★★★★★
I am lucky to have the best sister ever, who keeps giving me books I love! She gave me Undercover Princess for my birthday back in November last year, and I finally managed to get to it. Thank you, sis!
Even though Undercover Princess has great resemblance to The Princess Diaries and The Princess Protection Program, this book is unique in its own way, and the story is very different and positively surprising. I was in love with the characters and loved this book a lot. I will definitely be reading the second book of the series!
The story focuses on two main characters:
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Lottie Pumpkin – the ordinary girl
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Ellie Wolf – the princess
And I wish it was all so easy. But you see, Lottie is an ordinary girl, she grew up in England and her mother passed away when she was little. Before she passes away, she gives Lottie a tiara for her birthday and makes her promise that she will always be brave. Lottie’s only goal in life is to attend Rosewood Hall, no matter what. And she makes it, with a scholarship.
On the other side, we have Ellie, the princess of Maradova. All she ever wants to be is ordinary, but she is surrounded by servants and shiny items. She wants to go to Rosewood Hall, only to avoid all her royal duties. And the only way of her parents letting this happen is if she attends the college undercover.
Then we have these two girls being roommates. A rumour spreads around the school and everyone thinks that Lottie is the princess. And in this whole mystery, the real princess is in danger, but no one must know that the real princess is Ellie. And this is only the beginning.
The story is full of adventures and hilarious scenes, where we see Lottie and Ellie building their friendship, and trying to figure out the mystery behind all the threats they are receiving, all while they attend classes and go to parties like ordinary college girls.
While they play this game of swapping identities, they realise that this is more than a game, it is a lifestyle. And if Lottie is the undercover princess, she has to do everything to protect the real princess and her identity. Is this what she really wants? Is their friendship worth it?
There was a LGBT reference with a couple in this book, and maybe it was me, but I could also see a few sparks between Lottie and Ellie. I honestly expected something to happen between Lottie and Ellie’s bodyguard. There were sparks though, so perhaps in the next book? I loved how the partially-romantic scenes were building up to the real moment and made me want to read more. The writing skills this author has is truly amazing, and I praise her for it. It was a pleasure to read each chapter.
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I am always on the look out for new books to read, I will be adding this one to my list.
This sounds a great book, thanks for the recommendation. I shall have to add this to my kindle list!
This really does sound like a great read. I will look it up as I needed some new recommendations.
I hope you enjoy it Sabina!
My husband is a bookworm. I will have to tell him about this book since he’s always checking for new books to read.
Sounds like a great book and different to the usual stories. I’ll keep an eye out for it
My daughter really loved this book when she read it last year – I might have to pinch it off her book shelf 🙂
I’m always looking for good book recommendations as we have a book club in our village
I have this one on my TBR. I hope I can get to it soon.
Gemma @ Gemma’s Book Nook
Looks like a fun read
awesome review !
I like the sound of this book. Looks like a lot of fun to me. Great review.
This looks so cute and fun! Fab review 🙂
This looks so cute! I used to love The Princess Diaries!
that cover looks so cool; glad you enjoyed it
I haven’t heard about this book before, sounds interesting.