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Princess Diaries, Volume X: Forever Princess | 
| Author: Meg Cabot
Publisher: HarperTeen
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 373
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Young Adult
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 400
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 8.4 x 5.8 x 1.5
ISBN: 0061232920
EAN: 9780061232923
ASIN: 0061232920
Publication Date: January 1, 2009 (New: This Week)
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p What's a Princess to do? /p p It's Mia's senior year, and things iseem/i great. She aced her senior project, got accepted to her dream college(s), and has her birthday gala coming up . . . not to mention prom, graduation, and Genovia's first-ever elections. /p p What's not to love about her life? Well . . . /p ul liHer senior project? It's a romance novel she secretly wrote, and no one wants to publish it./li liPrince Phillipe's campaign in the Genovian elections isn't going well, thanks to her totally loathsome cousin Rene, who decided to run against him./li liHer boyfriend, J.P., is so sweet and seemingly perfect. But is he ithe/i one? /li liAnd her first love, Michael, is back from Japan . . . and back in her life./li /ul p With Genovia's and her own future hanging in the balance, Mia's got some decisions to make: Which college? Which guy? How can she choose? Especially when what she decides might determine not just the next four years, but . . . forever! /p
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 Forever A Fan January 7, 2009
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
SPOILERS BELOWbr /Pre-Review Warning: This review is not intended to be any sort of formal review. It is a reflection of my thoughts immediately after reading this book, and therefore, there will be caps-locking and excessive exclamation marks. Adjust your mood accordingly.br /br /Oh, I went into reading this with cynicism. Grandmere or Louie were going to die. There was no WAY Mia would come out of this with a boyfriend (I was highly supporting the idea that she'd end up "self-actualized", realizing she didn't need a guy to be awesome). I...did not see this ending well. But, as has happened quite a bit lately, I fell in love. Maybe it's because of personal issues. I'm going through senior year, the same crazy college rush Mia's going through, with some similar personal problems as well. I really don't know. But this book reminded me once and for all why I read YA, and why I am proud to call myself a Princess Diaries fan--why I am proud to scoff at those who laugh and say it's all cliche. Screw them. They don't know a good book, obviously. They don't know a book that relates to the readers, that attracts millions of girls and tells them "hey, go out there and do your OWN thing". They'd rather be reading 'the classics', the ones that will have no immediate impact on their lives. Hm. Sucks to be them. br /The book started out slow. Mia was with J.P. and the person she had become was not a very great one. Slowly but surely as Michael re-enters the picture, the book picks up the momentum found way back in the very first volume that launched this epic story, and Meg Cabot does not lose momentum. Everything ends...perfectly. It's not a "perfect" happily ever after (J.P. is probably not too happy at that moment), but...well, yeah, it really is. It's the most genuine, realistic happily ever after Meg Cabot could give her characters, and boy did she deliver. Did the woman channel Barack Obama on that last page or what? br /Give her a hand. Good luck, Mia, we'll see you another day.br /br /Rating: I only wish I could go higher than a 5/5.
A bittersweet and satisfying ending January 6, 2009
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
It's been nearly two years since Princess Mia declared Genovia a democracy, and in that time she's been very busy--too busy to write in her journal. She's had her senior project to work on, her father's campaign for prime minister to worry about, princess lessons to take, and her senior year to finish. But now, just a week before her graduation, Mia's facing some issues. She's been telling a lot lies still, and they're threatening to blow up in her face. Michael has returned from Japan, making for many awkward situations. And her biggest secret of all? Ransom My Heart, her four hundred page senior project--that's actually a romance novel. It's going to be a hectic week for Genovia's princess...br /br /Forever Princess, the final book in the Princess Diaries series, is full of the same smart, independent, and fiercely passionate princess we've all known and loved, but with a bit more maturity and wisdom that has been a long time in coming. The fairy tale elements of the series that have sucked countless girls in are ever present in Forever Princess--the ball gowns and parties, hi-tech gadgets and name dropping to name a few. Throughout it all, Mia is kept down to earth by her flaws and outbursts and true-to-life emotions that readers can identify with. One of the main conflicts of the story is Mia's love life, and readers will root for her as she discovers what it means to truly be in a healthy and happy relationship, and fights for what she wants. Themes of courage, independence, and standing up for yourself are also evident, and Cabot presents them in a convincing style as Mia struggles with the decisions she must make, and her journey through high school and all of her experiences culminate, giving us a Mia who is strong and sure of herself. With a satisfying, optimistic, romantic, and slightly cheesy conclusion fit for a princess, Cabot ensures that Mia goes out with a bang.
