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Sweet Valley High #108
Left at the Altar!
Here is the concluding title in the tantalizing mini-series that shocked Sweet Valley. Jessica is still madly in love with a man engaged to a new friend--so when he calls the wedding off, Jessica is ecstatic. But tragedy intervenes and, out of guilt, her dream man decides he must walk down the aisle. Will Jessica allow this to happen?
199 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1994
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Francine Pascal
1,139 books1,846 followersFrancine Paula Pascal was an American author best known for her Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High, the backbone of the collection, was made into a television series, which led to several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they remained so popular that several titles were re-released decades later.
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January 8, 2013
Oh man. Ohhhhhh man. During a ReLIT handout this weekend we came across a box with a influx of SVH books. I took this one because it was actually the first one I read back when I was 11. I figured it'd be great to do a little reliving on my pre-teen reads.
My goodness, what terrible drivel. Jessica is going on with an engaged man? Elizabeth is taking primal woman classes after a harrowing experience in London when she dated a lunatic who thought he was a werewolf? These girls are 16. Where are their parents?! Why are they allowed to wreck their lives and the lives of those around them!?! Elizabeth tries to involve others in her nagging attempts to keep Jessica from ruining a wedding, but everyone says she should just let Jessica live her life. However, no one has any problem telling Elizabeth she should lay off the self-help books. To call Sweet Valley hypocritical would be insulting to hypocrites everywhere.
I suppose I can no longer speak ill of Twilight, if this is the kind of stuff I was reading as a young person. I shall spend the rest of my reading life making amends.
On the plus side, I did find a hilarious Live Journal that recaps the books: http://1bruce1.livejournal.com So now I spend my free time reading that.
My goodness, what terrible drivel. Jessica is going on with an engaged man? Elizabeth is taking primal woman classes after a harrowing experience in London when she dated a lunatic who thought he was a werewolf? These girls are 16. Where are their parents?! Why are they allowed to wreck their lives and the lives of those around them!?! Elizabeth tries to involve others in her nagging attempts to keep Jessica from ruining a wedding, but everyone says she should just let Jessica live her life. However, no one has any problem telling Elizabeth she should lay off the self-help books. To call Sweet Valley hypocritical would be insulting to hypocrites everywhere.
I suppose I can no longer speak ill of Twilight, if this is the kind of stuff I was reading as a young person. I shall spend the rest of my reading life making amends.
On the plus side, I did find a hilarious Live Journal that recaps the books: http://1bruce1.livejournal.com So now I spend my free time reading that.
December 3, 2024
Well, I suppose it was inevitable that a great book (by SV standards) is followed by a complete dud. This was poorly written, the characters reduced to crude personality traits, and pushed around the chess board in service of the plot. Anything approaching reality was thrown out the window. It was completely devoid of any nuance or callback to previous canon (or even the previous book!). What a letdown. I never knew it was too much to ask for two consecutive books to be written by the same ghostwriter!
We pick up immediately where we left off, with Jeremy and Jessica making out in the rose bushes by the Wakefield house, during the engagement party for Jeremy and Sue. Elizabeth tracks them down and separates them, asking them WTF they think they're doing, but Jessica is angry and petulant. She refuses to give a toast to the happy couple and actually runs out of the room, leaving Liz to make an excuse before all that her poor twin can't hold her liquor (ha!).
Unlike the last book, where Jessica took what was the high road for her and basically did nothing but be around Jeremy, hoping that he changes his mind about marrying Sue, in this one she actively pursues her goal. She sneaks around with him behind Sue's back, gets stuck in an elevator with him, fakes a broken ankle on a hike, and even takes him away from his bachelor party! This is the sociopathic Jessica from early canon, where no scheme is too low in order to snag the man she supposedly loves.
Jessica is no longer moaning about being Forever Alone if Jeremy doesn't make her a teen bride. Instead, she declares herself mature and responsible enough to handle a relationship with a grown-ass man. Age gap? What age gap? She is almost pathetic here, in her schemes to win her man. She has no thought for Sam, much less AJ or any of her other boyfriends, whom she once declared her one and only. Jeremy is her ~soulmate~ and they were meant to be together!
