Alicia

The Clique Summer Collection #3

by Lisi Harrison

ALICIA TAKES ON MISSION SPALPHA: SPANISH ALPHA!

Back in Spain to visit her relatives, Alicia discovers that Europe's newest pop sensation, ¡i!, is searching for a true Spanish beauty to star in his new video. Ah-mazing times ten! If Alicia is cast, Massie will never call her Fannish (fake Spanish) again. The only possible glitch in Operation Spalpha? She'll have to beat her muy hawt cousins to win the coveted spot. Adios, bimbos!

Genres: Young Adult, Contemporary, Fiction, Chick Lit, Middle Grade, Realistic Fiction, Childrens

112 pages, Paperback

First published June 3, 2008

About the author

Lisi Harrison is the author of the #1 New York Times best-selling series "The Clique", "Alphas", "Monster High," Pretenders," and her first adult novel: "The Dirty Book Club" out 10.10.17. Lisi was born in Toronto, Canada, and lived in NYC for 15 years while she worked at MTV. She now lives in Laguna Beach, CA and is a member or her own Dirty Book Club.

Reviews

[the louver · Rating 1 out of 5]

I never thought that one day I would give a Lisi Harrison book one star. Because, well, Lisi Harrison is one of my favorite authors. She writes amazing books and I love then, but I feel like The Summer Collection is just not all that good. Usually her books have messages in them, but The Summer Collection is to shallow, especially this one.

I don't know if it's its shallowness, or the fact that this reads like Lisi had a one month dead line and ended up writing the whole book the night before, or the fact that Alicia is one of my least favorite Clique girl (along with Kristen) that made me dislike this book. And also the dialogue just seemed to far-fetched and silly.

I feel bad writing this review, because I love Lisi's books with all my heart, but this one is just, ough.

Sorry, Lisi. Stil love you, though!

-MS

[Maire · Rating 2 out of 5]

I love the summer series. It’s so fun. And Alicia has always been an interesting POV other than massie. But the middle just dragged on deviated from the pop star storyline. I can’t believe I just wrote that sentence. But I love my clique girlies .

[Nora Suntken · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alicia was kind of funny in this book but also the densest person on the planet at times. Nina almost had a redemption but was still a bit of a clown. The twins were nightmares and Nigel was a total icon. Alicia’s maid job was goofy with the peacocks and everything, but the book was simply a quick, easy read.

[Ray · Rating 1 out of 5]

Alicia is the third book of the Summer Collection, a group of side stories revolving around the members of the "Pretty Committee" from Lisi Harrison's "The Clique" series of popular and controversial books. Each of the Summer Collection titles follows one of the characters through her summer vacation in between the seventh and eighth grades (or, chronologically, in between Sealed With a Diss and Bratfest At Tiffany's in The Clique series).

Plot: Alicia Rivera is forced to spend her summer vacation with her reprehensible Spanish cousins, including Nina who crashed the Pretty Committee's party in more ways than one in Invasion of the Boy Snatchers. Nina and Alicia find themselves competing for the attention of ¡i!, Europe's latest pop sensation, and Nina isn't afraid to resort to the dirtiest of tricks to come out on top.

Easily the worst of the Summer Collection, the narrative and plot simply aren't engaging. On top of that, Alicia proves to be even more scheming, backstabbing and underhanded than Massie - and her cousins even moreso. Add to that a disturbing underlying current of these soon-to-be eighth graders being highly sexualized, especially personified in Nina. Upon the novella's conclusion, the narrative becomes little more than an uninteresting hot mess of betraying brats.

Primarily for teen girls; male readers may be put off by the pacing and genre. Girls who love fashion will greatly enjoy the descriptions of clothing within this book. Older readers nostalgic for high school "slice-of-life" stories may also highly enjoy this. Many readers may be put off by potentially negative messages and other controversial or offensive content.

