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Princess Charming
ASIN B01F7RW1MA moved to the most recent edition here
The world thought being a princess was so cool, but Amelia knew the truth: it sucked.
One kiss with another girl. One photograph that went viral. One international firestorm of gossip and Amelia finds herself banished halfway around the world to America to cool her heels and wait for the gossip to die down.
A trip to Royal Realms was supposed to be the best part of Dani's school band career, but she was miserable.
So she realized she was into girls. So she broke up with her longtime boyfriend. He didn't have to hold a grudge and do everything he could to ruin her trip. Dani was on her perfect vacation and all she wanted to do was escape.
Two girls desperate to break free. Two girls who are about to be thrown together by a chance meeting. Royal Realms is supposed to be the place where dreams come true, and sparks will fly as princess meets band geek in an unexpected romance hot enough to cause an international incident!
The world thought being a princess was so cool, but Amelia knew the truth: it sucked.
One kiss with another girl. One photograph that went viral. One international firestorm of gossip and Amelia finds herself banished halfway around the world to America to cool her heels and wait for the gossip to die down.
A trip to Royal Realms was supposed to be the best part of Dani's school band career, but she was miserable.
So she realized she was into girls. So she broke up with her longtime boyfriend. He didn't have to hold a grudge and do everything he could to ruin her trip. Dani was on her perfect vacation and all she wanted to do was escape.
Two girls desperate to break free. Two girls who are about to be thrown together by a chance meeting. Royal Realms is supposed to be the place where dreams come true, and sparks will fly as princess meets band geek in an unexpected romance hot enough to cause an international incident!
260 pages, ebook
First published May 4, 2016
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October 16, 2021
Five stars for absolute cuteness. At first I wasn't all that sure about this, but I rooted for Amelia and Dani from thhe start. The sweet and tender romance was just sooo cute and the story was good fun. My favourite character though actually was Renata, I just love badass courageous female characters.
So here I sit still smiling writing my review.
I wholeheartedly recommend this for anyone looking for a cute story a little "out of this world" with a good helping of pretty much clean, though girl on girl romance.
So here I sit still smiling writing my review.
I wholeheartedly recommend this for anyone looking for a cute story a little "out of this world" with a good helping of pretty much clean, though girl on girl romance.
May 21, 2016
This story is sooo cute!!! Yes, it's unbelievable. But cute. And warm and fuzzy. I love it!
July 12, 2017
This is the third book I've read with Mia Archer on the cover, though the fourth if I include the book I read under a different name, that later was rereleased under this specific Archer name. I have, in general, liked the books I've read by Archer, whether by Mia Archer or Lexi Archer.
I start off with something I have a tendency to say - I do not, as a rule, allow errors of word choice, spelling, or the like to impact a rating I give a work. Once again I held to this rule, though it was slightly harder to do so this time. The few misspellings I noticed, and the few misplaced words (using 'their' when the word 'there' was meant, as one example) were just a buzzing fly, easily brushed aside. The occasions when the characters became confused, well, that was harder to brush aside. I did, though, feel the need to mention the issue as I know others find certain things to be difficult to deal with/put up with.
Specifically, in terms of what I mentioned about the characters, I refer to those occasions wherein Amelia and Dani are having a conversation. And during that conversation they discuss certain topics of no real importance. Along the way, certain issues developed. As in, Dani would say something, then agree with herself. I assume, though, that she hadn't actually . . . I mean, I assume that the author hadn't actually intended the character to agree with herself. Instead the wrong name got used. An example would work lovely right here. Sadly this is not something I made sure to make note of prior to this review. And this is not a situation that would be quickly found in a search. Since all that happened was, for example (not an actual quote):
'I rather enjoy watching the films that inspired this theme park,' Dani stopped talking and turned looking towards Amelia.
'I agree, I always found those films to be fun to watch when I was smaller,' Dani agreed.
No matter. As I mentioned, I did not add or subtract any ratings based on this issue. Or the part wherein the book arrived at the 78% mark on my Kindle and, what's this? A message from the author. And samples of other books. The book I had been reading had been completed. I do not, in this specific situation, actually mind that much that the book ended at the 78 percent mark. For I felt as if the entirety of the book was present. This is one of the few occasions wherein I actually looked up, expecting to see I was at, say, 99%, and saw 78%. So it really did feel like a small addition to the Kindle file (even if that 'small addition' was 22% of the entire file).
I suppose I should mention something about the book itself, rather than bumble around with things that didn't really impact the rating.
The book stars one very immature young woman named Dani of Ohio, and one rather immature young woman named Amelia, a princess from some made up country in Europe. About roughly the size of Liechtenstein. Both roughly around the age of 18. And both, oddly, just coming to the realization that they would much rather shag women than men.
