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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
I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This is no way impacted in my view.
When I first heard that Meg Cabot would be returning to the Princess Diaries' world in a new, adult book, I was so excited. As I'd grown up with Mia, I could wait to see how she was handling adulthood, and Royal Wedding was absolutely wonderful!
In Royal Wedding, we return to the life of a 26 year old Princess Mia, who is in a wonderful relationship with Michael, who later becomes her fiancé (as the title suggests), is dealing with helping her father rule Genovia, and overcoming some quite major issues - namely discovering that she has a long lost 12 year old half sister, Olivia. The past few years have been really good for Mia. She's secure in her relationship with Michael, even with the paparazzi questioning why they aren't engaged, and is running a community centre for teens in honour of her late stepfather. However, problems start coming thick and fast. Her father, Philippe, has been arrested for speeding, and is facing harsh political opposition, the paparazzi are hounding her about everything from her relationship to her political views, she has a stalker who seems quite crazy, and then there's the unbelievable announcement that she has a half sister, living only 50 miles away in New Jersey. Oh, and also something else, but that's quite spoilery - I can safely say it's something worth waiting to read for.
Considering I only read book 1 last week, it was very weird to jump between the events of them both. However, I'm really pleased with how things have transpired in the meantime, and even though I know what will happen in the future, I'm still looking forward to reading books 2-10. Both this book and From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess cover the same time period, so there is some overlap. It was nice to see both Mia's and Olivia's thoughts on discovering they were sisters, and I'm not actually sure who's voice I preferred. As said earlier, this book is classified as adult, as Mia is now 26, in a committed relationship, etc. However, there were no explicit scenes as such, just allusions to sexual themes, so I think older teenagers would have no problem reading it.
Mia and Michael have always been one of my all time OTPs, and to see them so happy in this book was a dream come true. Because of the events of this book, I'm actually desperate for book 12, even though I finished Royal Wedding less than an hour ago. The romance was exactly as I'd imagined it would be between Mia and Michael as adults, and I'm so happy with where they are in their lives. We also saw many old faces from the original series, including Lilly, Tina, Lana, Lars, etc., all of whom were perfect companions for Mia.
Her family was just as wacky as always. Clarisse will always have a soft spot in my heart, and quotes of hers such as 'But I don't have my eyebrows on! I can't meet my only other grand-children with no eyebrows.' (p323) endeared her even more. Developments between Mia's parents ensured they'd both be in her life in further books. Knowing that Mia will have a full family unit of parents, grandmother, half-siblings, and a new husband to help her with her future in Genovia makes me sure she'll be perfectly fine!
Overall, I could not have asked for a more wonderful return to Mia's life. Being the 15th anniversary year of The Princess Diaries release, Royal Wedding has come at the perfect time, and Cabot should be very proud of her work over the years. I know I was overwhelmed by this story throughout every book, and Royal Wedding was no exception. I honestly could not recommend this enough.
When I first heard that Meg Cabot would be returning to the Princess Diaries' world in a new, adult book, I was so excited. As I'd grown up with Mia, I could wait to see how she was handling adulthood, and Royal Wedding was absolutely wonderful!
In Royal Wedding, we return to the life of a 26 year old Princess Mia, who is in a wonderful relationship with Michael, who later becomes her fiancé (as the title suggests), is dealing with helping her father rule Genovia, and overcoming some quite major issues - namely discovering that she has a long lost 12 year old half sister, Olivia. The past few years have been really good for Mia. She's secure in her relationship with Michael, even with the paparazzi questioning why they aren't engaged, and is running a community centre for teens in honour of her late stepfather. However, problems start coming thick and fast. Her father, Philippe, has been arrested for speeding, and is facing harsh political opposition, the paparazzi are hounding her about everything from her relationship to her political views, she has a stalker who seems quite crazy, and then there's the unbelievable announcement that she has a half sister, living only 50 miles away in New Jersey. Oh, and also something else, but that's quite spoilery - I can safely say it's something worth waiting to read for.
Considering I only read book 1 last week, it was very weird to jump between the events of them both. However, I'm really pleased with how things have transpired in the meantime, and even though I know what will happen in the future, I'm still looking forward to reading books 2-10. Both this book and From the Notebooks of a Middle School Princess cover the same time period, so there is some overlap. It was nice to see both Mia's and Olivia's thoughts on discovering they were sisters, and I'm not actually sure who's voice I preferred. As said earlier, this book is classified as adult, as Mia is now 26, in a committed relationship, etc. However, there were no explicit scenes as such, just allusions to sexual themes, so I think older teenagers would have no problem reading it.
Mia and Michael have always been one of my all time OTPs, and to see them so happy in this book was a dream come true. Because of the events of this book, I'm actually desperate for book 12, even though I finished Royal Wedding less than an hour ago. The romance was exactly as I'd imagined it would be between Mia and Michael as adults, and I'm so happy with where they are in their lives. We also saw many old faces from the original series, including Lilly, Tina, Lana, Lars, etc., all of whom were perfect companions for Mia.
Her family was just as wacky as always. Clarisse will always have a soft spot in my heart, and quotes of hers such as 'But I don't have my eyebrows on! I can't meet my only other grand-children with no eyebrows.' (p323) endeared her even more. Developments between Mia's parents ensured they'd both be in her life in further books. Knowing that Mia will have a full family unit of parents, grandmother, half-siblings, and a new husband to help her with her future in Genovia makes me sure she'll be perfectly fine!
Overall, I could not have asked for a more wonderful return to Mia's life. Being the 15th anniversary year of The Princess Diaries release, Royal Wedding has come at the perfect time, and Cabot should be very proud of her work over the years. I know I was overwhelmed by this story throughout every book, and Royal Wedding was no exception. I honestly could not recommend this enough.
3.75 stars
Well, while I have some conflicting feelings and issues with this book, I have to say that I still enjoyed reading about Mia and her crazy family again. There were some really funny moments, and I absolutely love Michael, Lilly, and the rest of Mia's friends. :)
Well, while I have some conflicting feelings and issues with this book, I have to say that I still enjoyed reading about Mia and her crazy family again. There were some really funny moments, and I absolutely love Michael, Lilly, and the rest of Mia's friends. :)
I can't really give this book anything less than 5 stars, because it was really cute. There were a couple of details that annoyed me, but I just really love this series and I loved seeing these characters all "grown up". I love love loved Michael in this one. I loved Lilly throughout the whole book and that's a first! I think everything ended a bit too perfectly, and there were a couple of really strained things, but overall, I really loved this
Adult Mia is far more mature than teenage Mia. (Thank goodness!)
I NEED more books with Adult Mia.
I NEED more books with Adult Mia.
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Well hellooooooooo 2021, here's hoping you're a damn sight better than 2020 (both reading wise and just in general). I don't think I could have picked a better book to open the year with; Royal Wedding was a lot of fun, made me laugh a lot, and was a really nice conclusion to what I'm sure was for many a very nostalgic series. I never read The Princess Diaries books as a kid (though I always loved the movies) but I found myself in need of something light and fluffy to get through the end of last year and these provided a great solution (even if I was slightly over the target audience shhhhhh). I've learnt about a new book rating system called CAWPILE (go check out the youtuber Book Roasts if you want to learn more about it) that I want to try out since a 2021 goal of mine is to write more thorough reviews. So here we go...
Title: Royal Wedding
Author: Meg Cabot
Page Count: 448
Rating: 7.57/10
Stars: 4/5
Characters - 8/10
I really love the characters in this series; they're likable, they're funny, but most of all they're real. It's been a lot of fun to see Mia grow as a character over the books, and particularly these last two, and see her retain that adorkable quality about her but still grow into a mature young woman. Michael is as usual just chilling in the background being hilarious and Meg Cabot managed to continue their chemistry and develop their relationship without ever losing that what made us fall in love with them in the first place. I will admit that Lilly was never my favourite character in the series but she really grew on me in this book. She still had that sardonic and sarcastic essence about her but Cabot managed to soften her as she'd grown older so her barbs had less sting. Tina, Lars, and Mia's parents were great as well, there was enough of them to exemplify the story without overwhelming it. Grandmere hadn't changed of course but would we have it any other way, and I actually really liked the addition of Olivia. It can be very easy to write an annoying child character, especially when the rest of the cast are all adults, but Cabot managed to toe the line of keeping her realistic without having her get on my nerves.
Atmosphere - 6/10
I will freely admit that The Princess Diaries aren't particularly atmospheric and Royal Wedding isn't any different. But then they don't really need to be. For me atmosphere tends to be most important in fantasy books, or even contemporary that deal with darker subjects, but Royal Wedding isn't that type of book. It deals with normal (more-or-less) people dealing with normal (more-or-less) problems. Yeah, Mia might be the heir to a Principality but a lot of the things she deals with could be experienced by you or me. So I don't need the atmosphere to enjoy this book, it functions well enough without it.
Writing Style - 7/10
Much like the atmosphere, the writing style of Royal Wedding is serviceable for what the book is aiming to do. No, it doesn't have beautifully lyrical moments, but Meg Cabot does utilise the diary format well. Drawing nice moments of poignancy as well as humour from it; she takes the style, and makes it work for the book.
Plot - 8/10
This book had quite a lot of plot packed into it, but Cabot did well and none of the storylines felt undercooked. We see Mia deal with her father and his issues running for prime minister again, a beautiful proposal from Michael and all the issues that come from planning a royal wedding (especially with Grandmere thrown into the mix), and even finding out that she's pregnant thrown in as well, which, I'm not going to lie, was hilarious. The storyline I want to touch on though is Mia's secret half-sister. When this storyline began I was not convinced I was going to like where it was heading. But Cabot surprised me with the care she took with it, and I ended up really enjoying where it went. The ending was also really satisfying. We saw Mia's parents end up back together, but in a way that didn't feel disrespectful to Helen's time with Frank nor their time apart, and move to Genovia with Olivia and Rocky. Mia's friends all ended up somewhere happy and where they wanted to go which is always nice to see. And we see Mia finally ready to take the throne alongside a prime minister who she works well with, pregnant, and marrying Michael. Yeah, it was wrapped up in a nice bow, and maybe that's a little unrealistic but I do not give af - I liked it.
Intrigue - 9/10
I mean, I wanted to keep reading and find out how it ended. So, imma go ahead and say the intrigue was there.
Logic - 6/10
Look, at some point, when you're reading a book about a girl who at age 14 finds out she's actually the daughter of a European prince and will one day assume the throne and you're about to read a 10 book series about her trials and tribulations doing so, you just have to suspend disbelief. And if the book is good enough, you'll want to bend those internal laws of logic and just enjoy the fiction. Royal Wedding and the entire The Princess Diaries series really is that type of book.
Enjoyment - 9/10
At the end of the day, reading Royal Wedding was an enjoyable time. I loved the characters, I loved what was happening with the plot, and it made me laugh. I never really wanted to put the book down, I just wanted to keep reading. So yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and give it a 9/10 for that category.
So when I tally up all those scores, and average them according to the CAWPILE method, I end up with a score of 7.57 out of 10, which translates to 4 stars, which feels right. The Princess Diaries had been a solid 3 star series so far and this definitely felt like a step up from that. If you've never read this series I definitely recommend giving it a go, even if you think it's a little young for you; I think whatever your age, you'll find something to take away from these books. And if nothing else, they're pretty good for a laugh, and after 2020, I think we could all use that.
Title: Royal Wedding
Author: Meg Cabot
Page Count: 448
Rating: 7.57/10
Stars: 4/5
Characters - 8/10
I really love the characters in this series; they're likable, they're funny, but most of all they're real. It's been a lot of fun to see Mia grow as a character over the books, and particularly these last two, and see her retain that adorkable quality about her but still grow into a mature young woman. Michael is as usual just chilling in the background being hilarious and Meg Cabot managed to continue their chemistry and develop their relationship without ever losing that what made us fall in love with them in the first place. I will admit that Lilly was never my favourite character in the series but she really grew on me in this book. She still had that sardonic and sarcastic essence about her but Cabot managed to soften her as she'd grown older so her barbs had less sting. Tina, Lars, and Mia's parents were great as well, there was enough of them to exemplify the story without overwhelming it. Grandmere hadn't changed of course but would we have it any other way, and I actually really liked the addition of Olivia. It can be very easy to write an annoying child character, especially when the rest of the cast are all adults, but Cabot managed to toe the line of keeping her realistic without having her get on my nerves.
Atmosphere - 6/10
I will freely admit that The Princess Diaries aren't particularly atmospheric and Royal Wedding isn't any different. But then they don't really need to be. For me atmosphere tends to be most important in fantasy books, or even contemporary that deal with darker subjects, but Royal Wedding isn't that type of book. It deals with normal (more-or-less) people dealing with normal (more-or-less) problems. Yeah, Mia might be the heir to a Principality but a lot of the things she deals with could be experienced by you or me. So I don't need the atmosphere to enjoy this book, it functions well enough without it.
Writing Style - 7/10
Much like the atmosphere, the writing style of Royal Wedding is serviceable for what the book is aiming to do. No, it doesn't have beautifully lyrical moments, but Meg Cabot does utilise the diary format well. Drawing nice moments of poignancy as well as humour from it; she takes the style, and makes it work for the book.
Plot - 8/10
This book had quite a lot of plot packed into it, but Cabot did well and none of the storylines felt undercooked. We see Mia deal with her father and his issues running for prime minister again, a beautiful proposal from Michael and all the issues that come from planning a royal wedding (especially with Grandmere thrown into the mix), and even finding out that she's pregnant thrown in as well, which, I'm not going to lie, was hilarious. The storyline I want to touch on though is Mia's secret half-sister. When this storyline began I was not convinced I was going to like where it was heading. But Cabot surprised me with the care she took with it, and I ended up really enjoying where it went. The ending was also really satisfying. We saw Mia's parents end up back together, but in a way that didn't feel disrespectful to Helen's time with Frank nor their time apart, and move to Genovia with Olivia and Rocky. Mia's friends all ended up somewhere happy and where they wanted to go which is always nice to see. And we see Mia finally ready to take the throne alongside a prime minister who she works well with, pregnant, and marrying Michael. Yeah, it was wrapped up in a nice bow, and maybe that's a little unrealistic but I do not give af - I liked it.
Intrigue - 9/10
I mean, I wanted to keep reading and find out how it ended. So, imma go ahead and say the intrigue was there.
Logic - 6/10
Look, at some point, when you're reading a book about a girl who at age 14 finds out she's actually the daughter of a European prince and will one day assume the throne and you're about to read a 10 book series about her trials and tribulations doing so, you just have to suspend disbelief. And if the book is good enough, you'll want to bend those internal laws of logic and just enjoy the fiction. Royal Wedding and the entire The Princess Diaries series really is that type of book.
Enjoyment - 9/10
At the end of the day, reading Royal Wedding was an enjoyable time. I loved the characters, I loved what was happening with the plot, and it made me laugh. I never really wanted to put the book down, I just wanted to keep reading. So yeah, I'm gonna go ahead and give it a 9/10 for that category.
So when I tally up all those scores, and average them according to the CAWPILE method, I end up with a score of 7.57 out of 10, which translates to 4 stars, which feels right. The Princess Diaries had been a solid 3 star series so far and this definitely felt like a step up from that. If you've never read this series I definitely recommend giving it a go, even if you think it's a little young for you; I think whatever your age, you'll find something to take away from these books. And if nothing else, they're pretty good for a laugh, and after 2020, I think we could all use that.
Although it was great hearing from Mia again after so long, I kind of felt like the book was rushed. I would have liked to have read more about the wedding planning and the actual wedding ceremony itself.
I absolutely loved this book.
It is exactly how I pictured adult Mia to be, filled with the same humour as the Princess Diaries books 1-10, the same amount of entries per day, the same creativity.
I enjoyed the entire thing, from start to finish, and I absolutely loved being back in Mia's world. Even if the wedding part was only in the last 20 pages or so. The lead up to it, the twists, turns, and surprises made it all worth it.
And leaves me hankering for more Princess Diaries books.
5/5 stars.
It is exactly how I pictured adult Mia to be, filled with the same humour as the Princess Diaries books 1-10, the same amount of entries per day, the same creativity.
I enjoyed the entire thing, from start to finish, and I absolutely loved being back in Mia's world. Even if the wedding part was only in the last 20 pages or so. The lead up to it, the twists, turns, and surprises made it all worth it.
And leaves me hankering for more Princess Diaries books.
5/5 stars.
I'm fine. I'm just flooding my room with tears of joy over this book right now. No big deal.
A strong reboot of the series, Cabot managed to revive the amazing spirit of a character I enjoyed so much!
