jazzyjan94's review against another edition
3.0
This review appears on my blog: https://confessionsofabookwormweb.wordpress.com/2020/08/12/book-review-party-princess-the-princess-diaries-7-by-meg-cabot/
***WARNING THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THIS BOOK AND THE PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES***
Party Princess picks up six months after the events of Princess in Training. Mia discovers that the student council is broe and she somehow needs to raise $5,000 in order to pay for the hall that graduation will be held at - and hopes that the valedictorian doesn't find out and kick her butt. Enter Grandmere who has a plan to help Mia raise money, putting on that she has written based on Genovian history called "Braid!". Oh, and she expects Mia and her friends to put it on within a week, in front of a bunch of celebrities!
To top it all off, Michael is having a party at his parents' place and Mia is nervous because she is not a party girl and she wants to prove to him that she is one - which ends up being a disasters. Also, Lana (Mia's nemesis) discovers that the student council is bankrupt and blackmails Mia into getting her tickets for Grandmere's fundraising event.
Lilly's also decided that she is going to create a school literary magazine to help earn money for the student council, and she is including a story that Mia wrote called "No More Corn" based on a student at their school that she refers to as "the guy who hates it when they put corn in the chili." Only, now they have all gotten to know him, J.P., through the musical and Mia doesn't want to hurt his feelings.
Overall, this was an okay read, however Mia seemed as shallow as ever. This is probably one of my least favorite installments in the series, however it is worth reading it to get to the rest of the books in the series. 2.5/5 Stars.
***WARNING THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THIS BOOK AND THE PREVIOUS BOOKS IN THE SERIES***
Party Princess picks up six months after the events of Princess in Training. Mia discovers that the student council is broe and she somehow needs to raise $5,000 in order to pay for the hall that graduation will be held at - and hopes that the valedictorian doesn't find out and kick her butt. Enter Grandmere who has a plan to help Mia raise money, putting on that she has written based on Genovian history called "Braid!". Oh, and she expects Mia and her friends to put it on within a week, in front of a bunch of celebrities!
To top it all off, Michael is having a party at his parents' place and Mia is nervous because she is not a party girl and she wants to prove to him that she is one - which ends up being a disasters. Also, Lana (Mia's nemesis) discovers that the student council is bankrupt and blackmails Mia into getting her tickets for Grandmere's fundraising event.
Lilly's also decided that she is going to create a school literary magazine to help earn money for the student council, and she is including a story that Mia wrote called "No More Corn" based on a student at their school that she refers to as "the guy who hates it when they put corn in the chili." Only, now they have all gotten to know him, J.P., through the musical and Mia doesn't want to hurt his feelings.
Overall, this was an okay read, however Mia seemed as shallow as ever. This is probably one of my least favorite installments in the series, however it is worth reading it to get to the rest of the books in the series. 2.5/5 Stars.
jessicatamm92's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 stars!
Flying through these last few books so I can read A Royal Wedding! It's just sitting on my nightstand STARING at me!
This is also the first book I've finished for the #TBRTakedown Readathon! 288 pages read so far!
Flying through these last few books so I can read A Royal Wedding! It's just sitting on my nightstand STARING at me!
This is also the first book I've finished for the #TBRTakedown Readathon! 288 pages read so far!
softstuff513's review against another edition
5.0
Michael still annoys me but these books are always winners
scarletsky's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
caity1987's review against another edition
4.0
Who want's to party or at least start to. Mia always seems to get into interesting situations with her cohort of friends because of her grandmother. But when things get rough she turns to her friends to help with what is going on. So If it is a fun read you want this is the book for you.
courtneyshek's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
1.5
This one was a wild one. Though felt myself racing to finish it. I just wanted to know if they pulled the play off.
kricketa's review against another edition
3.0
poor mia, so oblivious...
still having fun listening though.
still having fun listening though.
ada_miko's review against another edition
funny
fast-paced
4.0
Jedna z lepszych części jak do tej pory
mehsi's review against another edition
4.0
Mia is back again! This time she in for a party!
I really don’t like the wait between these books! Now I have to wait until the end of March again to read the next 2 books in this series! Arghhh!
Because, yes, I am enjoying this, maybe because I am slowly starting to just not see some stuff in the book. The feminism, or vegetarian life style which is promoted as being so awesome (and Oh WOOEE is us if you dare to be a meat-eater). Don’t get me wrong. Feminism is good (well some parts, like women having the same rights as men, work open for both male/female + same pay for both, girls going to school), vegetarian is totally cool, but (big BUT) I don’t need it to be pushed in my face constantly. Which is what some books do, and it is just frustrating. Getting stuff pushed in my face doesn’t make me go for a certain something, if anything, it will make me go running.
