"Royally Jacked" by Niki Burnham

Rating: 3

Description: Val is horrified when her parents inform her that they're getting a divorce, and her mother is moving in with her girlfriend. Yes, that's right, girlfriend. And Val is being given a choice: she can move in with her mom, or move with her dad halfway around the world to the tiny European nation of Schwerinborg, where he's accepting a position as chief of protocol to the royal family. Val wants an option #3, but none is forthcoming. So she chooses to say goodbye to her friends, her school, and even the boy she's had a crush on forever and is only now starting to notice her, and move. Schwerinborg does not impress Val, but on her first day there, she meets Georg, a totally hot guy who actually flirts with her, and he turns out to be the prince. Suddenly, Shwerinborg doesn't seem so bad. But when Val starts at Shwerinborg's American high school, she discovers that just about every girl at school has a huge crush on Georg, and none of them appreciate Val's intruding on their territory. And Georg doesn't seem to like her as much as he originally seemed to either, if the way he's ignoring her is anything to judge by. Will Val find romance in Schwerinborg, or will her first impression of the country (gray and boring) be her last as well?

Review: "Royally Jacked" is a fun, short read for those who enjoy a little royalty thrown into their romance. However, the plot is almost nonexistant, and could have done with a lot of fleshing out. It's boy meets girl, boy and girl have problems, boy and girl get together in the end with only Georg's royalty to spice things up. Even so, there are few enough royalty books out there to make this one worth the read for fans of that sort of book.