Positives:
- extremely short so at least you don't waste much time
- the twist ending is somewhat interesting if not equally somewhat telegraphed
- Reading level: Medium-easy (2 to 3 hours)

Negatives:
- potentially disturbing depictions of tweens being sexualized feature prominently in the novella
- the plot heavily revolves around tween girls engaging in backstabbing and cheating in order to get ahead with little ill-consequence

Other similar works by the author:
- The Clique series, of which The Summer Collection compliments
- Alphas, a spin-off series revolving around Skye Hamilton who is introduced in It's Not Easy Being Mean

Similar works by other authors:
- The "Castle Heights" series (Cindy Ella, Geek Charming, Little Miss Red, Wicked Jealous) by Robin Palmer (superior writing and characterization, more positive messages)
- The "Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker" series by Robin Palmer (superior writing and characterization, more positive messages)
- "The A-List" by Zoey Dean (flatter writing, even more negative messages and controversial content)
- "How My Personal, Private Journal Become a National Best-Seller" by Julia DeVillers (more positive messages)
- "Secrets of My Hollywood Life" by Jen Calonita (better narrative, more positive messages)

Other Notes:
- I recommend reading the entire Summer Collection in publication order (Massie, Dylan, Alicia, Kristen, Claire) and in-between Sealed With a Diss and Bratfest at Tiffany's in the main Clique series.

[Destiny · Rating 3 out of 5]

So I read the first two Clique novels and I enjoyed them and thus I bought the subsequent books. While shopping I saw four of the five summer collections going for $0.97 each. Now while I spend a lot of money on books, I loves me a good bargain! So of course I bought them.

I picked up Alicia's book this evening. Keep in mind that I haven't read the series since late 2011. It took me a minute to get back into the flow.I immediately knew I had missed some things, but that didn't bother me too much. What did bother me were the words used. Some of the stuff I could let slip by and I have to admit I liked some of the terminology. But spelling hot hawt and not nawt? That was just too much for me. It's minor, but I can get really picky about using proper language.

I did feel for Alicia for being thrown over by her cousins, but she bonded with Nina and I thought that was sweet. In the end she won the day when Nigel turned out to be the Spanish pop star. That did kind of surprise and I admit my inner thirteen year old cheered. Everything turned out okay.

So in conclusion I will be reading the other Summer Collections, maybe sooner than later and I'll get back to reading the main novels.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!! 100% of awesomeness. I have never read any books in the Clique series before and didn't think i'd like them but this was such a good book! It was so fun to read with a perfect combination of romance and adventure. Nina(Alicia's cousin) was such an unpredictable person, one moment she was an evil crime to human kind and the next a total understanding, helpful love-bug! I would recommend this to any girl and I mean ANY girl who needs a really great story of revenge and friendship should read this.

[Indigo Signoretti · Rating 3 out of 5]

i loved the clique series so as soon at it came out i had to read it. massie is always calling alica fanish(fake spanish)alica is so tired of being treated like she's below her and landing a spot in a major spanish music. in this book of the clique series you learn a lot more about nina, alica's cousin who was introduced in invasion of the boy snatchers. another adrenalin filled book of the clique.

[ktheland · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although I liked Alicia's insecurities about being half-and-half, this book was way too shallow for me. Ugh. This series is so nawt fun anymore.

[Tiffany Spencer · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alicia The Clique Summer Collection (Updated)
Alicia hasn’t gotten off the plane in Barcelona long before she sees an advertisement for an audition in popular Spanish singer !i!’s video. She can’t think of a better way to make Massie jealous and start off the 8th grade. Plus it’ll skyrocket her status as a “Spalpha”. She’s greeted by her twin cousin’s Isobel and Cecelia. They ask to borrow her clothes but say she can’t borrow her because she’s not a “true Spanish beauty.” Alicia says what she lacks in Spanish, she makes up for in beauty. They agree to sneak over to the hotel where !i! is staying and party but Nina sneaks up on Alicia and says no one’s ever seen !i! what makes her think she will. The twins rush her off to get Alicia’s bags and tells her if she wants to hang with them she has to avoid Nina (Which Alicia has absolutely no problems with). But she then finds out that she and Nina will be roomates because of redecorating. The she pushes her LV suitcase in dog ish..

The twins immediately ditch Alicia to go to a “sample sale” for A cups only. Nina sticks Alicia on the small side of the room with a cot for a bed and a crate to put her clothes in. She finds out that Nina’s punishment for stealing the twin’s boots was she had to do whatever they asked 150 times. She’s on 149. When the twins get back they say there was no “sample” sale it was just an excuse. They came back to get Alicia because there’s a cast party for !i! and they can get in because their GR’s (fake models that hang around the hotel to make the guest feel good-like someone skinny and beautiful wants to party with them). They can each invite one person. They pick Alicia.

Nina tho bribes them by threatening to toss their car keys (which she’s stolen) into the lake. They tell her but she has to act like she doesn’t know them. She says fine. She’ll just hang out with Alicia. NOT FINE! At the Lindo Hotel, Celia and Isobel leave Alicia and Nina behind to try on their wardrobes for GR’s (guest relations) Alicia finds her way to the party and catches up with the twins again who’ve found! i!’s assistants G (who gets his girls), P (his personal assistant), and S (who handles his schedule) Nina says their initials spell pigs.