So yeah, I am slowly just starting to turn my brain off during some parts.
Mia was pretty good in this book, though her insecurities and the way she acts, don’t really match with a 15/16 year old. At least not for me.
At times I still feel Mia is like 12 years old, instead of her almost 16. At times we see her mature side, and thankfully she does have a good mature side, but often we see her running around as a headless chicken. Which is a shame. I would love to see Mia’s mature side more. I just couldn’t see what Michael sees in her. Sorry. She can be quite lovely, but what the hell was she thinking during that party? What was she wearing? And why is she so easily swayed to believe one person’s things? Why did she immediately go ahead and think that Michael hates her. Sure, he ignored her, and that mustn’t have helped. But come on girl, the world doesn’t revolve around you.
Also could you just stop acting like the mom around your brother? It is creepy and not healthy.
Now the review sounds pretty negative, and I did give it a 4 star. That is because even with all that, I still enjoyed the story, the romantic moments (we need more of those), the side-characters (with the exception of Lilly, because dear Lord, if there is one character I would like to obliterate from the planet it is her), the Musical, the whole we don’t have money and we can’t let anyone know about this, the name of the zine, J.P (I know he counts as a side character, but he deserves some love, since he was totally great and I hope he will pop up in the later books even more), Mia when she acted mature and when she finally saw the world didn’t revolve around her, the presidency, the party (not Michael’s party), the cover is also really cool. And there are probably quite a few other things that I really enjoyed about this book. I had quite a few moments were I was just laughing my butt off, and times were I was cheering for Mia, because she could use some motivation.
I also liked that we heard more about Lilly’s and Michael’s parents. Even if it was sad news. It brought something extra in the book, and will probably mean something new between Michael and Mia.
I am still loving the covers + the colours used, I really can’t wait to see how they will look when I have all of the books!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I really don’t like the wait between these books! Now I have to wait until the end of March again to read the next 2 books in this series! Arghhh!
Because, yes, I am enjoying this, maybe because I am slowly starting to just not see some stuff in the book. The feminism, or vegetarian life style which is promoted as being so awesome (and Oh WOOEE is us if you dare to be a meat-eater). Don’t get me wrong. Feminism is good (well some parts, like women having the same rights as men, work open for both male/female + same pay for both, girls going to school), vegetarian is totally cool, but (big BUT) I don’t need it to be pushed in my face constantly. Which is what some books do, and it is just frustrating. Getting stuff pushed in my face doesn’t make me go for a certain something, if anything, it will make me go running.
So yeah, I am slowly just starting to turn my brain off during some parts.
Mia was pretty good in this book, though her insecurities and the way she acts, don’t really match with a 15/16 year old. At least not for me.
At times I still feel Mia is like 12 years old, instead of her almost 16. At times we see her mature side, and thankfully she does have a good mature side, but often we see her running around as a headless chicken. Which is a shame. I would love to see Mia’s mature side more. I just couldn’t see what Michael sees in her. Sorry. She can be quite lovely, but what the hell was she thinking during that party? What was she wearing? And why is she so easily swayed to believe one person’s things? Why did she immediately go ahead and think that Michael hates her. Sure, he ignored her, and that mustn’t have helped. But come on girl, the world doesn’t revolve around you.
Also could you just stop acting like the mom around your brother? It is creepy and not healthy.
Now the review sounds pretty negative, and I did give it a 4 star. That is because even with all that, I still enjoyed the story, the romantic moments (we need more of those), the side-characters (with the exception of Lilly, because dear Lord, if there is one character I would like to obliterate from the planet it is her), the Musical, the whole we don’t have money and we can’t let anyone know about this, the name of the zine, J.P (I know he counts as a side character, but he deserves some love, since he was totally great and I hope he will pop up in the later books even more), Mia when she acted mature and when she finally saw the world didn’t revolve around her, the presidency, the party (not Michael’s party), the cover is also really cool. And there are probably quite a few other things that I really enjoyed about this book. I had quite a few moments were I was just laughing my butt off, and times were I was cheering for Mia, because she could use some motivation.
I also liked that we heard more about Lilly’s and Michael’s parents. Even if it was sad news. It brought something extra in the book, and will probably mean something new between Michael and Mia.
I am still loving the covers + the colours used, I really can’t wait to see how they will look when I have all of the books!
Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/