Standing in their way is Sue, who is now syrupy sweet, constantly hugging and kissing on Jeremy and referring to Jessica as "cute" and "adorable" and basically a child, even though Sue herself is still a teenager as well. This enrages Jessica to no end, and only makes her want to steal Jeremy away even more. She views Jeremy as a poor victim of circumstances, even moreso when Sue drops her bombshell: she has the same rare blood disease that killed her mother and thus, has only a few years to live. She confides in Liz and Jess but begs them not to tell their parents or anyone else, which is certainly...a choice. Jessica immediately wonders if Sue could possibly be lying to them about her illness, and Liz admonishes her for it, saying that Jess only wonders that because she wants Jeremy for herself.
Jeremy in fact tells Jessica that he is going to call off the wedding and then he receives Sue's news and suddenly feels trapped. He doesn't have the heart to break off with her, especially considering she proposed to him. How can he leave her now, in her hour of need, when she only has a few years left to live? He sets himself up as a true martyr, which - GAG. His pedo-grooming ass has not only a teenager with a ring, but an even younger one on the side. Jessica's thoughts about being Jeremy's mistress are truly hilarious, but it only galvanizes her further: she's not going to settle for second place, dammit!
Meanwhile, Liz has truly gone off the deep end with her primitive-woman-hear-me-roar feminist phase, to the point where even Enid is telling her to knock it off. Liz is agonizing over whether to tell Todd about her fling with Luke in London; she finally decides to spill the beans when he returns from his grandmother's, only for him to beat her to the punch. Liz is so infuriated when Todd tells her that he spent time with another girl that she breaks up with him, and stays angry with him for most of the book. Way to be a complete hypocrite, Liz!
Steven, of all people, eventually clears the path for their reconciliation. Liz confesses to her own misadventure in London, and Todd is completely understanding/forgiving about it. He even tells her that maybe they are just kinda meant to have flings when they're apart, which I guess forever sets them up for cheating from here on out. This Todd is a complete 180 from the jealous jerk that we see later in the series, so enjoy him while you can. After the way Elizabeth treated him, I'm not sure why he was pining over her.
The third subplot in this book is Lila and Robby. Jessica plants the seed that maybe Robby is only interested in Lila for her money, so she decides to give him a taste of his own medicine by declaring herself an orphan and basically an indentured servant to the Fowlers. It backfires on her, of course, and Robby seems to be even more smitten with her, now that he believes they have poverty in common! Lila even goes so far as to attempt to make breakfast for him before fessing up to her lie and the reasons for it. Robby is also Mr Mature and assures Lila that he loves her for herself, not her money. They kiss and make up without incident moments before the big wedding.
Elizabeth and her friends throw Sue a lingerie shower the night before the wedding (to which Jessica's contribution is 3 pairs of oversized granny panties, LMAO). She is, however, furious when she learns that Robby is giving Jeremy a bachelor party. She goes off on how it's such a barbaric ritual and how Robby and Jeremy are probably throwing some wild bash with girls in bikinis everywhere. She ultimately decides she wants to raid the party and shame all the dudes that are there, and the others agree to go along - all except Sue, who decides that she trusts her man completely and is tired after her own party. So Liz, Jess, Amy, Olivia, Enid, and Lila dress up as English bobbies, complete with fake mustaches and hats, and crash the bachelor party.
Some wild party it turns out to be - Robby figured that it would be much more classy and sophisticated if he gave a quiet eight-course dinner party by candlelight instead of the strippers-and-booze fest that pretty much everyone is expecting. Even though all of the people who attend the party are in high school (plus Steven because he's needed as someone for Todd to talk to). What is up with these grown-ass adults having grown-ass parties with only underage minors in attendance?? It's gross on so many different levels, ugh.
Anyway, the girls show up, Robby gives in and puts on some music so everyone can dance around his living room. I'm unclear if he is still house-sitting for his dad's boss at this point (and when he invites Lila over to make him breakfast), so this is doubly dubious. Jeremy confesses to Robby that he's in love with Jessica and is only marrying Sue because she's dying, and Robby is like, "okay, do whatever makes you happy, you know I got your back." He stands aside when Jeremy and Jessica leave (in full view of everyone). Elizabeth, newly reconciled with Todd, has made the sudden decision to stop trying to control her sister and also lets them go.
Jeremy and Jessica share the sunrise; Jessica is still trying to figure out how to keep Jeremy from marrying Sue, while Jeremy is desperately trying to escape the situation altogether. He's not man enough on his own to call off this whole shindig, and no man enough to stay away from Jessica, either. So he's pretty damn pathetic in this book, as well as being a pedo-grooming ass.
