Meg Cabot Royal Wedding |link| • Essential

“You have a little olive oil on your chin.”

Fans of the original series get to see how Mia’s inner circle has evolved:

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The baker made the cake out of tofu. (Michael’s attempt to be healthy backfired. It looked like a stack of wet paper towels.) The choir from the Genovian Royal Academy learned the wrong song—they were prepared to sing “Baby Got Back” instead of “Ave Maria.” And worst of all, the tiara arrived.

“My dad?” Michael set down his fork. “He lives in Ohio. He sells used tractors. He thinks ‘Genovia’ is a brand of olive oil.” “You have a little olive oil on your chin

Michael took the monstrosity off my head and set it aside. He cupped my face in his hands. “Mia. Listen to me. I don’t care if you wear a paper bag. I don’t care if the cake is tofu. I don’t care if your grandmother’s poodle, Rommel, is the flower girl. At the end of that aisle, I’m just going to see you. The same girl who used to pass me notes in Algebra class. That’s the only royal wedding I want.”

Royal Wedding picks up several years after the original series ended. Mia Thermopolis is now twenty-six years old. She has graduated from college and is living in New York City with her high school sweetheart, Michael Moscovitz. Mia is no longer the awkward teen struggling with algebra; she is a functioning adult, though she still retains her neurotic charm and her love for writing lists. “My dad

Michael, my rock, my anchor, was no help either. He was sitting on the couch, sketching something in his notebook. “Whatever makes you happy, Princess,” he said, grinning that crooked grin that makes my knees turn to gelato.