The triplets are about to lead them to I’s personal cabana but Alicia is stopped by a guy that she thinks is about to call her out on speaking English. So, she dismisses him. Nina says they’re using her (Alicia) and they just want her clothes. Sure enough, they’ve walked off again with G, P, and S. Alicia notices Nina wearing her earring, almost cries, and makes a grab for it (yanking it from her ear). Nina starts yelling she’s bleeding but it’s just bits of her lollipop. Alicia and Nina get into a fight (knocking each other over) and knock over a famous statue of the bull fighter Juan Belmonte.

Esmeralda (whose the great great great granddaughter of Juan) calls them into her office and says they’ll both report to work tomorrow as maids. Alicia tries to call her parents to send her a check to pay for the thousand dollar (and plus some) statue but her mother tells her sorry. Your own your own. The twins (the next day) claim they saw I’s arm (tired of adding the exclamations). Rather they saw his arm hanging out the window. Then they rush off to meet the video set up crew. Alica thinks of how much she envy hates them.

Esmeralda moves Alicia inside because she’s too distracted outside. (She and Nina are towel girls.) Alicia runs into the (pastry Brit) guy again she dismissed. He says he thought she was Spanish but he heard her talking and saw she spoke English. He’s cute and she loves he thought she looked Spanish but he’s British and she’s on a Spalpha mention. (He says his name is Nigal). She rushes off to do her loads and he says see you later. Nina offers to help her with the load, but she directs her to add water to the dryer. Then sparks shot off everywhere and they rush to the exit. Firefighters have to come in and put out the smoke. Alicia wonders did her cousin set her up. Her cousin tells her she told her not to add water in front of Esmeralda. Esmeralda adds seven-hundred more dollars to what she owes for the statue.

Nigel still continues to pay Alicia attention despite her standoffishness. He waves when she passes his chair and gives her compliments. The twins tell Alicia (after asking to borrow her diamond earrings) their going to Danzatoria with the triplets at eight (and she’s invited). But Nina asks Alicia to do her a favor. If she wants to leave early to get ready she’ll cover for her if she turns on the power generator for her in 15. Esmeralda wants her to do it but she wants to sneak into one of the rooms to watch her favorite soap.

Only when she does, she’s turned on the sprinklers. Alicia tries to tell Esmeralda it was Nina’s fault but she’s not hearing it. Then there is no room 718. There are only six floors. So, she makes Alicia stay and dry all the pool furniture. The twins don’t even notice she didn’t come but instead are more interested in borrowing her yellow slip dress to go out with the triplets. I had some industry party to go to but they’ve been promised he’ll be there tonight. Only they claim the dinner is before Alicia gets off work, but they promise to tell her about it. Nina is only to tell her she told her. Alicia can’t hold it back anyone and goes into the bathroom and cries. When she gets back she sees a blinding light and takes it as a sign that true Alphas are built not born and that I guess it encourages her to shine despite her cousins.

The light tho turns out to be a mirrored key Nina found in the guest cabana. It belongs to I. Nina offers it to Alica as a peace treaty. Alicia is suspicious and asks why now is she trying to be friends. Nina says she’s always wanted to be friends, but she picked the PC and her sisters over her. Alicia reminds her that she *did* try to steal their boyfriends. And anyway how does she know this isn’t another trick. Nine pulls out two of Massie’s Glossip Girls (Red Velvet and Glow in the Dark Blackberry) and says if she’s lying she can give them back to Massie. She’ll even go with her. In I’s room, Alicia and Nina are startled by a peacock that’s in I’s closet from some reason.

Nina knocks it out with a pillow and is supposedly dead but Esmeralda shows up, brings it back to life, and blames Alicia. She tells her to meet her by the peacock pen at 10 the next day or she’s fired. Nina plants a fake lost sign the next day, has stolen I’s necklace from his room, and plans to plant it on the twins. Only it looks like Celia finds it and I (from his balcony?) gives her the thumbs up. Nine then sets it up so it looks like it’s raining so the twins will miss the video audition. When they go to the peacock pen, Alicia and Nina discover the birds have three eyes. Esmeralda has stuck mini-cams on the birds foreheads.