Unfortunately, for Dani, she already had a boyfriend when this realization occurred. A boy named Colin. Who, and I hadn't actually realized this immediately, is actually both younger than Dani, and also a grade lower than Dani. I know this because Dani has graduated shortly after the book started (though the book itself opens on her prom - the same night she broke up with Colin), while Colin still has a year or more (probably just a year) in high school. So, Dani realizes she's a lesbian, and comes out as such. By breaking up with her boyfriend during prom (actually on the drive from prom to an after party). Naturally, the boyfriend doesn't take this well and tells everyone at the party. Dani's last months in high school, and her summer before college, has turned hellish (what with her going on a school related trip to whatever that Princess theme park was called during the summer).
Meanwhile, Amelia, remember there's another lead character (and point of view) in this book, is also examining lesbianism. By kissing a rather drunk female friend. While at a party at the palace. Luckily for her she did so in a small out of the way room. Unluckily for her, some gate-crasher with a camera captured the moment on film. Naturally Amelia's parents are upset. And she's sent off to be punished at, oddly enough, the same theme park Dani's band group headed off too.
So. Amelia and Dani meet. Circle. Stuff happens. The end.
An interesting enough book. The immaturity of the main characters was alarming, but that's life. Also, that is one of those things I kind of knew to expect going in. Since I knew it involved immature teenagers. No, not because they were teenagers, but because I had read the description of the book before reading the book. So . . . right.
June 14 2016
I start off with something I have a tendency to say - I do not, as a rule, allow errors of word choice, spelling, or the like to impact a rating I give a work. Once again I held to this rule, though it was slightly harder to do so this time. The few misspellings I noticed, and the few misplaced words (using 'their' when the word 'there' was meant, as one example) were just a buzzing fly, easily brushed aside. The occasions when the characters became confused, well, that was harder to brush aside. I did, though, feel the need to mention the issue as I know others find certain things to be difficult to deal with/put up with.
Specifically, in terms of what I mentioned about the characters, I refer to those occasions wherein Amelia and Dani are having a conversation. And during that conversation they discuss certain topics of no real importance. Along the way, certain issues developed. As in, Dani would say something, then agree with herself. I assume, though, that she hadn't actually . . . I mean, I assume that the author hadn't actually intended the character to agree with herself. Instead the wrong name got used. An example would work lovely right here. Sadly this is not something I made sure to make note of prior to this review. And this is not a situation that would be quickly found in a search. Since all that happened was, for example (not an actual quote):
'I rather enjoy watching the films that inspired this theme park,' Dani stopped talking and turned looking towards Amelia.
'I agree, I always found those films to be fun to watch when I was smaller,' Dani agreed.
No matter. As I mentioned, I did not add or subtract any ratings based on this issue. Or the part wherein the book arrived at the 78% mark on my Kindle and, what's this? A message from the author. And samples of other books. The book I had been reading had been completed. I do not, in this specific situation, actually mind that much that the book ended at the 78 percent mark. For I felt as if the entirety of the book was present. This is one of the few occasions wherein I actually looked up, expecting to see I was at, say, 99%, and saw 78%. So it really did feel like a small addition to the Kindle file (even if that 'small addition' was 22% of the entire file).
I suppose I should mention something about the book itself, rather than bumble around with things that didn't really impact the rating.
The book stars one very immature young woman named Dani of Ohio, and one rather immature young woman named Amelia, a princess from some made up country in Europe. About roughly the size of Liechtenstein. Both roughly around the age of 18. And both, oddly, just coming to the realization that they would much rather shag women than men.
Unfortunately, for Dani, she already had a boyfriend when this realization occurred. A boy named Colin. Who, and I hadn't actually realized this immediately, is actually both younger than Dani, and also a grade lower than Dani. I know this because Dani has graduated shortly after the book started (though the book itself opens on her prom - the same night she broke up with Colin), while Colin still has a year or more (probably just a year) in high school. So, Dani realizes she's a lesbian, and comes out as such. By breaking up with her boyfriend during prom (actually on the drive from prom to an after party). Naturally, the boyfriend doesn't take this well and tells everyone at the party. Dani's last months in high school, and her summer before college, has turned hellish (what with her going on a school related trip to whatever that Princess theme park was called during the summer).
Meanwhile, Amelia, remember there's another lead character (and point of view) in this book, is also examining lesbianism. By kissing a rather drunk female friend. While at a party at the palace. Luckily for her she did so in a small out of the way room. Unluckily for her, some gate-crasher with a camera captured the moment on film. Naturally Amelia's parents are upset. And she's sent off to be punished at, oddly enough, the same theme park Dani's band group headed off too.
