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Leia este livro no Goodreads: Abandon https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9397967-abandon

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One of my favorite book series is The Princess Diaries. I love some of the changes Disney made to the series and they’re iconic without a doubt. The first movie is literally unmatched. But one thing I will never forgive Disney for is the erasure of Michael Moscovitz. Mia and Michael were endgame. One of the best built up romances, they get married with an eco friendly ring he made for Mia because he knows she cares about the environment, got her best friend as her sister in law, they have babies, and she still gets to rule over Genovia herself and then you’re just going to throw her with some guy who tried to steal her throne? Like what?

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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear. The brave may not live forever, but the cautious do not live at all. From now on you'll be traveling the road between who you think you are and who you can be. The key is to allow yourself to make the journey.

The Princess Diaries

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The Princess Diaries Graphic Novel by Meg Cabot and Bethany Crandail

Princess lessons, algebra problems, catastrophic teen embarrassment, and one of the most iconic surprise royal reveals in YA history—now in graphic novel form.

📚 Pre-Reading Thoughts

Honestly, it’s almost impossible at this point to separate The Princess Diaries from The Princess Diaries Movie in my brain. The film versions of the characters have become so culturally embedded that I was really curious to see how the graphic adaptation would handle that balance: familiar enough to trigger nostalgia, but distinct enough to feel like its own interpretation.

And honestly? Princess Week demanded this.

📖 Post-Reading

As I thought…

This is a genuinely fun adaptation. It keeps all the awkwardness, humour, and chaotic teenage energy that made the original story work so well.

Bethany Crandall’s art does a great job of making the characters recognisable without simply copying the film actors outright. They feel inspired by the movie versions while still existing comfortably in their own visual style.

The format really suits Mia’s internal chaos. The diary-style narration, exaggerated reactions, and social disasters all translate beautifully into graphic storytelling.

It surprised me by…

How strongly the original novel’s structure came back to me. I’d completely forgotten that the first book doesn’t tie things up in the neat, emotionally satisfying way the film does. The adaptation keeps that more open-ended, “life keeps going” feeling.

How visually expressive everything is. The humour lands especially well because the art fully commits to Mia’s mortification at all times.

How much affection the adaptation clearly has for the source material. It never feels cynical or overly modernised; it just leans into what made the books beloved in the first place.

And honestly, revisiting Mia as a character is delightful because she remains so spectacularly teenager-shaped. Dramatic, earnest, self-conscious, funny, and convinced every social interaction is potentially fatal.

🎧 Music Pairing

🎵 Featured Song: Miracles Happen — because legally, spiritually, and emotionally it belongs here.

🎶 Vibe Album: A Walk to Remember — peak early-2000s teen movie emotional atmosphere.

🎧 Artist Recommendation: Hilary Duff — unapologetic teen nostalgia energy.

🌈 Vibe Check

Colour Palette: baby pink, sky blue, silver glitter, notebook paper white

Soundtrack: locker doors slamming, frantic diary scribbling, makeover montage music

Season: early autumn at the start of the school year

Mood: nostalgic, chaotic, heartfelt, delightfully awkward

Scent: lip gloss, school notebooks, expensive perfume in royal limousines

🃏 Tarot Pull

Page of Cups Teenage emotional chaos, unexpected opportunities, awkward sincerity, and stumbling into a bigger world before you feel remotely prepared for it. Mia is Page of Cups energy.

👀 For fans of

The Princess Diaries

Heartstopper for expressive graphic adaptation energy

chaotic coming-of-age stories where the protagonist would really just like one normal day

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Carmel Mission Basílica. Imagino que quando a autora escreveu sobre a Acadêmia Católica Junípero Serra, de vez em quando chamada por Suze de apenas Colégio da Missão, se referia a esse. Tudo em Carmel real soa como um conto de fadas.