Courtesy of Teens Read Too January 6, 2009
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Princess Mia is back in the final installment in the PRINCESS DIARIES series. Mia is ending her senior year and life couldn't be more stressful! Where will Mia go to college? Is her boyfriend, J.P., the one? Will Michael ever return from Japan? And will Mia survive turning eighteen? What's a princess to do? br /br /I have enjoyed the PRINCESS DIARIES series ever since I read the first book and always enjoy escaping into Mia's world. I think what I love most about the series is that Mia's voice is always fresh and funny and makes me giggle with girly happiness. Even though Mia is a princess, she's still a teenager and a geek at heart (which this fellow geek at heart loves). Author Meg Cabot is the queen of teen chick lit and she always captures the perfect voice of teens in her novels. Mia is relatable to teens, but also to older readers looking back on their own teen years. br /br /Coming in at 400 pages, FOREVER PRINCESS is the longest of the PRINCESS DIARIES books and fans are in for a treat. FOREVER PRINCESS is wonderfully funny and charming. Mia has come a long way from her freshman year, and readers who have been following the series will see that Mia, as well as the rest of her friends, have grown up along the way. br /br /But just because Mia and the gang are seniors doesn't mean their crazy adventures are far from over, and Mia again finds herself in over her head. Meg Cabot delivers a winner that I'm sure fans old and new will fall in love with. br /br /I have to admit that as much as I enjoyed this book, I was sad when I finished and I really hope that Meg Cabot will write about Mia's adventures after high school in the future. I'll always be happy to read more about Princess Mia. br /br /Reviewed by: Sarah Bean the Green Bean Teen Queen
Meg Cabot Proves Herself as the Queen of Best Endings!!! January 6, 2009
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Mia is back and the Moscovitzes seem to be making trouble for her, or at least for her sanity. Michael's return (and smell) has Mia throughly confused about her feelings. Lilly is also tentatively talking to her, making Mia suspicious that Lilly may try and pull a "Carrie" and dump pig's blood on her at her party. Not to mention that every time she goes out on a date with J.P., the paparazzi always seem to show up. Mia's lies keep piling up throughout the story and as the saying goes, "Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive". br /br /Though a great story throughout, the truly best parts are at the end where Mia comes to the realization of the rarity of happy endings. Her acceptance of that fact (along with many other indicators) show that Mia has finally grown up, keeping her unique and quirky personality in the process. This absolutely amazing book will have you laughing throughout. And in true Princess Diaries Meg Cabot fashion, it ends in a way that'll make you absolutely sorry and heartbroken to see it end.
 Cliched and Predictable January 6, 2009
3 out of 10 found this review helpful
Everything in this book is utterly predictable - you know she's going to graduate, get into every college she applies to, that her book is going to be published, that JP is the villain, that JP is the reason Lilly is so mad at Mia, that after Mia breaks up with JP, she gets back with Michael and sleeps with him, etc etc. The previous book was crap, and so is this one. There is no love triangle...she never loved JP in the first place. The whole 'triangle' thing was just pathetic, and in the end, there is one message she does not explicitly mention, and it is that you are nothing without a boyfriend, and that you should strive to be popular, as that's the only way to attain happiness. I mean come on, she becomes friends with someone as shallow and self-absorbed as Lana.br /br /It really should have ended at book 3. The rest of the series is just awful.br /br /Oh yeah, and you might want to be wary of spoilers. ;-)
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