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The twins graduate–and say goodbye to SVH for good.
Elizabeth can’t believe she’s finally turning 18 and graduating high school. She’s been waiting for this moment her entire life. She can’t wait to say good-bye to the past and start a new life. And the best part of it all–she gets to do it with her twin sister.
But for Jessica, the only thing worse than turning 18 is turning 18 and graduating the same week.
What if she’s not ready for her entire life to change?
And what if it means losing her sister?
Elizabeth can’t believe she’s finally turning 18 and graduating high school. She’s been waiting for this moment her entire life. She can’t wait to say good-bye to the past and start a new life. And the best part of it all–she gets to do it with her twin sister.
But for Jessica, the only thing worse than turning 18 is turning 18 and graduating the same week.
What if she’s not ready for her entire life to change?
And what if it means losing her sister?
384 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published January 14, 2003
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Francine Pascal
1,139 books1,845 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 7, 2022
Just like that, I’m finished with the SVH Senior Year series! It was quite the adjustment from the main SVH series, but overall, it was enjoyable. I loved this book in particular!!! So many references to the original SVH books and that letter at the end from Francine???? I almost cried HAHA.
August 26, 2021
Dear Francine Pascal,
This is kind of like a mix. It’s a review of Sweet 18, an open letter response to your question as to why you were surprised everyone preferred Jess to Liz, and a general summation of the Sweet Valley series.
Okay, so dividing into each section.
The First Part: The Review of Sweet 18
Okay, so Winston Egbert was at this school the whole goddamn time and you’re just mentioning this fact now? Like, I for-straight thought he must’ve transferred out, and I’ve spent forty-bloody-seven books worried about what happened to him. JFC. Honestly. Anyway, Winston makes his first appearance, which is a black mark on the fact that this was his first appearance and also somehow last, cause he’s unceremoniously killed in the Sweet Life.
Not only is Winston mentioned, but Enid is. Again! That’s like three mentions. I get that SVH: Senior Year came after SVU, but it doesn’t change the fact that I keep thinking ‘no wonder Enid ditched Liz, they weren’t exactly “best friends”.’ And Liz actually mentions that she wants to “fix” Enid, so there’s that.
Liz also directly references Devon Whitelaw for the first time in the entire series. She doesn’t mention the fact that he abandoned her and Enid and left them for dead and then pretended he’d saved them so Liz would love him, she just says that “they broke up”. Like, that’s one hell of a way to say “my boyfriend was too scared to try and help me save my friend. I tried to save Enid, who I now don’t talk to for reasons that are literally never explained, and we were both electrocuted. We were later saved by a firefighter. I got amnesia, cause it wouldn’t be Sweet Valley without some amnesia, and Devon claimed credit for saving Enid and me. Then I remembered he hadn’t saved me, he’d left me to die, and all of my friends forced Devon to leave town”. I guess “we broke up” skips that, but I’d be pretty traumatised by the boyfriend leaving me to die sitch.
Liz destroys Jeffrey’s heart again, is elated when Todd implies that he’s not over Liz after breaking up with Connor’s little sister thirty seconds ago, but then Liz is obsessed again when Connor dances with her.
Liz eventually remembers Enid after not talking to her since Book 2.
Jess finally stops being a dick about Liz maybe going to Oxford, and the twins make up. Jess actually speaks to Todd, which I wouldn’t, as the last time he talked to her he literally called her everything but a ‘slut’, and really, you think any twin should end up with Todd, Francine? UGH. Todd may even be worse than Connor, and you’d best believe I did not like Connor, though he got less annoying after rehab, admittedly.
General Summation:
Honestly, Senior Year was my favourite. It makes me more disappointed for SVU, because I prefer how the twins had changed so much, instead of reverting them both back to who they were at the beginning of the original SVH.
This series was like EVERYTHING to me growing up. When I was bullied badly, I’d hide in the library and whenever I’d find a SVH or SVU book, I’d feel safe. I’d wish I could be pretty and perfect, and maybe then I wouldn’t be bullied, and hoped desperately I’d have a Robin Wilson style make-over. It definitely gave me false expectations of what high school would be like, but meh.
I give this entire series (SVH, SVH: Senior Year, SVU) a 5/5.