So. Amelia and Dani meet. Circle. Stuff happens. The end.
An interesting enough book. The immaturity of the main characters was alarming, but that's life. Also, that is one of those things I kind of knew to expect going in. Since I knew it involved immature teenagers. No, not because they were teenagers, but because I had read the description of the book before reading the book. So . . . right.
June 14 2016
April 22, 2021
Not sure if Mia Archer would call this a Novella - but fun, niave and a good PG rated fairy-tale. Are people under 21 but older than 18 not allowed sex in the USA, or is it tabboo? Genuine question. In UK, post 18 everything is off the table.
January 22, 2018
It is one of those stories that make you smile the whole time and just feel good and dream about a fairly tale life. Both charcters were loveable and they fit well together.... There were a few editing mistakes like using the wrong name and some spelling and grammar mistakes but I could easily overlook them because I really enjoyed the story! This is one of those books that just scream for a second book!!
July 26, 2017
In the summer after her high school graduation, Dani travels with her high school band to a theme park in Florida to be part of the band's performance. Having broken up with her boyfriend at prom because she knew she liked girls, she's been treated as a pariah by everyone except her best friend and her bf's boyfriend. Meanwhile, Amelia, crowned princess of a small European country, is visiting the same theme park as part of her royal duties. Known as a troublemaker whose antics wind up in the tabloids and online, Amelia is constrained by her autocratic security guard.
When the two eventually meet, there's an instant attraction. But Dani doesn't know she's met a real princess and Amelia just wants to be treated like a normal person.
This is a sweet YA romance that in the hands of a better writer could have been really wonderful. While the characters and the story held me, there were a lot of errors in the book that a careful copy editor would have caught (mixing up the characters' names, etc.). Also, we never get a physical description of either girl.
Too bad. Not a terrible book but it could have been a lot better.
When the two eventually meet, there's an instant attraction. But Dani doesn't know she's met a real princess and Amelia just wants to be treated like a normal person.
This is a sweet YA romance that in the hands of a better writer could have been really wonderful. While the characters and the story held me, there were a lot of errors in the book that a careful copy editor would have caught (mixing up the characters' names, etc.). Also, we never get a physical description of either girl.
Too bad. Not a terrible book but it could have been a lot better.
May 11, 2016
4.5 stars!
I received an ARC of this book in return for an honest review.
I still love how Mia Archer writes. Her books are fun, light-hearted, sweet, and romantic. This one is no different. This time we've got a band geek and a princess. There is nothing more American than a band geek. And there is nothing Americans love more than the whole princess mystique. I love the ironic setting where this story takes place; it makes the events even more amusing even as it showcases our fascination with princess stories even as it points out that what we believe is so very far from reality. Disney has lied to us about how our prince will come, about how true love overcomes all obstacles, and about how happy endings are always there if you just stay true to yourself. Reality proves these things aren't always true, and in fact, are rare. Not to mention the fact that some of us don't want Prince Charming, and some of us want to be the one sweeping a princess off her feet. So for those of us in those shoes, somewhere out there is a Princess Charming for us. I still have the same problems with Archer's stories as usual, which I don't expect to change because it's also part of what makes her stories so great. Her stories take place over a couple of days and it always seems to me that that is too soon for such deep emotion to develop. But at the same time, the romantic in me loves the idea of love at first sight, and that sometimes you'll just know when you meet the one. If you're looking for entertainment, you can't go wrong. This was a really enjoyable read.
I received an ARC of this book in return for an honest review.
I still love how Mia Archer writes. Her books are fun, light-hearted, sweet, and romantic. This one is no different. This time we've got a band geek and a princess. There is nothing more American than a band geek. And there is nothing Americans love more than the whole princess mystique. I love the ironic setting where this story takes place; it makes the events even more amusing even as it showcases our fascination with princess stories even as it points out that what we believe is so very far from reality. Disney has lied to us about how our prince will come, about how true love overcomes all obstacles, and about how happy endings are always there if you just stay true to yourself. Reality proves these things aren't always true, and in fact, are rare. Not to mention the fact that some of us don't want Prince Charming, and some of us want to be the one sweeping a princess off her feet. So for those of us in those shoes, somewhere out there is a Princess Charming for us. I still have the same problems with Archer's stories as usual, which I don't expect to change because it's also part of what makes her stories so great. Her stories take place over a couple of days and it always seems to me that that is too soon for such deep emotion to develop. But at the same time, the romantic in me loves the idea of love at first sight, and that sometimes you'll just know when you meet the one. If you're looking for entertainment, you can't go wrong. This was a really enjoyable read.