They take off the camera’s and head to the video shoot but when they get there they’re told by the other girls it was over when the twin’s showed up. They found out when the gardener took the hose off the roof that it wasn’t raining. On the day of the shot, Nigel tells them that I got sick and they’re gonna have to use a substitute. It’s some hairy guy named Leo. The twins find out they have to lick dripping ice-cream off his chest (which OKAY I didn’t think this was a porn video). Nigel it turns out (as we all expected-or should have-) is I. He’s not Spanish and what everyone’s been seeing is fake photoshopped pictures of him but hearing his real voice.
He’s already paid off Alicia and Nina’s bill and when Alicia asks how she can pay him back, he tells her just keep his secret. Then she, Nina, and he go off on his yacht together while the twins are left licking ice cream of a hairy guy.

My Thoughts:
*What happened to her in this one? In the other one, it seemed like she was hawt ish Guys and girls practically worshipped her and everything she did they coveted. But in this one, no one really seems all that impressed with her. I guess the Barcelonians have better taste than the Westchesters.

*And then why does Alicia keep letting Nina AND the twins play her? I may not have gotten the message the first time they left me hanging, but the second time when they left me at the party well you know the saying. And then when Nina offers to help her with the laundry it seems like not even a chapter after that she trust her to let her leave early. It's kinda sad it's like that and these are her family. I mean I expected it from Nina, but the shadiness of her other cousin's too

*Do you know what else is STRANGE? Why are peacocks just roaming around this hotel? I didn't think anything about it at the party. I let it slide (as weird as that was). Sometimes performers are eccentric like that. I didn't even say anything about it in Esmeralda's office. She has a pet peacock. Ok (not that unbelievable on a scale) but I had to draw the line at one in the laundry room just chilling. Who does that? Have bird's living in the hotel with the residents.

*Alicia, I don't think Esmeralda literally meant she wanted you to blow on the chairs. This book is really not bringing Alicia's Spalpha out. Instead, it's making her look like a ditz

*Why would you steal someone else's LIP GLOSS? I don't think I want nothing touching my lips that's been on someone else's.

*And speaking of strangeness it continues. There's a peacock in I's freaking CLOSET!!! That he possibly put in there because it has a shirt on with something about him. It runs out, goes crazy, Alicia and Nina beam it with a pillow, and it falls out dead. UMMM! I don't even know where to start with all the wrong in that sentence. But they aren't worried that they just KILLED A BIRD THAT’S BEEN HELD HOSTAGE IN A CLOSET!! NOOO!! What are these girl's worried about Nina's jacked up hairstyle forced on her by the twins.

*And Esmeralda has the NERVE to punish Alicia!? How bout SHE be punished for letting exotic birds roam free in a hotel and sent to jail and she's the one slapped with a thousand dollar fine? I'm surprised this is the first bird that almost suffocated in a small space and died. This lady is INSANE! And she has a pen. Do they escape on their own? Then she SERIOUSLY needs to do something about that. I don't know say DON’T HAVE THEM THERE IN THE FIRST PLACE BECAUSE ITS A HOTEL AND ISN'T A SUITABLE PLACE FOR BIRDS TO LIVE.!!!

RATING 5: I was more scandalized by the mistreatment of the peacocks than what was going on with Alicia. I knew Nigel was I. (Rolls eyes) Could that not have been any more obvious? I didn't and did feel bad for Alicia. I didn't because she let herself be played SO EASILY. And yet she wants Alpha status? Alpha's don't get played. They DO the playing. Cecelia and Isobel were the Alpha's (obviously) because they got over on Alicia, and they had Nina bowing down to them one hundred and odd something times. You'd think she'd pick up a thing from being around the HBIC (Massie). Alicia was weak in this story and if this was her test then she has a way to go before she comes up. She really doesn't prove she SHOULD be an Alpha. Yet, I did feel bad for her because in the beginning the family she thought was in her corner turned out to be as bad as the one that wasn't (until the end). At a point in the book, it felt like the girl didn’t have ANYBODY! And this is supposed to be her FAMILY! I'm glad this showed Nina in another light, (a better light than the other book)but that's pretty much all I have to say for her. It was nice I guess for her and Alicia to have common ground and really be family.

[Jessamine · Rating 2 out of 5]

"once she ruled Spain for a summer, she'd have enough experience to dominate Octavian Country Day School back home."

This is one of the weirdest, if not the most bizarre book, in The Clique series. The whole plot is basically Alicia and Dora-with-a-theft-problem become indentured servants for a short woman and her peacock army at a Spanish hotel. Also there's a music video competition. And a British guy who keeps popping up.