So finally, we come to the Big Day, the beach-side wedding ceremony. Jessica is frozen in horror because they are marrying on the very spot where she and Jeremy first met, and she would rather die than go through with being a bridesmaid. Liz compels her to go through with her promise, and Jessica is able to only just hold it in before bursting out at the most cliche moment possible. The whole scene is something to behold, truly:
It's like - that's not how this works, that's not how any of this works! It's badly written soap opera fanfic, complete with Sue swooning and Mrs Wakefield saying something incredibly ugly to Jessica before running to cradle her BFF's daughter in her arms. Chaos and confusion reign, while Jess is led away by Liz and Jeremy is taken in the opposite direction by the officiant.
I can only just shake my head at this nonsense. Perhaps most amusing of all, the little teaser blurb calls the next three-part series Sweet Valley Scandal, when in fact this two-parter was actually labeled that and the rest of the series was called something else. It's sloppy right to the final word, which is only fitting IMO.
We pick up immediately where we left off, with Jeremy and Jessica making out in the rose bushes by the Wakefield house, during the engagement party for Jeremy and Sue. Elizabeth tracks them down and separates them, asking them WTF they think they're doing, but Jessica is angry and petulant. She refuses to give a toast to the happy couple and actually runs out of the room, leaving Liz to make an excuse before all that her poor twin can't hold her liquor (ha!).
Unlike the last book, where Jessica took what was the high road for her and basically did nothing but be around Jeremy, hoping that he changes his mind about marrying Sue, in this one she actively pursues her goal. She sneaks around with him behind Sue's back, gets stuck in an elevator with him, fakes a broken ankle on a hike, and even takes him away from his bachelor party! This is the sociopathic Jessica from early canon, where no scheme is too low in order to snag the man she supposedly loves.
Jessica is no longer moaning about being Forever Alone if Jeremy doesn't make her a teen bride. Instead, she declares herself mature and responsible enough to handle a relationship with a grown-ass man. Age gap? What age gap? She is almost pathetic here, in her schemes to win her man. She has no thought for Sam, much less AJ or any of her other boyfriends, whom she once declared her one and only. Jeremy is her ~soulmate~ and they were meant to be together!
Standing in their way is Sue, who is now syrupy sweet, constantly hugging and kissing on Jeremy and referring to Jessica as "cute" and "adorable" and basically a child, even though Sue herself is still a teenager as well. This enrages Jessica to no end, and only makes her want to steal Jeremy away even more. She views Jeremy as a poor victim of circumstances, even moreso when Sue drops her bombshell: she has the same rare blood disease that killed her mother and thus, has only a few years to live. She confides in Liz and Jess but begs them not to tell their parents or anyone else, which is certainly...a choice. Jessica immediately wonders if Sue could possibly be lying to them about her illness, and Liz admonishes her for it, saying that Jess only wonders that because she wants Jeremy for herself.
Jeremy in fact tells Jessica that he is going to call off the wedding and then he receives Sue's news and suddenly feels trapped. He doesn't have the heart to break off with her, especially considering she proposed to him. How can he leave her now, in her hour of need, when she only has a few years left to live? He sets himself up as a true martyr, which - GAG. His pedo-grooming ass has not only a teenager with a ring, but an even younger one on the side. Jessica's thoughts about being Jeremy's mistress are truly hilarious, but it only galvanizes her further: she's not going to settle for second place, dammit!
Meanwhile, Liz has truly gone off the deep end with her primitive-woman-hear-me-roar feminist phase, to the point where even Enid is telling her to knock it off. Liz is agonizing over whether to tell Todd about her fling with Luke in London; she finally decides to spill the beans when he returns from his grandmother's, only for him to beat her to the punch. Liz is so infuriated when Todd tells her that he spent time with another girl that she breaks up with him, and stays angry with him for most of the book. Way to be a complete hypocrite, Liz!
Steven, of all people, eventually clears the path for their reconciliation. Liz confesses to her own misadventure in London, and Todd is completely understanding/forgiving about it. He even tells her that maybe they are just kinda meant to have flings when they're apart, which I guess forever sets them up for cheating from here on out. This Todd is a complete 180 from the jealous jerk that we see later in the series, so enjoy him while you can. After the way Elizabeth treated him, I'm not sure why he was pining over her.
