When a 10 is played, the discard pile is cleared from play. The player of the 10 will play another card of any rank to start a new discard pile. Moreover, none of the characters acted like real people. They talk in ways that no real people do, and they're all way too willing to share personal information or deep emotional truths with people they've just met. I just loved this so much - this was a light, easy breezy, insta-love story that felt like a crossover between an early 2000's romcom & a Disney movie, but more adult & gay. Suspend your disbelief with this one, it's meant to be a cute, fun read, & sometimes those are just what we need.

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He was destined to become the king of England, and I was a nice Jewish boy from New Jersey; we both knew what we were supposed to be doing, but we were fighting it. When it came to emotional stability, neither of us had a prayer." Overall, this is a fast and fluffy romantic read that also offers a good take on acceptance. 3.5 stars (rounded up here). The Jazz Palace written by Mary Morris and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-08 with Fiction categories.Once you play all your cards into the middle, you are out of the game. The last player with cards loses the game Rules I really wanted to like Playing the Palace... but I really didn't like it. I really, really didn't.

Playing the Palace | Paul Rudnick | 9780593099414 | NetGalley Playing the Palace | Paul Rudnick | 9780593099414 | NetGalley

First things first, this book while looking at it and reading the blurb might seem similar to Red, White & Royal Blue. But that's all there is to it. The actual book, is nothing like it. This felt shallow in comparison.I don't think I need to review the story it self. Regular man meets prince, prince and said man falls in love and there's obstacles along the way. You know that story, I know that story, everyone knows that story. NetGalley and Berkley provided me with a complimentary advance copy of the book in exchange for an unbiased review. Thanks for making it available! In a phone interview, he spoke about his interest in the Royal Family, his love of IHOP, and what will likely be one of the dreamiest and funniest books of the year. Where did the idea come from for Playing the Palace? Also everything is just so over the top. All the people are behaving like they're crazy. Not the funny way of crazy, just crazy crazy. It's like the sitcom version of a sitcom version of a sitcom. And then there are tons of cultural references. Like in every sentence three of them. I felt like Picard in that Star Trek episode, where he was stranded on a planet with this other captain, who just talked in metaphors. Let me finish this rant with an actual quote from the book that perfectly sums up all this utter nonsense:

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Before game play begins, players are able to swap any cards from the three cards dealt to their hand with any of the three face up cards. Understanding which cards to swap will make more sense after you learn more about the game play. There are also quite a few lines I am not quoting, on the subject of vomiting, which slayed one who had hyperemesis gravida. Twice. The object of the game is not to be the last player with cards. Cards are discarded into the middle throughout the game. Any card or set of cards that are of equal or higher rank than the previous discard can be played to the middle. Game Play Y'all already see the similarities between this and "Red, White & Royal Blue". I know. I saw them too. Don't worry, all the similarities are superficial. But, to be clear, the reason I didn't like this book isn't because it wasn't RWRB. It's because I found it unfunny, hard to read (both because of the way it was written and because of how little I enjoyed the plot), and dare I say, a little too cringy for my taste. It gave very tumblr, archiveofourown levels of dialogue and inner monologue.

Playing the Palace

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