Fifth in the Sunset Island series. Emma, Sam, and Carrie have just completed their first semester in college. Making new friends, studying, and meeting cute guys made the last few months hectic, and the three friends are more than ready to reunite for the Christmas break.
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Emma, Carrie and Sam meet up again in Florida, where Sam is now a dancer for Disneyland. Carrie is offered the chance to photograph her old boss Graham (Rock star) for a music magazine, but discovers he's regressed into his old drug problems. When Sam nearly goes too far with an up and coming pop star, Emma discovers that she has hidden strengths of her own when she saves the girls during a storm
I fell in love with these books in High School. I have read every one of them. I would absolutely read them over and over. Being out of Print makes it hard as life was lived and books are gone. I wish they would reprint them into digital. I would be all over that! Definitely an Awesome series, that I would Absolutely read again!
There is so much internalized misogyny in this series. Looking back, I realize how toxic it was growing up as a young woman in the 90s. But, problematic as it is, I still love Emma, Carrie and Sam.