Review: The Heir and the Spare - Emily Albright - January 2016 One of my favorite tropes to read about is Plain Janes's discovering that they are part of royalty or the elites and/or falling in love with royalty. This book had both of those and a clean YA romance too which was nice to read. The book starts with Evie heading to Oxford University - her mum's alma mater and getting ready to go on a quest that her mother has set for her. Evie's mum died when she was six years old of cancer and each year on her birthday, she received a letter from her mother. I loved this part too as part of me wishes my Mum had done this when she got ill as all I have is memories which slowly fade. On the day of her graduation, the letters changed and became more adventurous. Soon Evie is at Oxford University where she is about to meet a group of new friends that includes the Prince of England along her journey, she is about to learn of her royal lineage as she learns about a young woman who...