The third subplot in this book is Lila and Robby. Jessica plants the seed that maybe Robby is only interested in Lila for her money, so she decides to give him a taste of his own medicine by declaring herself an orphan and basically an indentured servant to the Fowlers. It backfires on her, of course, and Robby seems to be even more smitten with her, now that he believes they have poverty in common! Lila even goes so far as to attempt to make breakfast for him before fessing up to her lie and the reasons for it. Robby is also Mr Mature and assures Lila that he loves her for herself, not her money. They kiss and make up without incident moments before the big wedding.
Elizabeth and her friends throw Sue a lingerie shower the night before the wedding (to which Jessica's contribution is 3 pairs of oversized granny panties, LMAO). She is, however, furious when she learns that Robby is giving Jeremy a bachelor party. She goes off on how it's such a barbaric ritual and how Robby and Jeremy are probably throwing some wild bash with girls in bikinis everywhere. She ultimately decides she wants to raid the party and shame all the dudes that are there, and the others agree to go along - all except Sue, who decides that she trusts her man completely and is tired after her own party. So Liz, Jess, Amy, Olivia, Enid, and Lila dress up as English bobbies, complete with fake mustaches and hats, and crash the bachelor party.
Some wild party it turns out to be - Robby figured that it would be much more classy and sophisticated if he gave a quiet eight-course dinner party by candlelight instead of the strippers-and-booze fest that pretty much everyone is expecting. Even though all of the people who attend the party are in high school (plus Steven because he's needed as someone for Todd to talk to). What is up with these grown-ass adults having grown-ass parties with only underage minors in attendance?? It's gross on so many different levels, ugh.
Anyway, the girls show up, Robby gives in and puts on some music so everyone can dance around his living room. I'm unclear if he is still house-sitting for his dad's boss at this point (and when he invites Lila over to make him breakfast), so this is doubly dubious. Jeremy confesses to Robby that he's in love with Jessica and is only marrying Sue because she's dying, and Robby is like, "okay, do whatever makes you happy, you know I got your back." He stands aside when Jeremy and Jessica leave (in full view of everyone). Elizabeth, newly reconciled with Todd, has made the sudden decision to stop trying to control her sister and also lets them go.
Jeremy and Jessica share the sunrise; Jessica is still trying to figure out how to keep Jeremy from marrying Sue, while Jeremy is desperately trying to escape the situation altogether. He's not man enough on his own to call off this whole shindig, and no man enough to stay away from Jessica, either. So he's pretty damn pathetic in this book, as well as being a pedo-grooming ass.
So finally, we come to the Big Day, the beach-side wedding ceremony. Jessica is frozen in horror because they are marrying on the very spot where she and Jeremy first met, and she would rather die than go through with being a bridesmaid. Liz compels her to go through with her promise, and Jessica is able to only just hold it in before bursting out at the most cliche moment possible. The whole scene is something to behold, truly:
"If any man or woman knows of any reason why this couple should not be joined as one under the realm of God, speak now, or forever hold your peace."
Elizabeth held her breath and closed her eyes.
"I do!" Jessica shouted.
Elizabeth couldn't believe what she was hearing. Maybe she imagined it. She opened her eyes and saw the shocked expression on Father Bishop's face, and she knew her worst fears had come true.
"You do what?" Father Bishop asked. His voice was shaking.
"I know why they shouldn't be married," Jessica said as tears rolled down her face.
"And what might that reason be, my child?" Father Bishop asked as sweat formed on his brow and his neck turned red inside his clerical collar.
"Jeremy can't marry Sue because he's not in love with her," Jessica blurted out. The crowd seemed to gasp in horror at the same time.
"What are you talking about?" Sue shouted at Jessica.
"It's the truth, Sue," Jessica said. "Jeremy's really in love with me."
"Jeremy?" Sue looked at Jeremy, anticipating a denial.
"Is this true?" Father Bishop asked Jeremy. "Are you in love with this young lady here?"
Jeremy looked at Sue and then at Father Bishop. "Yes, Father," he said sadly. "It's true."
"Well, then, that is that," Father Bishop pronounced. "This ceremony is officially void and null."
