Product Description

The new school year’s only just begun – and already there have been some big surprises. Not least, Tina’s revelation that Lilly’s probably Done It with J.P.! And what about Mia’s new haircut, which has turned out kind of . . . extreme?

But then Michael drops a bombshell. He has been accepted on a year-long computer science course . . . in Japan! Can Mia’s perfect prince really love her if he can go away for a year? And what would it take to make him stay?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #26962 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

About the Author

THE PRINCESS DIARIES series is phenomenally successful having topped the US and UK best-seller lists for weeks and won several awards. Two movies based on the series have been massively popular throughout the world.

Meg Cabot is also the author of the bestselling ALL AMERICAN GIRL books, TEEN IDOL, AVALON HIGH, NICOLA AND THE VISCOUNT and THE MEDIATOR series as well as several other books for teenagers and adults.

Customer Reviews

Princess Diaries: Book 8
Following on a couple of months after the end of 'Seventh Heaven' (or 'Party Princess' depending on which version you have), this chronicles Mia's hilarious story for the 8th book (there will be 10 in total).

Lilly wants Mia to run for Student Council President... AGAIN. Mia discovers a secret about her dad (which, to be honest, we all saw it coming...), Mia comes to a big decision about where her and Michael's relationship is going, but not before Michael announces he's going away... FOR A YEAR OR MORE!!!

This, as always, gave me loads of laughs. It's maybe a little more grown-up than the previous Princess Diaries books, but that's not a bad thing!!

I bought this on a Sunday and (after quickly finishing book 7) I had read the whole thing in less than 1 day.

This has quickly become probably my favourite Princess Diaries book yet. It has enough humour AND drama to keep me interested, and the plot goes a bit further than the other books. What I mean by that is, some of the previous books tend to start with a new 'problem' for Mia and then by the end of the book it gets sorted out in one way or another. But some of the issues in the 8th book will have to get carried on to book 9 and maybe even book 10. So by the time I'd finished book 8 I was really impatient to read book 9!

I'd recommend this series to girls aged 13+ (or women who are young at heart ;) )

For fans of the Princess Diaries series, I'd recommend these other books:

by Louise Rennison:
'Confessions of Georgia Nicholson' series

by Sue Limb:
'Girl' series

by Meg Cabot:
'Mediator' series
'Teen Idol' (single book, not part of a series)
'Avalon High' (single book, not part of a series)

Princess Diaries: Book 8
Following on a couple of months after the end of 'Seventh Heaven' (or 'Party Princess' depending on which version you have), this chronicles Mia's hilarious story for the 8th book (there will be 10 in total).

Lilly wants Mia to run for Student Council President... AGAIN. Mia discovers a secret about her dad (which, to be honest, we all saw it coming...), Mia comes to a big decision about where her and Michael's relationship is going, but not before Michael announces he's going away... FOR A YEAR OR MORE!!!

This, as always, gave me loads of laughs. It's maybe a little more grown-up than the previous Princess Diaries books, but that's not a bad thing!!

I bought this on a Sunday and (after quickly finishing book 7) I had read the whole thing in less than 1 day.

This has quickly become probably my favourite Princess Diaries book yet. It has enough humour AND drama to keep me interested, and the plot goes a bit further than the other books. What I mean by that is, some of the previous books tend to start with a new 'problem' for Mia and then by the end of the book it gets sorted out in one way or another. But some of the issues in the 8th book will have to get carried on to book 9 and maybe even book 10. So by the time I'd finished book 8 I was really impatient to read book 9!

I'd recommend this series to girls aged 13+ (or women who are young at heart ;) )

For fans of the Princess Diaries series, I'd recommend these other books:

by Louise Rennison:
'Confessions of Georgia Nicholson' series

by Sue Limb:
'Girl' series

by Meg Cabot:
'Mediator' series
'Teen Idol' (single book, not part of a series)
'Avalon High' (single book, not part of a series)

Tedious, but worth a look if you want a comfortable read
I've read all the Princess Diaries books and I have to say I'm getting fed up with them now. The first was good - although I always think that these sort of teenage diary type books don't take all that much talent to write - and I still remember what happened in the second and third books, so I'm assuming they were good-ish too. But after that...they all merge into one. I KNOW she's a 16 year old girl, but she hasn't matured in any way at all since the first book (where she was two years younger) and I can't help but finding her increasingly annoying.

To me, it feels like Cabot is taking advantage of the success of this series, and is continuing writing them until they go out of favour. Her writing style is good, if not particularly unique, and Mia was an interesting enough character in the first three or four, but now Cabot's writing is becoming predictable, tiresome, and her plots always have the same basic storylines.

Still, I continue to read them, if only for a comfortable read that takes no effort and provokes no thought. They're not horrible - merely rather tedious after the first few. Cabot is a capable writer, and I'd like to see her attempt something different. All of her other books (Nicola & The Viscount, Victoria & The Rogue, etc) seem to be similar as well, and I don't see why someone who can obviously write doesn't try and push her boundaries.

This book is slightly different in that we finally get to the inevitable break-up with Michael, but as it's taken eight books to reach this point, the impact that could have had was sadly reduced. It's predictable, and I would have preferred to see a more imaginative break-up than the cop out idea that Michael has to go away for a year. I did like the reminder that he's nineteen, and we finally get to see some of those age issues (finally!).

I don't know...I'm rambling now, but I guess I think these characters are all a little two-dimensional. Mia's character hasn't grown at all throughout the series, and I just want to scream at her to stop being such a wet blanket and to stop overreacting.

I'll wrap it up here, because there's not a lot to say that I haven't already. In a nutshell these books aren't terrible, not by any means, but they're not particularly imaginative or unique and I want Cabot to try and stretch herself. Predictable, but easy to read and amusing enough if you switch your brain off.