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Princess on the Brink
272 pages
A hilarious, hyper-verbal spiral into the anxieties of impending adulthood and the terrifying pressure of romantic milestones.
What it feels like
Reading this feels like intercepting the private, frantic thoughts of your most dramatic but endearing best friend. The narrative moves at a brisk, breathless clip, propelled by stream-of-consciousness diary entries that perfectly capture the chaotic energy of being a teenager on the precipice of adulthood. The mood is a delightful mix of high-stakes angst and laugh-out-loud absurdity, balancing the very real, heavy anxieties of shifting relationship dynamics with the mundane horrors of high school math. It is a deeply relatable exploration of intimacy, the fear of abandonment, and the messy process of figuring out your own boundaries. Fans of witty, voice-driven YA will devour this bittersweet, hilarious snapshot of growing up and letting go.
- Mood
- chaotic
- angsty
- lighthearted
- frenetic
- Tone
- neurotic
- dramatic
- humorous
- earnest
- self-deprecating
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- navigating intimacy · fear of change · teenage anxiety · coming of age · relationship milestones
- The writing
- Hyper-conversational and exclamation-heavy, reading exactly like the frantic, stream-of-consciousness diary of an overthinking teenager.
- The arc
- Moves from frantic, desperate attempts to control the future to a bittersweet, mature acceptance of inevitable change.
- Who it's for
- Anyone who loves a deeply relatable, hilariously dramatic protagonist spiraling over the messy realities of growing up and romantic milestones.
Content notes
- discussions of sex and virginity
- mild teenage drinking
About the book
At last, Mia is a junior. An upperclassperson. Free of her responsibilities as student body president. So why is it that everything is going so terribly wrong? What is she doing in Intro to Creative Writing? When she has made it through Algebra and Geometry, why must she be faced with Precalculus? And for the love of all that is Genovian, why has Lilly nominated her for school prez again? All this is nothing compared to the news Michael springs on her, however. On top of all the mathematical strife, her beloved boyfriend is leaving for Japan for a year. Precalc has nothing on preparing for the worst separation ever
Turns out there is one way she might convince Michael to stay. But will she? Or won't she? No matter what, Mia seems headed for disaster.
Description from Open Library.
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