by Lindsey Leavitt
March 2010
Hyperion Book CH
I was vapor. Can you get any more invisible than that? It floats around, dispersing everywhere and nowhere. It's not a solid. It makes no impact.
Desi Bascomb feels like she's stagnating in her small town, Idaho life. The boy she likes is hanging out with her ex-best friend, her parents are obsessed with turning her little sister into a beauty queen and her job consists of donning a groundhog costume and handing out coupons at the mall pet store. Basically, life sucks until the day her agent steps out of an iridescent bubble, tells Desi that she has the ability to use magic and asks if she'd like to act as a substitute for princesses who need a vacation. With an emphatic yes, Desi begins her glamorous new lifestyle only to find that life as a princess isn't all the magazines chalked it up to be. Instead of dreaming about Prince Charming, Desi soon finds herself trying her hardest to help these princesses improve their lives and make an impact.
I honestly have no idea why I read this book. It's very nearly 100% not my style, and yet once I'd started reading it, I couldn't put it down. There were some complexities in the book that kept my adult brain entertained even among the silly, thirteen year old drama. Little girls (or boys) who loved The Princess Diaries will enjoy Lindsey Leavitt's winning debut about one girl's transformation from vapor to solid.
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