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Valerie is pretty sure that her mother is trying to ruin her life. Mom has decided that she wants a divorce from Valerie’s dad so that she can move in with her new girlfriend, yes as in a loving relationship. Oh but Mom’s not the only one making Valerie’s life tough, her dad has decided that he can no longer work for the President of the United States as chief of protocol and takes a new job somewhere near Germany.
So now Valerie has to decide, stay with mom but go to a different school and live with mom’s girlfriend or move to a small European country where everyone speaks German (a language she never could understand). To top everything off, the boy Valerie has had a crush on since kindergarten is finally showing signs of being interested in her (and they are high school sophomores now). What is a girl to do when she can’t even bring herself to confess to her three best friends the real reason for her parents divorce?
Royally Jacked had me smiling through the entire book, well not the sad parts but most of it. Valerie is a quick-witted, funny teenager, whose inappropriate and smart mouthed remarks had me laughing out loud often. She has the same insecurities every teenaged girl has, making her a tangible heroine for young ladies. While, as a mother, I’m not certain I’d be too happy to learn that my daughter is reading a book in which the leading girl smokes an “emergency” cigarette, I’m honest enough with myself to remember my many emergency cigs at that age. If you are like me, an adult who adores the young adult romantic comedy movies, you will also adore Royally Jacked, as will your daughters and nieces!
Reviewed by Vikky Bertling
for The Road to Romance
February 18, 2004
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