Raising the Griffin is about a teenage boy whose father decides to accept rulership in the (fictional) European country which evicted their family (who were the country's monarchs at the time) a couple of generations ago.
It was a really gripping read because while sometimes Alex is a spoilt brat, he is treated like a child, and then berated for not responding like an adult, when the lack of choices and lack of warning he is given mean it is very difficult for him to do otherwise. He suddenly has no control of his own life, is told his thoughts, wishes and opinions do not matter, and has to deal with the press, paparazzi and hordes of screaming fangirls. Not to mention members of the country who don't want the return to monarchy.

There was an uncomfortable interlude where he was sort-of seduced by a pretty, older princess which I skimmed, but otherwise it was a surprisingly interesting story. ( )