After my great love for the previous story, this book was a bit of a letdown. I picked The Royal Treatment up not realizing that it is the second in the series. That didn’t matter much, there is a summary of the first story in the beginning chapter and you get up to date pretty quick. The basic story is that Desi has MP, magic potential, and she is recruited by the super-secret Façade Agency for the ultimate job, wait for it….to be a substitute princess! (Ugh) Desi is pulled from her boring life in Idaho, because Idaho is as boring as it gets, to substitute for a princess who just needs a break from her stressful, paparazzi-filled, ball going life. The agency used magic to create Royal Rouge, the magic makeup that Desi puts on to look like and talk like the princess. In the first adventure, Desi becomes a shy princess that loves a cute prince and she takes it upon herself to make a move, i.e. kiss him. This almost gets her booted from the agency because you are not supposed to do anything in the princess’s life that she would not do. Desi keeps her job and moves up to the next level. In her downtime she needs to study yachting skills, ballroom dancing and fashion magazines. The next assignment leads to high jinks and craziness and a revelation about the cute boy in Idaho. Also, Desi begins to suspect that Façade may not be up to only good, if you considered helping princesses go on vacation a humanitarian cause. I can see fifth and sixth grade girls liking this series but there are so many other series out there that have some adventure, a little romance, and strong female main characters. The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter comes to mind as a much better choice. 
A book a day for a whole summer= 74 books!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Day 6: The Royal Treatment: A Princess for Hire Book by Lindsey Leavitt
After my great love for the previous story, this book was a bit of a letdown. I picked The Royal Treatment up not realizing that it is the second in the series. That didn’t matter much, there is a summary of the first story in the beginning chapter and you get up to date pretty quick. The basic story is that Desi has MP, magic potential, and she is recruited by the super-secret Façade Agency for the ultimate job, wait for it….to be a substitute princess! (Ugh) Desi is pulled from her boring life in Idaho, because Idaho is as boring as it gets, to substitute for a princess who just needs a break from her stressful, paparazzi-filled, ball going life. The agency used magic to create Royal Rouge, the magic makeup that Desi puts on to look like and talk like the princess. In the first adventure, Desi becomes a shy princess that loves a cute prince and she takes it upon herself to make a move, i.e. kiss him. This almost gets her booted from the agency because you are not supposed to do anything in the princess’s life that she would not do. Desi keeps her job and moves up to the next level. In her downtime she needs to study yachting skills, ballroom dancing and fashion magazines. The next assignment leads to high jinks and craziness and a revelation about the cute boy in Idaho. Also, Desi begins to suspect that Façade may not be up to only good, if you considered helping princesses go on vacation a humanitarian cause. I can see fifth and sixth grade girls liking this series but there are so many other series out there that have some adventure, a little romance, and strong female main characters. The Gallagher Girls series by Ally Carter comes to mind as a much better choice. 
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