I wonder if the name Portman came from Natalie Portman’s role in Star Wars? I really need to read more about how author Connie Glynn came up with her ideas as I just assumed that Portmans (fake royals) and Partizans (royal assassins) were real things. Be Kind, Be Brave, Be Unstoppable – and what a mantra to live up to – this is definitely a driver for her actions. Our main character – Cornwall based – Lottie Pumpkin – yup that’s her name – is a Cinderella, Princess and fairytale obsessed teen who lives by a mantra passed down from her mum. I like to think of this first book as The Princess Diaries meets Freaky Friday at Boarding School and it’s so much fun. My memory is atrocious so I’m super impressed by how much I remembered of book one considering I read them in 2017/8!! I’m glad I re-read as I’d definitely got the plots of the first two books in the series mixed in my head – which only leads me to be more excited to continue the re-read as I vaguely remember something that happens in book two – this is pretty miraculous in itself. Follow Connie on YouTube, Twitter, Instagram and Tumblr I Thought Connie now writes music and fiction full- time. After five years of publicly documenting her life and hobbies to an audience of 900,000 subscribers on YouTube, Connie closed the book on the Noodlerella project in a bid for more privacy and to pursue her original passions in the performing arts. It was at university that Connie started her hugely successful YouTube channel Noodlerella (named after her favourite food and favourite Disney princess). This passion for stories has never left her, and Connie recently finished a degree in film theory. She had a love for performing stories from a young age and attended Guildhall drama classes as a teenager. Connie Glynn has always loved writing and wrote her first story when she was six, with her mum at a typewriter acting as her scribe. Friendships are at stake, families must be reunited and hearts are at risk of breaking.

But this is far from simple - especially as an undercover Leviathan agent is in their midst. Together they must piece together clues to Leviathan's evil plans. They're still reeling from their discovery that someone rather close to home is leader of Leviathan - the group determined to take the princess down at any cost. ther year at Rosewood - but nothing will ever be the same again. Lottie, Ellie and Jamie are back for ano. Jamie is Ellie's Partizan, a lifelong bodyguard sworn to protect the princess at any cost. Lottie is her Portman, acting as the princess for the public to shield Ellie from scrutiny. Ellie is a rebellious princess hiding her real identity.

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