what am I saying? I doubt this would have saved this book, because in the end neither the story itself nor the characters worked for me. Tell the story a bit more slowly and with only half the twists and turns and give the characters a little more depth and. Apart from the narrative style that needed some getting used to, the story about the young royal couple was disturbingly fast-paced, thus confusing, and very soon started to feel just way over-the-top. The things that make you buy, and want to read, a book can often be deceiving as it was for me in this particular case. Apart from the narrative style that needed some getting used to, the story about the young royal couple was disturbingly fast-p Once again a pick from my chick lit TBR book stack, I this time found myself in a fairytale-like story, filled with intrigue and scandal, told by a wannabe royal biographer, with a penchant for Bruce Springsteen songs. Doesn't sound so bad now, does it? The things that make you buy, and want to read, a book can often be deceiving as it was for me in this particular case. Once again a pick from my chick lit TBR book stack, I this time found myself in a fairytale-like story, filled with intrigue and scandal, told by a wannabe royal biographer, with a penchant for Bruce Springsteen songs. This contemporary fairy tale sports surprising secrets, hidden identities, and an anonymous narrator whose personal stake in revealing the story is gradually exposed.more Under Geoffrey's tutelage, which comes in the form of Bruce Springsteen lyrics, Isabella becomes the model of everything good and chic - until tragedy strikes: an airplane piloted by Geoffrey, with the Prince as passenger, crashes, and only one body washes ashore. But being the wife to the heir to the throne is a complicated matter, and Isabella's every aching misstep soon earns her the title "Dizzy Izzy."ĭetermined to find herself a trustworthy adviser, she enlists her former car mechanic Geoffrey and brings him and his wife to live with them in Bisbania. Spunky, plucky Isabella Cordage has taken Bisbania's royal family by storm, having fallen in love with the Prince. But being the wife to the heir to the throne is a complicated matter, and Isabella's ever The Princess Diaries for adults! This clever and witty debut follows a fictitious princess whose royal advisor is a mechanic who takes his advice from Bruce Springsteen. The Princess Diaries for adults! This clever and witty debut follows a fictitious princess whose royal advisor is a mechanic who takes his advice from Bruce Springsteen.
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