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Grade 6-9-Fifteen-year-old Valerie's life gets turned upside down when her mother announces that she has fallen in love with another woman and is going to live with her. Then, as Valerie is trying to process this bombshell, her father's boss, the very conservative President of the U.S., decides to ship her father off to tiny Schwerinborg to serve as protocol chief to the royal family (in order to avoid a scandal at the White House). Valerie is left with two choices: live with Mom and her vegan girlfriend in a new school district or go with Dad to an obscure country where she doesn't speak the language or know a soul. Rather than having to explain her mom's new lifestyle to her friends, Valerie opts to go with her father, but when they arrive in foggy, gray Schwerinborg and see their spartan palace housing, the teen is sure she has made a huge mistake. Until, of course, she meets the royal family's son, Prince Georg, and romance is ignited. Burnham, an adult romance writer, targets a younger audience with this fluffy, predictable, yet entertaining romance, which will most certainly be compared to Meg Cabot's popular "Princess Diaries" series (HarperCollins).--Betty S. Evans, Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield
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Gr. 8-10. Fifteen-year-old Valerie is shocked when her mother announces that she's divorcing Valerie's father and has a new relationship--with a woman. Valerie, who chooses to stay with her father, gets another whammy when she learns that Dad has accepted a position working for a royal family--in some small, unpronounceable European country. It's difficult leaving, but castle life has some pleasant surprises, especially Georg, a very cute prince. Burnham, best known for her adult romances, here offers a lively, humorous read with a contemporary approach and plenty of plot twists. Valerie's first-person narrative is perky and conversational, and e-mails to stateside friends and pop-culture references (sometimes overly abundant) add trendy context. Valerie's hip, decorous dad is an appealing secondary character, though the gay-parent element is underdeveloped, even glibly treated ("Who'da thought my mom announcing she was gay could get me a boyfriend?"). However, modern romance fans will enjoy the castle setting, occasional nods to the Cinderella story, and familiar teen dilemmas that range from crushes to peer pressures, family to school life. Shelle Rosenfeld
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This review is from: Royally Jacked (Mass Market Paperback)
Valerie Winslow, like any other girl, thought that she had it all: the perfect friends, the perfect family, and the perfect crush. But her world turns upside down and soon Valerie begins to question her whole life. Her mother decides to tell the family, at the dinner table, that she cannot continue in her marriage because she is gay and is going to move out and live with the new love of her life, who happens to be a woman.Unfortunately, her mother's news not only effects Valerie, but also her father, who breaks the news that the very conservative politician that he works for doesn't believe that he should have an employee who married someone who is gay. But instead of losing his job, the politician finds Valerie's dad another one, just until after the re-election, all the way in Schwerinborg, some European country. So now Valerie has to make a decision. She can either stay with her mother and her girlfriend in their new apartment, go to an entirely different school, and possibly have a chance with her longtime crush, David Anderson, who is finally showing some interest in her. Or she can go all the way around the world and stay with her dad, who is helping the royal family. Valerie decides that it's best to go with her dad, maybe so she doesn't have to tell her friends the real reason why her parents got divorced. When she arrives at her new, yet very ugly apartment, Valerie discovers a surprise, a very cute one. Turns out the royal family has a son who is just one year older than Valerie, and isn't too shabby to look at. Maybe moving to Schwerinborg wasn't such a bad idea after all. ROYALLY JACKED is both unique and hilarious in so many ways. Niki Burnham creates a story that is so unusual and so very cute that it leaves a smile on your face. The relationship with Valerie and her dad and the one with Georg, the son of the royal family, all make ROYALLY JACKED worth the read. Be sure to watch for the other books in this series, SPIN CONTROL and DO-OVER. Reviewed by: Randstostipher "tallnlankyrn" Nguyen
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I really enjoyed this book. Valerie has to make the decision of her life (or so it seems) when her parents get divorced. She has to choose between moving in with her mom and her mom's (ahem) Girlfriend, or moving to a tiny country in Europe that she hasn't even heard off with her father. She chooses her father and Europe, so off they go. As well as having to deal with being the "new kid", she's just found out that the uber-hot guy she met in the library the other day (and is now major crushing on) is the Prince! As shocked as she is, and as much as she wants him...Can you trust a guy who has a crown in his bedroom?
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This review is from: Royally Jacked (Mass Market Paperback)
Just a warning: my library had this book under Nicole Burnham, so if you are checking your librarys card catalog and you cant find "nikki burnham" search for nicole.
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