I loved her movies growing up. Heard the Nicole Kidman movie was based on this book so wanted to read it before the movie came out. Very interesting read! ( )

I picked up this book with very high hopes, but Ms. Leigh left me utterly disappointed.

No new facts were revealed and the book seemed to focus mainly on Grace's romantic relationships, with the surprising exception of her marriage with Prince Ranier, which was quickly reviewed.

More insight, perhaps, was given to Grace's troubling relationship with her father but, again, her marriage to the Prince and residence in Monaco over the course of 25 years was covered in a minimum number of pages. The book ended suddenly with Grace's death - - no mention of her funeral, how her husband and children dealt with her sudden passing or the people of Monaco's grief and the longterm effect of an American princess in their country.

No updates on the children, particularly Caroline, who matured and took Grace's place as a beloved princess of Monaco, or Ranier, carrying on without her.

To add insult to injury, the book is rife with typos and mistakes. And a minor point, but the photographic section in the middle of the book is stingy and leaves much to be desired.

All in all, a very sad effort for an actress and princess who deserved a better biography. ( )

i never finished reading this mostly because i found that i didn't really want to know that much about princess Grace. (T_T) ( )

Interesting to read about Grace Kelly, but not a very well-written book. The storyline gets muddied easily. You are left with a sense of the tragedy of a woman who did not marry for love and the price she paid because of it. ( )