Something I liked about the Clique books is that they felt realistic. Not because I understand anything about private schools or Westchester, but because I could imagine that world operating like in these books. It takes the problems every middle school girl experienced with loneliness, friendships, and mean girls, and plopped it satirically in the entertaining world of the rich and ridiculous.

But this book kept pulling me out of the realism I think is so good about the series. Some aspects of this that were just so preposterous it made the novella feel like a cartoon:

1.) Alicia and Nina become employees for the Hotel Lindo - as thirteen-year-olds.
2.) The hotel has an elevator entirely made of an aquarium? With pink dolphins inside and buttons with sea-horses in them.
3.) A rooftop and pool deck that don't seem to make any physical sense.
4.) After finding out her daughter broke a 20-something-thousand-dollar statue, Alicia's mom has a minute-long conversation on the phone that's basically "handle it" and we never hear from her again.
5.) After Alicia and Nina become child servants, there's no adult authority concerned about it. Alicia's aunt and uncle have vanished.

Lisi Harrison's spin-off Alphas series have these fantastical, bizarre elements that feel kind of absurdist. Fine, I can accept it for that series. But these elements have never been present in the Clique's world of Starbucks and Chanel. So what's with the elevators full of pink dolphins and the child labor? It has 0 explanation and it was just jarring. I guess it's believable if you're 7, but the target age of these books seems too old at 12-ish to not question those random elements.

Also, Alicia and Nina are sexualized throughout this book. I have no clue what was going through Lisi's head, but writing about bouncers staring at a thirteen-year-old girl's chest, or them running in bikinis as people admire them, was just so repulsive to read. Why is this being presented in a book for middle schoolers?

I do like how Alicia comes around in this book to realize that pretending to be someone she's not will never make her happy. Nina's redemption arc and their eventual friendship, especially as Alicia learns to not befriend those who might use her, was wholesome. I also really liked Nigel, he was pretty hilarious, and the twist about ¡i! was one I remember caught me off guard when I read this as a kid. The age gap, though, was another odd choice (Nigel's 15, which is jump from Alicia's age of 12 or 13.)

Sometimes it feels anymore like Lisi is trying to write a book about high schoolers, but set it in middle school. This book would've made much more sense with the job and Nigel had Alicia been 15 or 16. You know, where having a job wouldn't be illegal. I think this novella had a lot more potential with its setting in Spain and Alicia already being a complex character. Esmerelda is hilarious, even if she is committing labor law violations, but she vanishes. As with common sense, it seems.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was mildly tempted to rate this at 4 stars, but the basic plot of ALICIA matches the basic plot of MASSIE a little too much for comfort. Just as Massie found herself needing to get a summer job to pay off the fees for her riding club, Alicia (while visiting relatives in Spain) comes to accidentally damage a statue worth tens of thousands of dollars and is put to work by the hotel staff in order to work off her debt. (Alicia attempts to get her parents to wire the money to take care of the situation, but her mother tells her it's time to learn responsibility).

However, despite the very similar basic plot, ALICIA is not completely MASSIE and neither is Alicia Rivera a copy of Massie Block. And therein lies the truly interesting part.

As I mentioned before, I don't have a favorite CLIQUE character. But I would definitely say that I find Alicia to be the most interesting. While Harrison initially lists Dylan as Massie's BFF I've always felt that Harrison gives us a very different version of events. Alicia is basically the lieutenant to Massie's mob boss as it were. But while Dylan and Kristen (and to a lesser extent Claire) pretty much go along with whatever Massie says Alicia has a mind of her own. And while she bends to Massie's will more often than not she is not afraid to go behind Massie's back in order to pursue her own interests. In fact, one of the earliest story arcs in the series (and the first to catch my interest regarding how it would all play out) was Alicia breaking away from the Pretty Committee in order to form her own clique. (I'm a little disappointed to see that it looks like Harrison will be recycling plots yet again. One of the stories to P.S. I LOATHE YOU, the next book in the main series, is Alicia possibly making a second attempt at leading her own clique.)

Bringing the story to Spain does give the story a fresh location and the return of an interesting character: Nina, the youngest of Alicia's three Spanish cousins. Nina made for an interesting antagonist in Book 4 and while her characterization seemed out of continuity at first, as the story progressed Harrison's intentions became clear and made for an interesting relationship dynamic between the two.

Again, Harrison does a fairly good job at showing Alicia's desire and ability to take charge. But when you are up against a personality as all encompassing as Massie's it only makes sense that Alicia best shines when out from Massie's shadow.