It's like - that's not how this works, that's not how any of this works! It's badly written soap opera fanfic, complete with Sue swooning and Mrs Wakefield saying something incredibly ugly to Jessica before running to cradle her BFF's daughter in her arms. Chaos and confusion reign, while Jess is led away by Liz and Jeremy is taken in the opposite direction by the officiant.
I can only just shake my head at this nonsense. Perhaps most amusing of all, the little teaser blurb calls the next three-part series Sweet Valley Scandal, when in fact this two-parter was actually labeled that and the rest of the series was called something else. It's sloppy right to the final word, which is only fitting IMO.
December 4, 2024
This is the last time I'll ever throw a bachelor party, Robby thought to himself. The guests are asleep, the bride is dying, and the groom is in love with another woman. Some party! Now, all we need is an earthquake to really finish off the night!
If book one in this arc managed to balance some of the really shitty things the later books are known for, book two fumbles the ball terribly.
Elizabeth is pretty damn unlikable, as she's taken her self help books too far and rude/cruel to her friends, an unbelievable hypocrite towards Todd who has finally come home but has the fool idea to be honest about his fling while on vacation, and is so hellbent on making sure that Jessica behaves that she sets up the soap opera ending.
Like if you're really mad at someone, what's to stop you from killing them?
I can't take you seriously here, Liz, and it's a good thing neither Olivia or Enid can either because wow. Just wow.
Seriously, how am I supposed to read that and not want to throttle our normal voice of reason? And it's not like Jessica's any better this go round, as she's decided to just throw herself at Jeremy and be an absolute cow towards Sue. I need Sue to comment on this in one of the future books because there's no way she didn't catch on at least a little.
You know Jessica, she's fallen in love more times than Elizabeth Taylor. IT doesn't mean anything.
I mean... Steve... that's kind of the point.
Steve shows up so he can try and talk Elizabeth out of trying to run Jessica's life while simultaneously interfering in Elizabeth's love life, but is otherwise mostly just... there. His other biggest contribution is being the middle-ground age wise at Jeremy's weird as fuck bachelor party, where most of the guests are underage but still seem to be expecting stripper antics. I... words fail me.
Although the truth was that she loved the idea of sharing a fleeting moment with Jeremy while his fiancee sat unknowingly in the next room.
Tell me again how you're not mistress material, Jessica. Please.
His laugh and smile were the things Jessica loved best about Jeremy.
Yeah, because you still know nothing else about him other than he's willing to cheat on his fiancee. My eyes are gonna get stuck rolling like this, Jesus. There are so many little instances of this while you've got Jeremy spilling his guts to Robby about how in love he is with Jessica. WHY. HOW. I mean, yes, at this point we're just to assume when a Wakefield twin takes a shine to you, you must fall in love with her, but usually there's something more than she's hot, even with Jessica. There's nothing beyond they both chose the same wedding venue and ring.
Kinda impressed Jessica didn't go all in on the Romeo/Juliet thing and instead acknowledged that it's a tragedy and not a love story. That never happens. Is there hope for her yet? Probably not, but at this point I'm kinda grasping at straws, I think.
Liz trying the book shower for Sue will make me ugly cackle forever, especially since by now it's pretty obvious that Sue's more interested in STUFF than she would be in books. But Enid not having any of it is perfection.
"How could you? I trusted you. I thought about you the whole time I was in London."
MY. ASS.
I know how it's meant to be taken and you're supposed to react, just like that, but duuuuuuuuuuude. Todd deserves better than this. I'd be more inclined to be less grumbly about this had this ghosty brought up the Jess/Todd fling from the Evil Twin arc, or just seemed aware that Liz and Todd are both pretty good at being jealous and thus stupid about things they'd normally seem above, but this ghosty has failed me so I shall cut them no slack here.
Can I just point out how weird it is that we have all this talk about saving the rainforests and the planet and stuff (please read that in your best Valley girl voice, please and thank you) but not once have we mentioned that Liz and Jessica were both SO on board once for this same cause that we had... the jungle prom. And look how well that turned out.
And finally... you know what Steven Wakefield's biggest storyline in SVH is? It's how his girlfriend died tragically young. Now here's another very young woman, staying in his room no less, talking about having just a few short years to live, and not once has anyone mentioned TRICIA FUCKING MARTIN.
A thousand lashes for you, ghosty, if no one else mentions her in the remaining books. You're only getting this stay of execution because that Robby quote at the start of the review made me laugh.
