Series: Princess Diaries #11
Pages: 451 Kindle
Publisher: Macmillan (UK)
Release Date: July 2nd 2015
Source: NetGalley
Buy it From: Amazon UK - Waterstones
Synopsis:
In ROYAL WEDDING (William Morrow), Princess Diaries XI, Princess Mia’s planned nuptials to longtime love Michael Moscovitz are in jeopardy when the paparazzi uncover a startling secret: Mia has a long lost younger sister.
Now a scheming politico is using the royal scandal to force Mia’s father from the throne, leaving Genovia without a monarch . . . unless Mia can prove to everyone—especially herself—that she’s finally fit to rule.
ROYAL WEDDING will be the first ever adult installment of the Princess Diaries, published by the adult division of HarperCollins, the company that brought you the YA books in the series.
My Review:
If you're here expecting an informing
and insightful review, I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but you're
not going to find one. It's quite impossible for me to come up with
anything that isn't overly emotional fangirling.
The Princess Diaries is one of my
favourite series of all time, so you can imagine how
shocked/confused/ecstatic/emotional I was when I discovered that Meg
would be writing a new adult
book in the series. I fell in love with Mia's story as a teen, and
now I get to rejoin her in adulthood. I couldn't ask for more.
Oh how I have
missed the journals of Mia Thermopolis. Catching up with her again
after all these years has been such a joy, it's like reuniting with
an old friend. She's still as hilarious as ever, and her dramatic
life as a royal is just as entertaining to read about as it always
was. The story takes place several years after the ending of the
tenth book. Mia is now 26, she's still hopelessly in love with
Michael, and unbeknown to her at the start, they're about to be
engaged. I still adore her and Michael's relationship. And as the
book says, he really is the world's greatest lover.
I enjoyed
getting to see how the characters were doing in adulthood. Lilly is still wild, Tina is as sweet as usual, and I was completely
shocked to see that Boris had become the world's hottest superstar. It was also great
to see that Grandmere was her usual self. Her character is fabulously
intimidating and always super hilarious. Mia trying to have a
touching moment with her near the end of the book was brilliant.
This story takes
place around the same time as Meg's spinoff series, 'From The
Notebooks of a Middle School Princess' in which twelve-year-old
Olivia discovers that she is Mia's half sister and a Princess of
Genovia. Because I've read this part of the story from Olivia's
perspective, it was great to finally see Mia's reaction to it all.
She handled it in true princess style, keeping calm about it on the
outside, yet freaking out in her journal.
Now, of course, I
don't want to spoil anything, so I won't. BUT THE ENDING. I didn't
expect the final few chapters at all, even though there were hints to
it throughout the story. I had to put the book down for a little
while and have an 'OHMYGOD' moment. It was such a cute surprise.
Obviously, the
book is called Royal Wedding, so it's not exactly a spoiler to talk
about the wedding between Michael and Mia. His proposal was so adorable,
and so Michael. The scene where Mia is trying on the wedding dresses
is awesome because it brings together her friends and finally gives
us a chance to see them all interact again.
I had so many high
hopes for this book, and it delivered all of them and more. I've
loved getting to reconnect with this series throughout the course of
this book, and it tied everything up perfectly. Thank you to Meg
Cabot for once again creating a story that has left me smiling from
ear-to-ear.
Royal Rating:
Of course I had to give the future Queen of Genovia the highest amount of crowns.
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