One character plans to sedate another in order to take compromising pictures for blackmail, with severe consequences. A few teens who are months short of legal age drink at parties. Alcohol consumption at parties is glamorized, although excess is rare. For a romance, the sexy stuff is pretty mild: mostly a lot of swooning kisses, with a couple of instances of implied sex. Similar to author Katharine McGee's popular Thousandth Floor series, it's about a group of older teens in the highest, most glamorous levels of society. Parents need to know that American Royals is a romance that imagines what an American royal family would be like.
