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Journal de Mia, princesse malgré elle - Tome 11: Le mariage d'une princesse (Journal de Mia, princesse malgré elle
Meg Cabot
3.86 AVERAGE
938 reviews for:
Journal de Mia, princesse malgré elle - Tome 11: Le mariage d'une princesse (Journal de Mia, princesse malgré elle
Meg Cabot
3.86 AVERAGE
3,5★ This was a quick and fun read and exactly what I anticipated and had hoped for in many ways. But most of all I got that warm feeling somewhere inside me that came from knowing I was FINALLY reading about Mia again. This feeling is exactly how I imagine meeting one of your best friends again, after a long time.
There are quite a few things I liked about this book, mostly the fact that it was still 100% Mia - the Mia I had gotten to know when I was a teenager myself and whose clumsiness, sarcasm and quirky personality I always loved and could relate to so much. Even though you get Mia, you also notice that she has matured a lot and I think that the transition into adulthood was well crafted. I thought it authentic and still enjoyed the little episodes of teenage-Mia and her slight tendency to melodrama.
Another aspect I really enjoyed, not just in this installment of the series, but ALWAYS, are the many many pop culture references! I don't know why, but I love knowing that some (sometimes weird and not so "culturally) aspects of our current culture live on in these novels (Like Jersey Shore and Teen Mom ;)).
I also loved the fact that it was more focused on Mia and Michael, which, for me, will always be an OTP. Michael is just the perfect guy in all sorts of ways and it's nice to read about a male character that is polite and caring and still sexy.
At the same time the novel was also more focused on the family relationships, which I really enjoyed for a change. There was no teenage boy-drama in here, yet, her best friends' appearances still added to the story. They were as supportive and refreshing as ever. Also, Lilly Moscovitz gained like a 100 sympathy points, because she's just that cool bad-ass chick.
I would say the novel is quick and there's a lot going on, so it never gets boring, but it wasn't really gripping or had me on the edge of my seat either. Just a fun summer read.
I would also like to share the things I didn't like. There were quite a few of them, but I still like to stress that I enjoyed the novel nontheless and wasn't expecting some literary masterpiece. First of all, I have to address the obvious. This installment is referred to as an "adult" novel, which I think of kind of exaggerated, because there are basically no differences to the middlegrade/ya books, expect for the very very tame and sort of childish hints from Mia that she and Michael are having sex as well as the fact that not just Grandmere is drinking alcohol in this novel and Mia's problems are not about boys or friendship anymore. These references to their sex life for some reason annoyed me, because they just seemed to be awkward, unnecessary and rather embarrassing?? I don't know. Secondly, the plot. I know that some things needed to happen plotwise, but most of it was rather predictable in my opinion. Like, basically all of it. Which wouldn't have really bothered me, but most of the happening where just too cliché and seemed to belong more to a soap opera than to Mia. My grown-up brain can't remember if it was the same in the last 10 novels, but I don't think it was and I had just hoped for a bit more originality. And lastly, yes, Mia is a princess, but no need for it to be mentioned every other sentence. I won't share more, because spoilers, but I'd love to discuss!
Regardless of all of that, I still had a lot of fun reading the book and I also wouldn't say it is bad or disappointing, you just need to know what you get yourseld into. Mia is and still will be one of my favorite fictional characters of all time! I'm actually really looking forward to future installments and hope it develops in a similiar way the Shopaholic series did, so we can accompany Mia during her journey through adulthood and the problems and joys she faced during that journey!
There are quite a few things I liked about this book, mostly the fact that it was still 100% Mia - the Mia I had gotten to know when I was a teenager myself and whose clumsiness, sarcasm and quirky personality I always loved and could relate to so much. Even though you get Mia, you also notice that she has matured a lot and I think that the transition into adulthood was well crafted. I thought it authentic and still enjoyed the little episodes of teenage-Mia and her slight tendency to melodrama.
Another aspect I really enjoyed, not just in this installment of the series, but ALWAYS, are the many many pop culture references! I don't know why, but I love knowing that some (sometimes weird and not so "culturally) aspects of our current culture live on in these novels (Like Jersey Shore and Teen Mom ;)).
I also loved the fact that it was more focused on Mia and Michael, which, for me, will always be an OTP. Michael is just the perfect guy in all sorts of ways and it's nice to read about a male character that is polite and caring and still sexy.
At the same time the novel was also more focused on the family relationships, which I really enjoyed for a change. There was no teenage boy-drama in here, yet, her best friends' appearances still added to the story. They were as supportive and refreshing as ever. Also, Lilly Moscovitz gained like a 100 sympathy points, because she's just that cool bad-ass chick.
I would say the novel is quick and there's a lot going on, so it never gets boring, but it wasn't really gripping or had me on the edge of my seat either. Just a fun summer read.
