I love stories of ordinary people falling in love with royalty so when I saw this at the store the other day, I immediately picked it up. However, I felt slightly let down while reading it. Though the main character does fall in love with the prince, its completely out of the blue, making it seem so unbelievable. And yes, any story with this plot would be unbelievable. What I mean is that I really think the author should have taken more time to develop the relationship between the two leads before making them absolutely devoted to one another. Even though I was really rooting for them, it seemed really fake.

Another thing that bugged me about this novel was how it approached homosexuality. The way the book described it made me very uncomfortable. It wasn't homophobic or anything but it was very ignorant. I made a vow to myself that I would finish every book I start this year and if I had not made this vow, I probably would've stopped this novel very early on due to this issue.

Aside from that, it was a cute story of a girl and a prince, and while this may have once intrigued enough to give it a higher rating, I just can't get over the issue described above to actually actively like it. ( )

I bought the book 1 & 2 when I was a teenager. It was actually a random buy. I didn't know it's a series so I was lucky to buy both. I love it back then and now that I reread it, I would still say that I love it. I'm glad to find the book 3 now.

This is a fluffy & cheesy book. It's a modern fairytale with happy ending for teenagers. The author really knows how to write in the voice of a teenager. I admire her for it. ( )

This is a bind-up of the Royally Jacked series and includes all 3 books; Royally Jacked, Spin Control, and Do-Over. They follow Valerie Winslow who’s parents have just split up. She is given the choice to either stay in Virginia and move in with her mother and her new girlfriend--yes THAT kind--or to move all the way to a tiny European country most people don’t even know exists. Her father has just been reassigned as the King’s new protocol expert in Schwerinborg and invites her to go with him. Neither option seem all that great, but she decides that maybe living in Europe for a year wouldn’t be too bad--especially since she’d be staying at the palace with the royal family. That’s where she meets Georg. He is nice, smart and just gets her. He also happens to be heir to the throne which complicates their relationship. She discovers that dating a prince isn’t anything like what the fairytales describe, but she’s fallen hard for the boy and isn’t about to give him up just yet.

First off, I love bind-ups. They make owning and reading an entire series that much easier. I also love the new covers that come with them because they always seem to be so much better than the originals. Isn’t this one just the cutest thing you’ve ever seen?

But anyways, on to the actual books. All 3 are around 200 pages which makes them quick, easy reads. The title kind of makes you think that Valerie is going to get her heart crushed by the prince, but that is totally not the case. These books are sweet, fun and just plain CUTE. I don’t want to go into too much detail about each because I feel like that will spoil it for you, but I will say that I thoroughly enjoyed them. The last one, Do-Over, was definitely my favorite.

As for the characters, they were okay. I did like Val and Georg, but her friends back in the US (Natalie, Jules, and Christie) were kind of annoying. As if moving to an entirely new continent wasn’t bad enough, they made her feel horrible about it. Two of them even stopped speaking to her for like a week when they found out which was just ridiculous. I also felt they were really pushy and didn’t listen to her or what she wanted. But that was also Valerie’s fault because she never really spoke up until about the end of the second book. ( )

This book was soo cute!! I loved the romance between Valerie and Georg. I wish the boys at my school were like him. Lol. ( )

This book was soo cute!! I loved the romance between Valerie and Georg. I wish the boys at my school were like him. Lol. ( )