Princess Mia is about Mia has just broke up with her long time boyfriend Michael for kissing her best friend's ,Lily, boyfriend. Then Michael moves to Japan and JP ,lily's ex, is trying to get closer to Mia. Mia and lily aren't speaking to each other and Mia is trying to contact Michael. P is being very nice to Mia and Tara gets suspicious. She later finds out JP has feelings for Mia and Mia doesnt believe her till JP tells her himself. Mia finds out that Lily is over JP and is now going out with someone else . Mia is reading an old diary that her grandmother gave her and finds some interesting facts. Mia is forced

Reviewed by Sally Kruger aka "Readingjunky" for TeensReadToo.com

Meg Cabot has done it again. PRINCESS MIA is Volume IX in THE PRINCESS DIARIES series. I've been hooked on Cabot's humor and the voice of Mia Thermopolis since Volume I, and this second-to-last in the series has me mourning the fact that it will soon be over.

With Michael breaking up with Mia, and Lilly giving her the silent treatment, Mia has hit an all-time low. She refuses to talk with anyone, go to school, or even get out of bed. But never fear - depression "Mia-style" is pretty entertaining. Days of wearing Hello, Kitty pajamas, watching reruns on TV, and destroying her vegetarian ways by binging on any available meat in the frig, will have readers grinning and chuckling aloud.

When friends and family members realize their efforts to get Mia back into the real world have failed, she is forcibly taken to her first-ever therapist appointment. Once she adjusts to the fact that her therapist's name is indeed Dr. Knutz, and that he has a penchant for dressing like a cowboy and telling horse stories, she recognizes that he might actually be able to help her survive her depression.

The usual cast of characters is still in place, with some expanded roles for characters like the "hot" J.P. and the previously irritating Lana. Grandmere provides her own wacky brand of humor, especially as she deals with Mia's depression and a sudden growth spurt that give Mia a much more "womanly" figure.

Plot twists offer readers romance, mental health issues, important social engagements, and challenging "princess" decisions. Mia manages to deal with everything in her always entertaining and quirky way. Fans old and new are sure to have a great time reading PRINCESS MIA. ( )

Princess Mia is like a totally awesome book. There's just a tiny problem, I didn't read any of the books from volume 3 until now.
I guess that's my fault, so i suggest you read ALL the books in between.

OH MY GOSH! It's SOOO sad, Micheal and Mia broke up. Yup, right in the beggining of the book they drop the bombshell (i guess it was monumental to me because i didn't realise they were having relationship problems) they wanted to JUST BE FRIENDS. As if, HAHA. I personally think micheal and mia are destined to be with each toher. Guess Meg Cabot and I think differently, well I have to read the next book. Mia goes deep into depression and starts talking to a therapist for help, and i think it's helping. While J.P (mia's best friend's ex.) is her supposed "boyfriend" or that's what the media portrays him as, when he's not. So she's got her fair share of problems. STAY STRONG MIA! ( )

I am part of a Princess Diaries cabal. I didn't mean to join it, but unknowningly I was admitted, and now I can't get out. Without my asking, the newest PD book shows up on my workdesk, and I know I have a mere 14 hours to read it before I am cornered by my two coworkers (who shall remain nameless) and asked how I liked it.It's a bonding thing, to be able to talk about these books. This one was actually kind of suprising, and though Mia is always 10 steps behind the reader, I think it's fun for tweens to "know what's up" before the character does. ( )

Princess Mia immediately begins where volume 8, Princess on the Brink, leaves off. Mia is obsessed with hearing back from Michael, her one true love, as he just left NYC for a year in Japan. Mia said (and did) harsh things to him before he left and she wanted to take it all back and try to make their relationship work. He finally contacts her, only to tell her the dreaded words no woman wants to hear: "Maybe we should just be friends." Mia is devastated by this and begins a downward spiral.

Her parents are concerned for her and make an appointment (against her will) to see a therapist. Not only does she have to deal with the breakup of her first real relationship, her best friend accuses her of stealing her boyfriend and is not speaking to her and someone has created a website to torture her: www.ihatemiathermopolis.com. Just when things start to go from bad to worse, her nemesis wants to be friends with her. Are her intentions real or is there a secret agenda?

Overall, I thought Princess Mia was a good installment for the series, however it wasn't my favorite. Mia does a lot of self-reflecting during her therapy sessions. She's starting to understand her role in her friendships (and just maybe not having Lilly as her best friend isn't such a bad thing after all) and realizes that life can still be good after experiencing a loss. ( )