I would also like to share the things I didn't like. There were quite a few of them, but I still like to stress that I enjoyed the novel nontheless and wasn't expecting some literary masterpiece. First of all, I have to address the obvious. This installment is referred to as an "adult" novel, which I think of kind of exaggerated, because there are basically no differences to the middlegrade/ya books, expect for the very very tame and sort of childish hints from Mia that she and Michael are having sex as well as the fact that not just Grandmere is drinking alcohol in this novel and Mia's problems are not about boys or friendship anymore. These references to their sex life for some reason annoyed me, because they just seemed to be awkward, unnecessary and rather embarrassing?? I don't know. Secondly, the plot. I know that some things needed to happen plotwise, but most of it was rather predictable in my opinion. Like, basically all of it. Which wouldn't have really bothered me, but most of the happening where just too cliché and seemed to belong more to a soap opera than to Mia. My grown-up brain can't remember if it was the same in the last 10 novels, but I don't think it was and I had just hoped for a bit more originality. And lastly, yes, Mia is a princess, but no need for it to be mentioned every other sentence. I won't share more, because spoilers, but I'd love to discuss!
Regardless of all of that, I still had a lot of fun reading the book and I also wouldn't say it is bad or disappointing, you just need to know what you get yourseld into. Mia is and still will be one of my favorite fictional characters of all time! I'm actually really looking forward to future installments and hope it develops in a similiar way the Shopaholic series did, so we can accompany Mia during her journey through adulthood and the problems and joys she faced during that journey!
4.5 nostalgic stars
In this new (Adult) installment of The Princess Diaries series, Princess Mia is back and she's about to get hitched! It's been years since we've last seen Mia and now she's all grown up, 26 and ready to make her own decisions about her life and for her people. She's been living in NYC, she opened a teen center, and of course, she's attending all sorts of galas but with everything on her plate, she barely has time to see her friends let alone Michael! When scandal threatens the fate of Genovia's ruler, Mia's dad, Mia needs to prepare for not only her own wedding but the possibility of ruling a country, as well.
I was lucky enough to get this book a few days before its release at Book Con. Meg Cabot even signed it for me! (She also signed my hardcover Mediator #6, eek!)
Disclaimer: I stopped reading The Princess Diaries series at #6. I just stopped keeping up with them. I should go back and read them from my library but I was just so excited for this one that I wanted to read it right away. So, you totally don't have to read all of them before you pick up this newest addition. It might be helpful but it's not necessary. I forgot (or never met) who some of Mia's friends were but it didn't ruin the story for me at all.
To be honest, I had Anne Hathaway's voice in my head the entire time I was reading this. I can't help it. She just IS Princess Mia to me. I know she shouldn't be but I can't help what my brain does sometimes.
Be warned though, this is not a YA novel at all. They talk about sex. A lot. It's great! This book reminded me a bit of Sophie Kinsella but with a lot less embarrassing moments.
"Fine? It's so not fine. Was it really so wrong of me to think that maybe, possibly, the palace physician might give me a little something to keep my eyelid from jumping around like a Chihuahua at dinnertime, or at least help me not lie awake all night?
And then when I do manage to fall asleep I have nightmares, like the one I had last night that I was married to Bruce Willis, and whenever Bruce got out of the shower, he would dry off his naughty parts while singing the song,"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." "
This book is laugh out loud funny. I'm so glad I was never in public reading this book because I would have been given a lot of strange looks. Also, yay for feminism in this book! I loved every bit of it that was mentioned. There are a lot of strong & powerful women in this book and it's kind of fantastic.
"You would think that in the enlightened era in which we live, a single girl could have a boyfriend and a career and also a healthy sex life (and help her father to rule a country) without getting called names.
But apparently this is too much to ask of some people."
There were a lot of things that I saw coming (which is why this isn't a full 5 stars). But I still loved the journey that the book took me on. After this taste of a grown up Mia, I want more. I want to see how she's handling everything with all the changes that happened to her life. From her point of view, please.
In this new (Adult) installment of The Princess Diaries series, Princess Mia is back and she's about to get hitched! It's been years since we've last seen Mia and now she's all grown up, 26 and ready to make her own decisions about her life and for her people. She's been living in NYC, she opened a teen center, and of course, she's attending all sorts of galas but with everything on her plate, she barely has time to see her friends let alone Michael! When scandal threatens the fate of Genovia's ruler, Mia's dad, Mia needs to prepare for not only her own wedding but the possibility of ruling a country, as well.
I was lucky enough to get this book a few days before its release at Book Con. Meg Cabot even signed it for me! (She also signed my hardcover Mediator #6, eek!)
Disclaimer: I stopped reading The Princess Diaries series at #6. I just stopped keeping up with them. I should go back and read them from my library but I was just so excited for this one that I wanted to read it right away. So, you totally don't have to read all of them before you pick up this newest addition. It might be helpful but it's not necessary. I forgot (or never met) who some of Mia's friends were but it didn't ruin the story for me at all.
