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Princess Mia's junior year in high school begins with a difficult course load, a crazy student council race, Grandmere's search for temporary lodging, and learning that her boyfriend is moving to Japan for a year, partly because she will not sleep with him.
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LibraryThing member Librarygirl66
Princess Mia's junior year in high school begins with a difficult course load, a crazy student council race, Grandmere's search for temporary lodging, and learning that her boyfriend is moving to Japan for a year, partly because she will not sleep with him.
LibraryThing member adge73
One of my favorites in one of my favorite series -- very hard to put down. A lot of big things happen and Cabot does a particularly good job with the text. I laughed; I cried. I can't wait for #9!
LibraryThing member magst
This latest installment of the Princess Diaries series is a little more serious then the others before it. It deals with teen's having sex. I'm not sure how I feel about the topic and how it was portrayed in the book.
LibraryThing member francescadefreitas
Just as I was getting all snarky about the standard formula for these books, the carpet is pulled out from underneath my feet! This did not end as I expected at all. I am very keen to read on -I was getting tired, but my interest is once again engaged. It is possible that Mia may just grow up a
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LibraryThing member mjmbecky
Mia continues to feel pressure to have sex with her boyfriend Michael, but just isn't ready. When he announces that he'll be heading to Japan to work on a robotic, surgical arm, Mia wonders if giving in to sex will keep him home?
With the start of this book, I felt like the series as a whole headed
I really enjoyed this book and felt that it was smart, funny, and realistic to teens today. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and had to quickly read the last two once I finished!
With the start of this book, I felt like the series as a whole headed
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into the climax of its arc (no pun intended there). With the tension between Mia and Michael, we begin to wonder how things will work out for Mia, not in the short term, but more in the future. I really enjoyed this book and felt that it was smart, funny, and realistic to teens today. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and had to quickly read the last two once I finished!
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LibraryThing member benuathanasia
Biggest figgin' drama queen ever. She winds up in the nurse's office for mental breakdowns more than anyone, real or fake, I've ever heard of before. And the vast majority of her issues she brings on herself. I feel so bad for poor Lars having to put up with her shit constantly. I agree with her
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for being mad at Michael for being so lackadaisical about sex, but, as usual, she made things a hundred times worse than they needed to be. The only way this series can end decently for me is A)Michael and Mia NEVER get back together (they're horrible for each other), B)Mia winds up with JP (unless he becomes scuzzy as I fear will happen) and c) Lilly gets punched right in her pug nose. Show Less
LibraryThing member princess-starr
If it wasn’t for the last fifteen pages of this book, I would have probably stopped reading the series as a whole. One of the things that I love about the first few books is that Mia is such a relatable character, and that’s why you want to keep rooting for her. By the time you get to book
In one of my other reviews, I mentioned that one of my big problems with long running series is the tendency for main characters to default to their original personalities even after several books of character development. These last three Princess Diaries books are a glaring example of this trait and it really grates on me.
(Also, the random screenplay excerpts really bothered me, if only for giving the long-time readers information that we already know. *sigh*)
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eight, though, she’s started to become more self-centered and whiny, and it really shows in this. The fact that her first reaction to learning about Michael’s leaving is “OMG YOU HATE ME DON’T YOU??” instead of actually listening to his reasons and thinking about their relationship. The endless waffling that goes on in her head also doesn’t help, since her whole goal is to get Michael to stay, instead of reminding him that “I don’t care what people think of our relationship, I love you.” But the real wallbanger for me is Mia going ON AND ON about losing “my precious gift!” There’s such a derailment of her character over the whole sex question in this series, particularly the emphasis on losing one’s virginity. At the very least, several other characters point out how stupid the whole idea of “your precious gift” and keeping one’s self pure. (To quote her mother, “It’s just sex.”) I’m also not a fan of JP’s derailing into an alternate love interest—I liked him a lot better in the previous book, but his increasingly obvious attempts to get Mia just irked me. Like I said, I would have stopped reading the series if it wasn’t for the fact that Mia wised up and realized that she was being a horrible and selfish person to her friends. A little disappointed that this happens near the very end, right as I wish to reach into the book and smack her, but at least she realizes her flaws and tries to redeem them. If anything I really liked about this is Michael—he feels at times the only rounded and mature character in the whole series. (And he also reveals that he’s not perfect either! I love the fact that he has casual sex and has no hang-ups about it!) In one of my other reviews, I mentioned that one of my big problems with long running series is the tendency for main characters to default to their original personalities even after several books of character development. These last three Princess Diaries books are a glaring example of this trait and it really grates on me.
(Also, the random screenplay excerpts really bothered me, if only for giving the long-time readers information that we already know. *sigh*)
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LibraryThing member sszkutak
In this installment, Mia is still a mess - which is kind of the fun of reading these books. As she overthinks everything, all of it falls apart around her and she has to pick up the pieces, learn to deal, or let it all get to her and she does many of these.
If you have not read the other books in
Mia is still acting like a child in the beginning of this book when she realizes that she is put in the wrong classes, but really she is over-reacting, as always, and I think that she needs to realize it is all really for the best - sadly she doesn't. I found this to be annoying, Mia is privileged and normally has her problems solved for her by the help of others, but she was really whiny about this and just because you think you are great at something doesn't mean you shouldn't want to start at the beginning.
The the book got a little sad, Mia is trying to deal with the fact that Michael wants to better himself and move internationally to work on a project - and it is sad because it does not really click for her that he is doing it for both himself and to better himself for her.
As most these books are, this one again was funny, but as we get further into the series I wanted and expected so see more growth out of Mia and did not get a lot of that. This plot was much more active than a lot of the others though, so I give it props for that.
If you have not read the other books in
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the series, this review might be a bit confusing. Mia is still acting like a child in the beginning of this book when she realizes that she is put in the wrong classes, but really she is over-reacting, as always, and I think that she needs to realize it is all really for the best - sadly she doesn't. I found this to be annoying, Mia is privileged and normally has her problems solved for her by the help of others, but she was really whiny about this and just because you think you are great at something doesn't mean you shouldn't want to start at the beginning.
The the book got a little sad, Mia is trying to deal with the fact that Michael wants to better himself and move internationally to work on a project - and it is sad because it does not really click for her that he is doing it for both himself and to better himself for her.
As most these books are, this one again was funny, but as we get further into the series I wanted and expected so see more growth out of Mia and did not get a lot of that. This plot was much more active than a lot of the others though, so I give it props for that.
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LibraryThing member MynTop
I was a little disappointed in this installment. First of all, it was rather short for not being one of the "in between" books. Second of all, it seemed to end too abruptly. I understand cliffhangers, but this was was like out of nowhere.
I started feeling like Lilly was going to redeem herself with
Mia and Michael...why? My heart is breaking... I have to start book 9 like right now.
I started feeling like Lilly was going to redeem herself with
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her sympathy for Mia and then she turned right around and started being a witch again. And while I understand her being upset at the end of the book, I would think that a "best friend" would at least listen to what Mia had to say about what happened.Mia and Michael...why? My heart is breaking... I have to start book 9 like right now.
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