Everyone knows about the movies, but have they read the books?
I have read only 3 books out of 10 in the series, but surely my right as a reader to review the series is justified, right? After all, I have read the first two books and then, the last volume (out of curiosity!).
Written in journal form, reading the Princess Diaries is like reading someone's inner thoughts. Okay, Mia's to be exact. The Princess Diaries starts innocently enough. Helen Thermopolis, celebrated artist, gave her 14 year-old daughter, Amelia (to be known as Mia from here on) a diary because the poor teenage girl has issues. Of course she has issues! Mia is a freak in her school, with her untameable hair and height that makes her stands out like a lamp post.
Boy, does she has more issues when her father, Philippe Renaldo, told her that she is in actuality a Genovian princess and that she has become heir apparent because her father is rendered infertile due to testicular cancer. It doesn't help when she is already failing Algebra, her mom is dating her Algebra teacher, she has to take princess lessons from Grandmere - her crazy royal grandmother from Genovia.
Detailing her life as a school-going royal with a wacky family and even wackier friends, this series is wonderful! It is over-the-top but not pretentious. Mia doesn't pretend to be the nicest princess in the universe. She complains, lies, fights with her best friend and so much more. But all in all, she is just being a normal teenaged girl, who happens to be a princess.
This series is fun, crazy and exciting all rolled into one. Worth reading and rereading. Highly recommended!
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