To be honest, I had Anne Hathaway's voice in my head the entire time I was reading this. I can't help it. She just IS Princess Mia to me. I know she shouldn't be but I can't help what my brain does sometimes.
Be warned though, this is not a YA novel at all. They talk about sex. A lot. It's great! This book reminded me a bit of Sophie Kinsella but with a lot less embarrassing moments.
"Fine? It's so not fine. Was it really so wrong of me to think that maybe, possibly, the palace physician might give me a little something to keep my eyelid from jumping around like a Chihuahua at dinnertime, or at least help me not lie awake all night?
And then when I do manage to fall asleep I have nightmares, like the one I had last night that I was married to Bruce Willis, and whenever Bruce got out of the shower, he would dry off his naughty parts while singing the song,"Chitty Chitty Bang Bang." "
This book is laugh out loud funny. I'm so glad I was never in public reading this book because I would have been given a lot of strange looks. Also, yay for feminism in this book! I loved every bit of it that was mentioned. There are a lot of strong & powerful women in this book and it's kind of fantastic.
"You would think that in the enlightened era in which we live, a single girl could have a boyfriend and a career and also a healthy sex life (and help her father to rule a country) without getting called names.
But apparently this is too much to ask of some people."
There were a lot of things that I saw coming (which is why this isn't a full 5 stars). But I still loved the journey that the book took me on. After this taste of a grown up Mia, I want more. I want to see how she's handling everything with all the changes that happened to her life. From her point of view, please.
This book had so many plot lines and then rushed to an ending that allowed us to see almost none of it.
Thoroughly enjoyed it! I'm not looking for rocket science here; I'm looking for something frivolous and fun and Meg Cabot is good at that. I haven't read the series since the last one came out (2009?), but I can't really tell what qualifies this as a novel for adults rather that for teens except that the prime demographic (those who were early teens when Mia was) is also now mid-late twenties, and more mentions of sex (though, I feel still at sort of a teen level). But I also don't care--I'd probably still read and enjoy if it were marketed towards teens.
Growing up reading the Princess Diaries series by Meg Cabot, I loved reading Royal Wedding and learning what Mia has been up to in her adult life.
As usual, Mia has a crazy crazy life. This was okay, maybe not as well written as I had hoped but the story line had good twists and turns. One downside was that there was so much going on this could have easily been two books.
Was so excited to read this book that I re-read the first 10 books (which I grew up with as a teen) before starting this one. Unfortunately, this latest installment turned out to be disappointing, unsatisfactory and might as well not have been written.
This book massacres the beloved characters of the Princess Diaries whom we know so well and turns them into one-dimensional, uninteresting people.
Even worse, there was zero mentioned about Mia's "newly widowed" mum (yes, Helen was quoted to be "a new widow") and how she was coping with her husband's death. No mention of her grieving or mourning at all... must be nice to be able to feel none of the pain and move on quickly to her ex-husband instead.
Secondly, another shocker for me was that Tina and Boris broke up because the latter had apparently cheated. Only they found out he didn't. What was the whole point of this side plot which had no development??? If it could even be called a plot. It did not in any way add to the story itself, and all we got were brief mentions of what Tina believes. Basically, Tina and Boris were one-dimensional and barely in the story. The only thing I liked was Lilly pointing out what Boris was like and how she knows he did not cheat on Tina.
Same goes for Lana. Sure, she was mentioned a few times but only made one appearance towards the ending. It would have been nice to have more information about her and her new life such as her husband or baby. We as readers would like to know how and why she finally settled down. What's even more annoying is how she calls Mia 'bitch!' (what happened to 'geek'?) in every text... makes her sound like one of those stereotypical airheads. Which she isn't, as we found out in Books 9 and 10.
And don't even get me started on Michael, who virtually has no personality in this book. His whole existence seems to revolve around Mia now. Everything is about Mia and nothing is stopping him from loving her. Never mind that he is more unrealistically perfect than ever, but there is no conflict at all. He must be really confident to not be affected by whatever the press says or how Mia behaves... just perfection and steadfast love all the way. Never has any negative feelings or thoughts like a normal human being. Then again, it doesn't matter because all he does in this book is act like a chameleon (which is exactly what Mia's mum said about JP in book 10).
Lol, JP.
Neither do I have much to say about Mia, who does not seem to have changed a bit in the last 8 years, and I do not mean it in a good way. What is once seen as normal teenage concerns and struggles are just whiny bitching now. Oh, not forgetting acting without thinking as usual.
I thought the book was supposed to be about the wedding and the lead-up to it, not some irrelevant half-sister who I have ZERO care about. Like, do not give a damn. Who the hell wants to read about some poor neglected kid that we have never heard about before? Thankfully, at least she wasn't annoying. Then again, it's hard for anyone to be more annoying than Mia.