[Zoë]

I have no memory of reading this book in middle school, but it all came back to me while reading this book, and that was a strange revelation. Alicia's an odd character to focus a whole novella on in that she's neither as exciting as Massie and Claire nor as dull as Kristen and Dylan but sits somewhere in the middle. She's hard to relate to because she's insanely beautiful, and her main drive to be more than second string was already abandoned in previous novels. There's so much potential to explore her desire to be herself at the expense of popularity and acceptance, but that clearly can't be explored in the bounds of this novella.

The reunion with Nina, Nina's redemption, the summer job, and the "twist" were all enjoyable plot points, and Alicia deciding she is fine with not being an alpha and just being herself...which will be undone in the next book? Overall, I don't know why I'm pulling hairs out about this book, but clearly, I feel some type of way about the wasted character.

Overall, it is more fun than Dylan's book and less fun than Massie's. As expected.

[Chenae Felton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alicia, the third book in The Clique Summer Collection by Lisi Harrison, follows Alicia Rivera's summer adventure in Spain. She's visiting her relatives, but things get interesting when she discovers that Spain's newest pop sensation, ¡i!, is looking for a true Spanish beauty to star in his music video. Alicia sees this as her chance to prove herself and show Massie she's not "fannish" (fake Spanish).

Alicia's cousins, Nina, Isobel, and Celia, are also vying for the spot, and things get complicated. As Alicia navigates her family drama and the competition, she learns valuable lessons about friendship and identity

[Kelly]

The whole idea of there being a pop star no one has ever seen in real life and is secretly airbrushed/photoshopped in photos and music videos…..so he just never gives concerts? Every video/print interviewer keeps the secret or allows his team to send their own photos/videos? And it’s so well-done no one even recognizes the kid he actually is running around this resort……even for this series it’s beyond stupid. Plus this book is just boring. It’s just Alicia continually fucking things up at the resort while the twins wear her clothes and Nina mostly sabotages her (why does she need semi-redemption??)

[Juliet Minerva Swift · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was so annoyed by all the characters!!! I hated the cousins, I hated the younger one, I hated the people at the hotel. I hated how Alicia can’t handle situations and always ends up screwing things over, she is so naïve. But I mean hate in a good way, that’s how you are supposed to feel.
It may not be the best book in the world, and I gather that the main series is better than this stories collection, but I had fun anyway.

[August Hoang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Definitely not Lisi Harrison's best work.

This one is definitely significantly blander than the other books I have read from Lisi Harrison. I don't know what it is about it, but there was no real seriousness in the problem Alicia has here. The whole party at the beginning of the book was a lot more lame than I expected, the dialogue was far-fetched at best and annoying at worst.

The only remarkable thing here was the twist at the end. It was definitely fun.

[Dave Heberer · Rating 1 out of 5]

This is pretty vapid, I know I'm not the target audience but the ratio of actual things that happen compared to designer stuff being ticked off like a gaudy rich checklist is way too low for me to enjoy.

I hope this isn't what teenagers are reading and modeling their life on. Puh-leez. Grassy.

Reading this made me rethink my random book reading strategy.

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first Summer Collection book that I feel really could have benefited from being longer - it felt like things just started picking up at the end. I do have to give it credit for giving Alicia a happy ending, though, because she almost never gets one.

[Paige Tipton · Rating 3 out of 5]

There was far too much discussion about a rubber hand found in someone's hotel room for a YA book, which then took far too much explaining to still not make sense. Also, Alicia's cousins are the WORST. I'M TALKING TO YOU, NINA.

[Abby Rose · Rating 2 out of 5]

Alicia and Nina team up against her other cousins. Nothing great.

[Madina Ahrarova · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this was a pretty fascinating story. I liked the layout and plot of it.

[Kiran · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting plot twists

[Paschalis]

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[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alicia deserves rights.

[Emily Sklaver]

Nothing to rant about here.

[MC · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this series in middle school, I don’t remember anything about it.

[Lolly · Rating 4 out of 5]

My least favorite of the Clique Summer Collection books.

[Danielle Abuan · Rating 4 out of 5]

quick easy read

[Devon Elizabeth]

This one is also all abt a boy I don’t care abt and more of Alicia’s “slutty” cousins… I wanted more interiority from Alicia like Massie’s / Claire’s books had… a girl can dream…

[Lis · Rating 3 out of 5]

No likable characters here!