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Royal wedding disaster
282 pages
A delightfully chaotic peek into the diary of an ordinary girl navigating extraordinary royal expectations and everyday middle school drama.
What it feels like
Reading this book feels like sneaking a look at your best friend's highly entertaining, doodle-filled diary. The pace is brisk and bouncy, propelled by short, chatty entries that perfectly capture the breathless drama of being a tween. It wraps the reader in a lighthearted, chaotic mood where royal wedding preparations and middle school social politics are treated with the exact same level of world-ending urgency. The prose is conversational and earnest, full of capital letters and exclamation points that make the narrator's anxieties and triumphs feel incredibly immediate. It is a cozy, upbeat experience that will absolutely delight young readers who crave relatable school struggles wrapped in the glittering, wish-fulfilling fantasy of sudden royalty.
- Mood
- lighthearted
- chaotic
- upbeat
- cozy
- Tone
- humorous
- earnest
- conversational
- dramatic
- Pace
- brisk
- Themes
- navigating family expectations · middle school social dynamics · sibling bonds · finding self-confidence
- The writing
- The writing is chatty, highly expressive, and formatted as a doodle-filled diary that perfectly captures a tween's breathless inner monologue.
- The arc
- The protagonist moves from feeling overwhelmed by sudden royal expectations and school drama to finding her own confident footing.
- Who it's for
- Middle-grade readers who devour diary-format stories and love a mix of relatable school drama and wish-fulfillment fantasy.
Content notes
- mild bullying
About the book
While helping her half-sister, the ruler of Genovia, prepare for her royal wedding, Princess Olivia finds herself facing snooty cousins, school, and princess lessons with Grandmère.
Description from Open Library.
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