Why call this book Royal Wedding when only 5% of it is about the wedding itself... A very pathetic 5% too since Mia spends most of her time hiding somewhere to write in her journal instead. The whole story is just... blah. Minimal conflict, weak climax and very unlike its predecessors.
I did like how Lilly has become a lot less critical and annoying, while maintaining her sharp intelligence. As well as how Prince Philippe finally grew a backbone. Grandmere is awesome as always.
Well, despite all its faults, I did enjoy Royal Wedding because Princess Diaries will always be my childhood and close to my heart. 3 stars not because of its merits (or lack of) but because of my loyalty to the series.
This book massacres the beloved characters of the Princess Diaries whom we know so well and turns them into one-dimensional, uninteresting people.
Spoiler
Firstly, I can't believe they killed off Mr G because he was such a significant character in the series. But ok, nothing wrong with that. Except that it felt like the only reason he was killed off was so that Mia's mum and dad would reconcile. I knew it would happen the moment Mr G's death was mentioned... and I was right.Even worse, there was zero mentioned about Mia's "newly widowed" mum (yes, Helen was quoted to be "a new widow") and how she was coping with her husband's death. No mention of her grieving or mourning at all... must be nice to be able to feel none of the pain and move on quickly to her ex-husband instead.
Secondly, another shocker for me was that Tina and Boris broke up because the latter had apparently cheated. Only they found out he didn't. What was the whole point of this side plot which had no development??? If it could even be called a plot. It did not in any way add to the story itself, and all we got were brief mentions of what Tina believes. Basically, Tina and Boris were one-dimensional and barely in the story. The only thing I liked was Lilly pointing out what Boris was like and how she knows he did not cheat on Tina.
Same goes for Lana. Sure, she was mentioned a few times but only made one appearance towards the ending. It would have been nice to have more information about her and her new life such as her husband or baby. We as readers would like to know how and why she finally settled down. What's even more annoying is how she calls Mia 'bitch!' (what happened to 'geek'?) in every text... makes her sound like one of those stereotypical airheads. Which she isn't, as we found out in Books 9 and 10.
And don't even get me started on Michael, who virtually has no personality in this book. His whole existence seems to revolve around Mia now. Everything is about Mia and nothing is stopping him from loving her. Never mind that he is more unrealistically perfect than ever, but there is no conflict at all. He must be really confident to not be affected by whatever the press says or how Mia behaves... just perfection and steadfast love all the way. Never has any negative feelings or thoughts like a normal human being. Then again, it doesn't matter because all he does in this book is act like a chameleon (which is exactly what Mia's mum said about JP in book 10).
Lol, JP.
Neither do I have much to say about Mia, who does not seem to have changed a bit in the last 8 years, and I do not mean it in a good way. What is once seen as normal teenage concerns and struggles are just whiny bitching now. Oh, not forgetting acting without thinking as usual.
I thought the book was supposed to be about the wedding and the lead-up to it, not some irrelevant half-sister who I have ZERO care about. Like, do not give a damn. Who the hell wants to read about some poor neglected kid that we have never heard about before? Thankfully, at least she wasn't annoying. Then again, it's hard for anyone to be more annoying than Mia.
Why call this book Royal Wedding when only 5% of it is about the wedding itself... A very pathetic 5% too since Mia spends most of her time hiding somewhere to write in her journal instead. The whole story is just... blah. Minimal conflict, weak climax and very unlike its predecessors.
I did like how Lilly has become a lot less critical and annoying, while maintaining her sharp intelligence. As well as how Prince Philippe finally grew a backbone. Grandmere is awesome as always.
Well, despite all its faults, I did enjoy Royal Wedding because Princess Diaries will always be my childhood and close to my heart. 3 stars not because of its merits (or lack of) but because of my loyalty to the series.
*4.5 stars
This was wonderful. I grew up reading the Princess Diaries and Cabot did a wonderful job at expanding these characters into realistic and endearing 20-soemthings! It was a bit cheesey, but it was well done cheese and very cute! If you read the Princess Diaries I definitely recommend this! If not, read the Princess Diaries and then read this!
This was wonderful. I grew up reading the Princess Diaries and Cabot did a wonderful job at expanding these characters into realistic and endearing 20-soemthings! It was a bit cheesey, but it was well done cheese and very cute! If you read the Princess Diaries I definitely recommend this! If not, read the Princess Diaries and then read this!
This book is probably my favorite in the Princess Diaries series. It was fun, breezy, and very easy to read. It only took me an afternoon to read, start to finish, but it was a pleasant way to spend a few hours. It's certainly not a book that will challenge anyone, but every once in awhile I prefer an uncomplicated, dramaless plot, and this book certainly delivers that!
funny
lighthearted
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated