It's finally here, ::gulp::, the very last Princess Diaries book. Picking up nearly two years after the last one, the final book in the series starts with Mia Thermopolis's (Princess of Genovia's) last day few weeks of school, leading up to the prom. Readers will recall that in book nine, Mia started dating JP, formerly known as the guy who picks the corn out of his cafeteria chili, and became depressed over her break-up with Michael (her best friend's brother, and her boyfriend of more than a year). A lot has happened in two years, the biggest thing being that Mia has penned a romance novel. She's been getting rejections left and right for her book, having sent it out under a pen name to ensure no one's picking up publishing rights based on her being famous. Meanwhile, she's been accepted to every college she applied to, even though she bombed the math part of the SAT.
But there are bigger crises in Mia's life, largely that she's lying about everything. No one except her family knows she was accepted to all these colleges; she told everyone at school that she only got into the University of Genovia. And she also told everyone that her senior project was on the history of Genovian olive oil pressing, circa 1254-1650 -- not a romance novel! The biggest lie she's told, it turns out, is one she told herself. If she really loved JP, how could she be losing sleep over Michael's reappearance. If she really loved JP, then why does the smell of Michael's neck send her into a tizzy?
The final book will surely please Princess Diaries fans. It has some twists and turns I didn't see coming, plus those laugh-out-loud moments you've grown so used to having Mia Thermopolis provide.
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Four stars
Recommended to: the vast Meg Cabot and Princess Diaries fanbase
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