PULLING PRINCES, which seems to be the start of a fun new series, takes the popular prep school fiction trend to England. Calypso knows that her British prep school life is much different from her home life in LA, but she is determined to fit in this year.

For starters, a pretend boyfriend’s picture starts gaining her notice. Formerly, she was the weird American who loved fencing and couldn’t keep up with the expensive designer clothes her schoolmates share.

A suggestion to start a writing salon brings her and her also-outcast best friend, Star, together with the popular girls. When they are assigned a big charity project together, the girls begin to bond and find that assigned labels and stereotypes don’t always fit.

Calypso grows tired of the pretend boyfriend when the prince of England notices her at a fencing match. And he is not the only guy to start flirting. While dating princes is the stuff of dreams, Calypso is believable and likeable in her insecurities and awkward moments.

PULLING PRINCES has plenty of humor and plot. Fans of the Gossip Girl and A-List series will enjoy this one. A glossary of English terms in the back of the book will help American readers, a tactic that is also popular in Louise Rennison’s Georgia Nicolson series.

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