If book one in this arc managed to balance some of the really shitty things the later books are known for, book two fumbles the ball terribly.
Elizabeth is pretty damn unlikable, as she's taken her self help books too far and rude/cruel to her friends, an unbelievable hypocrite towards Todd who has finally come home but has the fool idea to be honest about his fling while on vacation, and is so hellbent on making sure that Jessica behaves that she sets up the soap opera ending.
Like if you're really mad at someone, what's to stop you from killing them?
I can't take you seriously here, Liz, and it's a good thing neither Olivia or Enid can either because wow. Just wow.
Seriously, how am I supposed to read that and not want to throttle our normal voice of reason? And it's not like Jessica's any better this go round, as she's decided to just throw herself at Jeremy and be an absolute cow towards Sue. I need Sue to comment on this in one of the future books because there's no way she didn't catch on at least a little.
You know Jessica, she's fallen in love more times than Elizabeth Taylor. IT doesn't mean anything.
I mean... Steve... that's kind of the point.
Steve shows up so he can try and talk Elizabeth out of trying to run Jessica's life while simultaneously interfering in Elizabeth's love life, but is otherwise mostly just... there. His other biggest contribution is being the middle-ground age wise at Jeremy's weird as fuck bachelor party, where most of the guests are underage but still seem to be expecting stripper antics. I... words fail me.
Although the truth was that she loved the idea of sharing a fleeting moment with Jeremy while his fiancee sat unknowingly in the next room.
Tell me again how you're not mistress material, Jessica. Please.
His laugh and smile were the things Jessica loved best about Jeremy.
Yeah, because you still know nothing else about him other than he's willing to cheat on his fiancee. My eyes are gonna get stuck rolling like this, Jesus. There are so many little instances of this while you've got Jeremy spilling his guts to Robby about how in love he is with Jessica. WHY. HOW. I mean, yes, at this point we're just to assume when a Wakefield twin takes a shine to you, you must fall in love with her, but usually there's something more than she's hot, even with Jessica. There's nothing beyond they both chose the same wedding venue and ring.
Kinda impressed Jessica didn't go all in on the Romeo/Juliet thing and instead acknowledged that it's a tragedy and not a love story. That never happens. Is there hope for her yet? Probably not, but at this point I'm kinda grasping at straws, I think.
Liz trying the book shower for Sue will make me ugly cackle forever, especially since by now it's pretty obvious that Sue's more interested in STUFF than she would be in books. But Enid not having any of it is perfection.
"How could you? I trusted you. I thought about you the whole time I was in London."
MY. ASS.
I know how it's meant to be taken and you're supposed to react, just like that, but duuuuuuuuuuude. Todd deserves better than this. I'd be more inclined to be less grumbly about this had this ghosty brought up the Jess/Todd fling from the Evil Twin arc, or just seemed aware that Liz and Todd are both pretty good at being jealous and thus stupid about things they'd normally seem above, but this ghosty has failed me so I shall cut them no slack here.
Can I just point out how weird it is that we have all this talk about saving the rainforests and the planet and stuff (please read that in your best Valley girl voice, please and thank you) but not once have we mentioned that Liz and Jessica were both SO on board once for this same cause that we had... the jungle prom. And look how well that turned out.
And finally... you know what Steven Wakefield's biggest storyline in SVH is? It's how his girlfriend died tragically young. Now here's another very young woman, staying in his room no less, talking about having just a few short years to live, and not once has anyone mentioned TRICIA FUCKING MARTIN.
A thousand lashes for you, ghosty, if no one else mentions her in the remaining books. You're only getting this stay of execution because that Robby quote at the start of the review made me laugh.
June 9, 2023
Good book
May 19, 2020
I don’t think there is much to say about this book other than that Jessica is the literal worst. I want someone to find out which book Jessica says the most that she “loves” a guy more than she’s ever “loved” any other guy. I would like to throw this one in the ring for a very strong contender.
Now let’s get to my favorite part, the quotes:
Let me just say, Steven wins this book. Here’s the proof: (Steven talking to Liz): I wouldn’t worry about it so much. You know Jessica, she’s fallen in love more times than Elizabeth Taylor. It doesn’t mean anything.
Clearly good old Steve is as fed up as we are.
Enid also wins this book. Shocking, I know. Here she is talking to Liz: You can only be responsible for yourself. And that’s hard enough as it is.
