The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot

The Princess Diaries (Princess Diaries, #1)

by Meg Cabot

'You're not Mia Thermopolis any more, honey,' Dad said. 'You're Amelia Mignonette Grimaldi Thermopolis Renaldo. Princess of Genovia.'

A PRINCESS?? ME??? Yeah. Right.

One minute Mia's a totally normal Manhattan 14-year-old. Next minute she's heir to the throne of Genovia, being trailed by a trigger-happy bodyguard, taking princess lessons with her bonkers old grandmere, and having a makeover with someone called Paolo. Well, her dad can lecture her till he's royal-blue in the face, but no way is Mia going to turn herself into a style-queen. And they think she's moving to Genovia? Er, hello?

The Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot has been a phenomenal global success. This ever-popular series continues in the second book, A Royal Disaster.

Reviewed by Jordon on

3 of 5 stars

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At first it took me a while to get used to the writing style of diary entries but once I did I quite enjoyed this book. It was light and the ending felt a little abrupt but it was entertaining and cute. Even though I've seen this movie I didn't get bored, mainly because this differed a bit from the movie. I liked that it was different but I could also see why, since I have no read the next books I am assuming the movie mashed a few books together.

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