Reviews for The Secret Life of Prince Charming [With Earbuds]

The average rating for The Secret Life of Prince Charming [With Earbuds] based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2009-06-30 00:00:00 David Davis Women empowerment. Let me hear it for the ladies! Those are the first words I thought of when I finished this excellently done book. If someone were to ask me what book they could find advice about love this would be it. Seriously that good. I know someone will beg to differ, but for my young heart it was the perfect advice. Now I really loved Quinn, but my favorite character was her younger sister Charlotte (aka Sprout). I wish I had that much confidence at that age. In reality all the characters are strong in this book and the quest they go on turns out to be a real eye opener for all involved. One of the things that really stood out to me is that sometimes people are jerks and have no excuses. A lot of the time we make excuses for people but this book tells you sometimes the jerks don't have a foot to stand on. Throughout the story we get little excerpts from Barry's past girlfriends and Quinn's relatives experiences with men. Listen to what they have to say. Another thing that I'm glad that Caletti did was have the main character be a nice person. Everybody looks at the adjective nice and thinks boring. Quinn is anything but boring but she is nice. She grows of course, but is still a nice person. I really appreciate that Caletti did that. I have to say though I don't think guys will agree with some of the things said in the book, but no worries not all guys are made to look like villains. If anything it represents that we let ourselves be treated badly. Oh yeah before I forget I must say I hate the cover. It totally sends the wrong vibe. If I hadn't read a good review for it I would not have picked it up. A couple of F-bombs are dropped and there is the occasional cuss word but I'm sure most people won't be bothered. There are so many things to say but I just can't cover them all. You can only get the full effect by actually reading it. Obviously highly recommended.

Review # 2 was written on 2009-02-10 00:00:00 George Deal At first I was not in love with the premise of Deb Caletti's newest; it seemed a little too much like a movie theme, kinda like the last one. But Caletti's writing always conquers all. This, to me, was her most powerful novel. It's all about love and relationships and what women are willing to put up with for love. Like so many of her other novels, it's a multi-generational story and while the heroine is a teen, her mom, grandma, aunt, and the women who have been in her father's life are all living, multi-faceted, important characters. The story of Quinn and her journey to learn more about her charismatic father is interwoven with the life lessons and stories of all the women in her life and their disasters with love. It's heartbreaking and empowering and seems like a really important novel for teen girls to read. Guys in novels are too often too perfect and while the love interest here is a little dreamy, Caletti is not so generous with the others. Finally, I love how misleading the title is - any girl would pick this up with totally the wrong idea about this as a "romance" and it will end up being something she really ought to read. Fantastic!