. It just felt like a bunch of disjointed journal entries from the parties involved. There wasn't enough character development through the different accounts for me to really care. I was just a bit bored. I don't know what I was expecting. I don't really follow much of the Royal family's drama so maybe I just didn't get it. I didn't find it funny at all.

I'm not sure how I feel about this book. It was funny and easy to read but it also left me feeling a bit bored too.

I get some of the references and everything but I don't like it at all, it was a MEH.
But it didn't take me long to read it so.... That was something good, this got some funny parts but still I didn't like it

i found this book to be very humorous, the characters were interesting and I found it to be a unique read.

Such a cute idea! As an American Anglophile I was super excited about this book. Based on Harry and Meghan, it's a satire that closely follows real life. Unfortunately, I did not finish the book as I wasn't enjoying it enough. The writing is a bit disjointed and the characters felt like such stereotypes that they weren't multifaceted enough to like or hate.

Covid isolation has led me to do many strange things. . . cleaning under beds, scrubbing refrigerators, cooking new dishes, installing wifi mesh (go, girl!). So to avoid those activities, I grabbed this instant-read opportunity from NetGalley and the publisher.
A very fast light read. Frothy, silly, bitchy and no nutritional value. . . with a bite like a stiletto made of ice. A guilty pleasure that left me with a hangover. Alka-seltzer, please!
I wish PH and MM well for the future. Their 15 minutes . . . well, that's in the rear view mirror.

Keeping Up with the Kensingtons? Oh the world has seen how the Markles's have been trying to desperately achieve that for the past 3 years and failing miserably.

I chuckled. I chuckled a lot while reading this. It was a hoot! I applause Solanah Fane's bravery for writing this piece of satire, especially when we all know how 'loving' the Sussex Squad can be towards people who dare to question their darling Meghan's claim to being a 'perfect angel/saint'.

A big thanks to the publisher BooksGoSocial and the author for giving me an e-Arc of the book.

Oh dear... where to begin... the satire covers the story of Meghan and Harry (by different names) through their eyes and the eyes of others, such as tabloids and William. I found the writing to be lazy and a regurgitation of some of the events that happened to the real life Harry and Meghan. The book spends its time bashing Meghan and basically saying she is not good for him and his past girlfriends were. Now, I am not a fan of the royal family, and I think the media have played a part in he bullying of Meghan and Harry, and I felt that this book was more of a “bully tirade” than a satire.

This book sure is not what I was expecting...I did not expect the opening for e.g. to state something along the lines of the British Monarchy starting after a huge cock-up by a former king! (this opening does however give readers an instant idea of if they will enjoy this book or not, which is great)
I did enjoy this book, it is not just a satirical look at Meghan alone, everyone in this book gets 'sledged'...and the clever link to the 'Kardashian' lifestyle in the title is gold!
This book is well written and pacy but it definitely wont be everyone's cup of tea. Its a very quick read and if you don't take life too seriously I am sure you would enjoy reading it.

I really wanted to enjoy this I’m not sure if it was the way it was set up somewhat like a play but it reminded me of reading the national enquirer. I zipped through it as if i were reading a magazine

**I received an e-ARC from NetGalley for an honest review**

When I started reading it, I didn't expect to find the next great piece of "must-read literature", but I had high hopes that all of the tabloid articles and gossip would at least make "Keeping Up with the Kensingtons" a fun read.

The book is heavily slanted against Meghan and Harry, but in doing so, I had at least expected higher praise for Will and Kate to balance it out. Instead, I would say at least 85-90 percent of the book is straight up Meghan bashing.

The author had every chance to actually flesh out the characters and create a compelling story. Instead this reads as if a high school girl wrote fanfiction where she wanted Prince Harry for herself and since she can't have him, obviously the girl that got him must be crazy.

Overall, the opportunity for something cute was there, but unfortunately the author failed to impress.

If you're British royalty obsessed, this book may be for you. The story of Madison Mounteback (aka Meghan Markle) and the way she manipulated her way into Prince Harry's life and the royal family is supposed to be satire but sometimes feels more like an intentional hatchet job, recounting rumors from the press. The writing is great, though, and I liked the snarky tone. 2.5 stars rounded up.

Thanks to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for the ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.

This was a fun satire read about a very famous/scandalous couple. From the get go we know that our main character is based off of Meghan Markle, and this book makes me want to read more on the topic, as I've tried to stay away as much as possible.

I received an advance copy. All thoughts are my own.

I’m not quite sure what to make of Keeping Up With The Kensingtons. I got this title because I’m interested in the royal family, and I enjoy good humor.

The cast of characters leaves little to the imagination:

Harry Kensington, the hapless hero
Will Kensington, his brother
Granny, Queen of Britannia, also known as The Boss
Ms. Madison Mountebank, an American actress
The Page of the Back Stairs, “an inveterate gossip, devoted to the Queen”
If you don’t follow the royal family, you will be lost. All the events that happen in the book happened in real life, sort of, but with not context in the book, so it is easy to overlook the attempted humor and just scratch one’s head in confusion.

There is humor in Keeping Up With The Kensingtons, but I wouldn’t call it satire. I’d call it black humor, because all it does is portray “Madison” as an untalented actress whose only goal is to make a name for herself and has Harry wrapped around her little finger. Keeping Up With the Kensingtons is biting humor aimed at both Harry and Madison.

Harry is portrayed as not having a mind of his own and always does Madison’s bidding. Really, the shots taken at Harry for being a royal who actually talks about his feelings are pretty low.

There are two quotes that I’d like to share that stick out: “These undemonstrative, utterly British nonagenarians undoubtedly personify the twentieth century’s most romantic and enduring love story; and the Duke’s withdrawal from public life, while being partly due to his impaired health, was surely done principally to give The Boss time to adjust to official life without him, so that that it will not be so disabling a shock when he is no longer here at all. It was his final gesture of love, loyalty and devotion to her.” This is actually a lovely passage, as there is truth to it. The problem is, it doesn’t really fit with the rest of the book.

“…he was doing was just to protect his son. No doubt that is why he’s gone to live in Hollywood, which of course, is well known for its sane, normal, well-balanced people who are famous for bringing up the world’s happiest, most well-adjusted children.” Despite the mean nature of the book, I think the author nailed it. Harry just wants to protect his son, so why can’t people leave him alone?

I’m not sure how Keeping Up With The Kensingtons was published, because at it’s best, it seems like mean girls fan fiction. I don’t know Solanah Fane, as this is her first book, so I don’t know if she’s just a bitter English woman who can’t stand the fact that Harry married a divorced American actress, or a bitter American who is jealous Harry did not pick her instead. There is too much hate in this world, and too much directed at this couple. This book is the sort of attack against “Madison” that led the real-life couple to leave England in the first place.

I received an Advanced Readers Copy from NetGalley for my honest opinion of this book.