| Title: The Princess Plot |
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| Author: Kirsten Boie |
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| Genre: Fantasy |
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| Publisher: The Chicken House |
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| Elements: Switching places |
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| Series: ook 1 of a potential series? |
You believe whatever you want to believe.Jenna has just won the starring role in a film about a princess--sweet! In the wink of an eye, she's whisked off to a remote, romantic kingdom for the "shoot."
But something's amiss: First, she finds out she bears an uncanny resemblance to the real princess, who has run away following the death of her father, the king. Then she learns that the conniving regent plans to use her to take control of the country, now being fought over by rebels.
As the plot twists and turns, Jenna discovers just what she's made of--and just why she resembles the missing princess so much!
That's the one little peeve with this book I had. How can one over sheltered 14 year old girl believe that her unbending mother, who doesn't even let her stay for dinner at her best friend's house, would just let her up and leave for a far away country to film a movie without even a goodbye? *takes a deep breath*
Now that I've gotten that out, I have to say that this is one of the cutest books I've read in a while. It reminds me a lot of The Princess Protection Program (PPP) an upcoming Disney Chanel Original Movie (DCOM), which is probably why it caught my attention, waaaaay up there on the bookshelf.
The plot was pretty believable, especially when you look from the point of view of a very naive girl. It was nice reading how Jenna evolved from that to someone who's much more confident in her abilities and be more independent, not having to rely on hiding behind her much more prettier and talented best friend, Bea. Given a chance to shine, Jenna does so excellently. The characters were all likeable, with the exception of sour Mrs Jarkas. Initially, I thought of this as a children's book, you know: the type where all's well ends well. I'm glad to see that it's not like that though, it's more... real. Which kind of shows how much books and plots have evolved over the years.
I give some of the credit to Harry Potter. The series evolved from a children's book to something much much darker, but which never loses its creditibility or fun read factor.
There's a sequel up already, which I hope is quickly being translated from German to English. Hurry! I'm already a Jenna-Jonas shipper. :D
8 comment(s):
Sounds fun :D
But yes getting to go to another country if she can't even stay for dinner at a friends
Thanks for reviewing this one. I'll have to look it up for my daughter to read too. We'll be watching the PPP on Disney as well.
Awesome review. This sounds like a great book :)
Oooh this one sounds really cool. I like believable fiction. Then again, I also like realistic fiction... hehe :)
You asked me a question on my blog, do want to know how to embed the video?
You have to click on the bottom righ corner of the video, this thing will appear then it'll give you the code to embed it on a post. I hope that makes sense, I'm not good at giving instructions hehe :)
This sounds amazing. I totally want to read it!
I just started this and I have to admit that her believing her mom would just let her go, stuck out like a sore thumb. So far I'm still enjoying it. Have quite a way to go
i read it and it waz great i need to know though what would be plot diagram of this book be
woo so cool im reading it right now!!!!!!! goo kirsten