Book Blurb:
Someday I want to live in a place where I never hear “You’re Dusty’s sister?” ever again.
Life is real enough for Dylan—especially as the ordinary younger sister of Dusty, former Miss Mississippi and the most perfect, popular girl in Tupelo. But when Dusty wins the hand of the handsome Scottish laird-to-be Ronan on the TRC television network’s crown jewel, Prince in Disguise, Dylan has to face a different kind of reality: reality TV.
As the camera crew whisks them off to Scotland to film the lead-up to the wedding, camera-shy Dylan is front and center as Dusty’s maid of honor. The producers are full of surprises—including old family secrets, long-lost relatives, and a hostile future mother-in-law who thinks Dusty and Dylan’s family isn’t good enough for her only son. At least there’s Jamie, an adorably bookish groomsman who might just be the perfect antidote to all Dylan’s stress . . . if she just can keep TRC from turning her into the next reality show sensation.
My Review:
5 Out Of 5 Stars
Genre: Hysterical, Romance, Teen--
Ronan seemed nice, but he was probably insane. You don’t marry someone you just met. Did they not have Frozen in Scotland?
This is my second book by Stephanie and I can now confirm that I will happily read anything she wants to write. Her stories are the most adorable books and legitimately fill me with joy. I found myself laughing out loud while reading this as well as feeling warm and happy with the sweet scenes that also unfolded. I found so many quotes that I wanted to share to sum up the book, it was so hard to narrow it down to just a few to put in this review. The absurd situations and witty banter were the real winners here, to be fair.
“No offense, but I can’t imagine anything I’d like to touch me less than the hands of a baby angel.” I shuddered.
“Not even a giant squid?” Jamie asked.
“Hands of a baby angel is creepier. Why is the angel a baby? Why is it touching me? Am I dead? If the giant squid is touching me, I’d assume it was by accident. Like, I swam into its space.”
Not only was this the cutest, most awkward love (more like than love which was nice for a teenager) but it also focused heavily on family relationships and self growth. The relationship between Dylan and her older sister Dusty starts rocky, but over the course of the book, Dylan realizes what her true feelings are towards her sister and that was the best relationship discovery in the book for me. Dylan, who has never been kissed, finds herself in the strangest position of liking a boy and having him like her back just as much. Over the course of a few weeks, she realizes she is in a relationship, a totally unrealistic one that can never last for many reasons. Both the characters come to the same conclusion, but decide to enjoy their time together and not freak out that it might end- and it was not even angsty for a minute, which I enjoyed.
“I have no experience with real-life romance, Dylan, but quite a bit with love stories. You are the first girl I’ve ever asked out,” he admitted shyly. “And I wanted it to be perfect. I wanted Jane Austen to wet herself at the romance of it.”
“Jane Austen would have peed all over this date.”
“That is a truly horrifying mental image.”
I loved Prince in Disguise and highly recommend it for anyone who loves cute YA romantic comedy, Scottish castles, reality television and drama. I have already picked up my next read by this author and I can't wait to begin.
Side note, Kit Kirby totally deserved his own spinoff show, I don't seek out reality television but I would watch that hot mess with the baby sized Casanova!
“TRC wants the audience to think you waltzed up here all…you…and waltzed right back on down all Princess Barbie.”
“Like Hermione at the Yule Ball.”
“Yes, nerd.” She rolled her eyes.
“Harry Potter is not nerdy!” I cried. “He is a universally beloved boy wizard!”
“You’re not helpin’ your case, Dilly.”
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