May 10, 2016
This book was great. I love how she wrote Dani, the band geek, and Amelia to be real people and not just stereotypes. I can't say much about the plot or the characters because almost anything I say will be a spoiler.
May 27, 2016
The story itself was nice. I didn't like the first person point of few and the story felt rushed, slowing down would have added my chemistry.
July 23, 2019
I really, really wanted to like this since it is hard to find contemporary royal x normal person lesfics and I love them to bits.
But aside from the premise, this sadly did not really grip me, and it lies in the execution.
Several times, characters predicted future developments going "yeah, of course *that* could ever happen", and when it happens for the fifth time this chapter, you kind of find yourself rolling your eyes at the absurdity. At one time, the narration named the princess without the view point character having been told it yet.
And as a final killer, the two girls falling in love at first sight just felt... pointless. There was so much potential of them just meeting one another and going from just being friends (what they both needed at the time) to playfully flirting and then maybe flirting for real... But instead they see each other, think the other is the most gorgeous girl in the world and decide here and there that they want to ask the other out, basically. And the story makes up some excuses to have them pussyfoot around the whole thing, to the point that it seems rather contrived that they would still be doubting the other. There also wasnt that much to differentiate them.
It had some good side characters, and it is nice to see to have at least one of the two characters having acceptance from parents etc.
But aside from the premise, this sadly did not really grip me, and it lies in the execution.
Several times, characters predicted future developments going "yeah, of course *that* could ever happen", and when it happens for the fifth time this chapter, you kind of find yourself rolling your eyes at the absurdity. At one time, the narration named the princess without the view point character having been told it yet.
And as a final killer, the two girls falling in love at first sight just felt... pointless. There was so much potential of them just meeting one another and going from just being friends (what they both needed at the time) to playfully flirting and then maybe flirting for real... But instead they see each other, think the other is the most gorgeous girl in the world and decide here and there that they want to ask the other out, basically. And the story makes up some excuses to have them pussyfoot around the whole thing, to the point that it seems rather contrived that they would still be doubting the other. There also wasnt that much to differentiate them.
It had some good side characters, and it is nice to see to have at least one of the two characters having acceptance from parents etc.
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February 22, 2020This was a good read. While there are a few issues with grammer and distracting wrong words spelt correctly i.e. their for there. I enjoyed this and would like to read a sequel as I think there is plenty of material to follow up with. Dani going to college in the US, AMelia learning to follow her father onto the throne, and I like the interection between the charaters.
July 31, 2019
The immaturity, ignorance, insecurity & innocence of high schoolers
A unique storyline made this a very entertaining book. Very enjoyable with nice flow, interesting narrative & relatable characters made it an easy read.
A unique storyline made this a very entertaining book. Very enjoyable with nice flow, interesting narrative & relatable characters made it an easy read.
April 10, 2018
Fairy Tale Story
This is a typical romance novel of girl meets girl, falls in love, then finds out she is a princess. Not a bad story.
This is a typical romance novel of girl meets girl, falls in love, then finds out she is a princess. Not a bad story.
September 7, 2018
A light cute read.
February 23, 2020
A good story. More fancy than reality. But their relationship is very good. A good read. I enjoyed her
October 13, 2016
A fairy tale in a Disney World theme park (though not called so).
March 1, 2017
Disney meets Nickelodeon
That is the only way I know now to describe what I just read. It makes me wonder who the intended audience was for this book. Perhaps 16 or 17 year olds?
Having read Second Chances, Girl on Geek and The Intern by Mia Archer I really didn't expect that this book would be so juvenile.
I won't get in to further details regarding why only 2 stars since Lexxi Kitty has a great review of this book posted already that I wholeheartedly agree with. All I can say is suspend your disbelief for this one!
That is the only way I know now to describe what I just read. It makes me wonder who the intended audience was for this book. Perhaps 16 or 17 year olds?
Having read Second Chances, Girl on Geek and The Intern by Mia Archer I really didn't expect that this book would be so juvenile.
I won't get in to further details regarding why only 2 stars since Lexxi Kitty has a great review of this book posted already that I wholeheartedly agree with. All I can say is suspend your disbelief for this one!
September 9, 2016
Fun!
This story was a lot of fun to read. Amelia, Dani and Renata were absolutely great characters. I love the way all of Mia Archers stories flow. Light, fun, romantic and sweet. They are always uplifting and fun.
This story was a lot of fun to read. Amelia, Dani and Renata were absolutely great characters. I love the way all of Mia Archers stories flow. Light, fun, romantic and sweet. They are always uplifting and fun.
December 30, 2023
i wanted to like this so bad but my god was the writing giving 2014 watt pad
super fast read though! and if you skim it’s not that bad lol
super fast read though! and if you skim it’s not that bad lol
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