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A Type-A teen and a spontaneous royal outrun chaos in 'The Prince & The Apocalypse'

Nothing goes right for American Wren Wheeler during a trip to London. And that's before the overthinking 18-year-old meets a prince — and they both learn a comet is hurtling toward Earth.
<em>The Prince & The Apocalypse</em> by Kara McDowell

I have been in the darkest of moods this summer. I blame this ghastly heat. Amid all the broodiness I found The Prince & The Apocalypse by Kara McDowell, a tale of two teenagers trying to race across Europe while the world is ending. It was subversively morbid, and I found myself laughing out loud by Chapter 2.

Heroine Wren Wheeler is

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