*Warning: may contain
spoilers*
Book
four picks up from where the third instalment ended: Mia and Michael are
officially dating after kissing at the school winter dance, but Mia soon has to
leave her beau as she heads to Genovia for Christmas. This wouldn’t be a
problem if her Grandmere could accept her relationship status, instead she’s
keen to hook her granddaughter up with pretty much any other man, the more
respectable, the better. Mia is infatuated though and it appears the honeymoon
period is extended.
Grandmere
tells Mia that girls should play hard to get and with this in mind, Mia and
Tina have a pact: they’ll read Jane Eyre and act similarly to the Heroine in
the novel. Unfortunately for Tina, Dave isn’t her Mr Rochester and it all ends
in tears. On the other hand, Mia is shocked when Michael finally asks her out
on a date – but of course, things for the princess don’t run smoothly.
Grandmere has scheduled a formal event that same evening and it’s one that must
be attended – even more so when it turn out Lana will be there (their
grandmothers know each other!). But will she make it to the date?
Her
love life isn’t the only drama Mia has to contend with – she’s still flunking
school and attending Gifted and Talented (the most pointless class!), even
though she believes she’s neither gifted, nor talented. After all, Lilly has
her own TV show, Michael is an amazing musician and even Ling Su is a great
artist. If Mia wants to achieve self-actualisation, she has to realise she has
a talent – it takes her a while to figure out, that talent is writing.
Book
four heavily focuses on Mia’s relationship with Michael and for that reason, I
didn’t enjoy it as much. Mia is portrayed as needy and whiny and it just wasn’t
believable enough – I don’t believe that American girls would make so much fuss
for a guy and it definitely wasn’t the way my friends and I were, when we were
growing up. Yes, at 15, you might get your first actual boyfriend, but you’re
not going to be fretting about it.
I
enjoyed book three, so hope that this one was just a blip before book five –
things have to go right for our princess in the end, don’t they?
Love,
Lucy xx
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