Week 10 Review: The Quarantine Princess Diaries

From Goodreads:

Mia Thermopolis knows just what to do in a crisis: Rule.

During the Covid-19 pandemic, a section of the diary of Princess Mia Thermopolis of Genovia fell into the hands of Meg Cabot, the Princess's royal biographer.

As reported in media outlets such as Entertainment Weekly, The Mary Sue, Refinery 29, Bustle, and more, from March until June of 2020, sixteen entries of the princess's diary were leaked onto Ms. Cabot's blog, to the delight of over a million fans.

In these entries, titled The Coronavirus Princess Diaries, the princess recorded her most heartfelt emotions while dealing with her husband's quarantine after exposure to the virus; her personal (and political) battles while imposing health restrictions on her small European nation; life during lockdown (even in as idyllic a location as a palace on the Riviera); and of course, dealing with her demanding royal family, especially her grandmother.

Since then, readers have been clamoring for more chapters of Mia's coronavirus diary . . . and here they are at last: The Quarantine Princess Diaries include not only the previously released entries (now edited and updated with new content), but two hundred more pages of entirely original, never-before-seen entries, including the princess's worries over a possible royal affair; a showdown between Mia and Grandmère over the latter's intended nuptials; the eventual development and distribution of a groundbreaking intranasal vaccine for every citizen in Genovia; and, as always, a royally happy ending.

After all we've been through, what could be more comforting for any lover of royal romance than snuggling up with a brand new installment of the diary of Mia Thermopolis, the princess who started it all!

My Review:
I loved reading this book! I read the online posts that were the beginnings of this novel, and I'm so glad that we got a full length novel of this story! I love these characters, and it was so much fun to watch them deal with the quarantine!

This is the first book in this series that is set in Genovia. The rest of the books are based in New York. Which is a little funny to me, because the second movie is all in Genovia. But the fact that they're quarantined in the palace, that was a lot of fun to read! 

There were a lot of great points about quarantine, and how to act properly, and how people couldn't get in their heads common sense and a care for others, who made things worse. Which is just so freaking annoying, when you're doing the right thing.

Of course there was a bunch of dramas of this collection of people stuck together, like Grandmère's romance, and the people who are protesting against her health restrictions. Oh, and there's the royal affair, which was a much smaller part of the book then I thought, because it wasn't even introduced until three quarters into the book. But it was all so entertaining!

This was a fantastic read, and I can't wait to read whatever is next from Meg Cabot! 

Author: Meg Cabot 
Series: The Princess Diaries #12
Read: March 10th, 2023
Source: Ebook.bike 
Reason Why: Love her writing and this series, and it's a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Book and a WoW Book! 
Publisher: Avon US
Published: March 7th 2023

5/5 Hearts

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