Jessica’s thoughts: Maybe he wants to take me away to a tropical rainforest in the Amazon or wherever rainforests are.
Jessica... the Amazon IS a tropical rainforest; the rainforest isn’t IN the Amazon. This is like saying Mercury is IN retrograde when Mercury IS retrograde.
“It was totally out of character for [Liz] to have done something like falling in love with another guy.”
...is it though?
“If Jeremy had said that he believed in UFOs, [Jessica] probably would have said the same thing.”
No shit.
Jeremy: Also, Jessica, think about it. I’m 23 and you’re 16. That’s a really big age difference.
How noble of him to point that out to her.
Liz: In my love addiction book, there’s a whole chapter about food how and how overeating is a sign of being too needy and dependent.
Thanks for explaining my life to me, Liz.
Now let’s get to my favorite part, the quotes:
Let me just say, Steven wins this book. Here’s the proof: (Steven talking to Liz): I wouldn’t worry about it so much. You know Jessica, she’s fallen in love more times than Elizabeth Taylor. It doesn’t mean anything.
Clearly good old Steve is as fed up as we are.
Enid also wins this book. Shocking, I know. Here she is talking to Liz: You can only be responsible for yourself. And that’s hard enough as it is.
Jessica’s thoughts: Maybe he wants to take me away to a tropical rainforest in the Amazon or wherever rainforests are.
Jessica... the Amazon IS a tropical rainforest; the rainforest isn’t IN the Amazon. This is like saying Mercury is IN retrograde when Mercury IS retrograde.
“It was totally out of character for [Liz] to have done something like falling in love with another guy.”
...is it though?
“If Jeremy had said that he believed in UFOs, [Jessica] probably would have said the same thing.”
No shit.
Jeremy: Also, Jessica, think about it. I’m 23 and you’re 16. That’s a really big age difference.
How noble of him to point that out to her.
Liz: In my love addiction book, there’s a whole chapter about food how and how overeating is a sign of being too needy and dependent.
Thanks for explaining my life to me, Liz.
December 11, 2019
Jessica Wakefield has done some scummy things before but this is a new low even for her. I find it hard to sympathize and root for one of the main protagonists when their motives are completely selfish. Jeremy’s not a saint either, it’s equally his fault in my opinion. Maybe they are made for each other...
that kind of brought down my rating, otherwise it was still very good and enjoyable, as always. I wish the wedding, the whole point of the story, lasted at least another chapter but that’s not a big deal. I guess I won’t know what happens next for a while considering I only ever pick up these books when I find them thrifting. the chances of me finding the next book after this is quite unlikely.
that kind of brought down my rating, otherwise it was still very good and enjoyable, as always. I wish the wedding, the whole point of the story, lasted at least another chapter but that’s not a big deal. I guess I won’t know what happens next for a while considering I only ever pick up these books when I find them thrifting. the chances of me finding the next book after this is quite unlikely.
July 10, 2022
This is the one that may break me of being able to read this series through to the end. It was excruciatingly slow, and creepy to boot, with the entire plot basically revolving around 16 year old Jessica sneaking around with a 22 yr old engaged man. It took me forever to care enough to pick this up and finish it. It was awful. One star.
November 3, 2018
Jessica Wakefield is insufferable and I cannot stand her.
Elizabeth’s horrible too but Jessica really grates on me.
Elizabeth’s horrible too but Jessica really grates on me.
February 28, 2019
3.5 stars
Bunny boiler Jess is at it again and Liz is at her hypocritical worst/best (depending on how you see it i guess)
Bunny boiler Jess is at it again and Liz is at her hypocritical worst/best (depending on how you see it i guess)
June 14, 2016
Jessica is in love with the groom and Elizabeth is punishing Todd for seeing someone else when she is guilty of the same crime. Even though I loved the story there were times when I was really annoyed by Jessica's actions. All she could think about was herself and what she wanted but I do have to agree with her actions at the end of the book although she should not have been the one to speak up someone else should have.
February 8, 2014
Kind of embarrassed to admit I read this! I picked this up from a pile of neglected books upstairs one day while I was waiting for a book I had ordered from the library. It was surprisingly addicting, but overall the writing was mediocre and the ending was a complete letdown. I think I've had my does of Sweet Valley, for... well, probably forever!
June 21, 2013
I remember the cover just not the story.
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