Letter to Francine Pascal:
The reason why everyone prefers Jessica, the “evil” twin, is mostly because she’s not evil. She’s more relatable, even though there are times where she is awful. But there’s also plenty of good. Mostly, she seems like a very spoiled, sixteen-year-old girl. Liz feels like someone’s 30 year old mum and worse, she’s written as though she’s perfect and she’s not. She cheats on Todd numerous times. She leads guys on. She literally does worse things than Jessica in the Secret Diaries editions, but she’s always seen as “good”. And I’m pretty sure that’s what we hate. Like, we know who Jessica is, and she doesn’t pretend to be someone else. Liz continuously does awful things – including repeatedly stealing both her best friend and twin sister’s boyfriends – but she’s never called on it, and that always bothered me. Like, when Jess cheats on her first serious boyfriend, AJ, she apologises and breaks up with him and is like “I thought I was ready for something serious, but the fact that I cheated the moment you went away tells me I’m not”. Like, that’s mature. Realising that you’re not mature enough/ready yet for something. The first time Liz cheats on Todd is with Nicholas Morrow. And it’s done as a whole “dilemma” thing, like “Liz doesn’t break promises” and Nicholas “isn’t really that into her” (even though she literally says she knows he is and that Todd would be unhappy if she went out with him). Yet, she’s the “good” twin, Nicholas decides to step aside and tells Todd that Liz loves him, and somehow all’s forgiven? And this behaviour not only repeats, but Liz literally cheats on her boyfriend every chance she gets. That’s what bugs me, and I imagine bugs most people. That everyone acts like Liz is perfect and Jess is evil and that’s bull. Liz is just never called on her fuck-ups. That’s why she pisses us off.
This is kind of like a mix. It’s a review of Sweet 18, an open letter response to your question as to why you were surprised everyone preferred Jess to Liz, and a general summation of the Sweet Valley series.
Okay, so dividing into each section.
The First Part: The Review of Sweet 18
Okay, so Winston Egbert was at this school the whole goddamn time and you’re just mentioning this fact now? Like, I for-straight thought he must’ve transferred out, and I’ve spent forty-bloody-seven books worried about what happened to him. JFC. Honestly. Anyway, Winston makes his first appearance, which is a black mark on the fact that this was his first appearance and also somehow last, cause he’s unceremoniously killed in the Sweet Life.
Not only is Winston mentioned, but Enid is. Again! That’s like three mentions. I get that SVH: Senior Year came after SVU, but it doesn’t change the fact that I keep thinking ‘no wonder Enid ditched Liz, they weren’t exactly “best friends”.’ And Liz actually mentions that she wants to “fix” Enid, so there’s that.
Liz also directly references Devon Whitelaw for the first time in the entire series. She doesn’t mention the fact that he abandoned her and Enid and left them for dead and then pretended he’d saved them so Liz would love him, she just says that “they broke up”. Like, that’s one hell of a way to say “my boyfriend was too scared to try and help me save my friend. I tried to save Enid, who I now don’t talk to for reasons that are literally never explained, and we were both electrocuted. We were later saved by a firefighter. I got amnesia, cause it wouldn’t be Sweet Valley without some amnesia, and Devon claimed credit for saving Enid and me. Then I remembered he hadn’t saved me, he’d left me to die, and all of my friends forced Devon to leave town”. I guess “we broke up” skips that, but I’d be pretty traumatised by the boyfriend leaving me to die sitch.
Liz destroys Jeffrey’s heart again, is elated when Todd implies that he’s not over Liz after breaking up with Connor’s little sister thirty seconds ago, but then Liz is obsessed again when Connor dances with her.
Liz eventually remembers Enid after not talking to her since Book 2.
Jess finally stops being a dick about Liz maybe going to Oxford, and the twins make up. Jess actually speaks to Todd, which I wouldn’t, as the last time he talked to her he literally called her everything but a ‘slut’, and really, you think any twin should end up with Todd, Francine? UGH. Todd may even be worse than Connor, and you’d best believe I did not like Connor, though he got less annoying after rehab, admittedly.
General Summation:
Honestly, Senior Year was my favourite. It makes me more disappointed for SVU, because I prefer how the twins had changed so much, instead of reverting them both back to who they were at the beginning of the original SVH.
This series was like EVERYTHING to me growing up. When I was bullied badly, I’d hide in the library and whenever I’d find a SVH or SVU book, I’d feel safe. I’d wish I could be pretty and perfect, and maybe then I wouldn’t be bullied, and hoped desperately I’d have a Robin Wilson style make-over. It definitely gave me false expectations of what high school would be like, but meh.
I give this entire series (SVH, SVH: Senior Year, SVU) a 5/5.
Letter to Francine Pascal:
The reason why everyone prefers Jessica, the “evil” twin, is mostly because she’s not evil. She’s more relatable, even though there are times where she is awful. But there’s also plenty of good. Mostly, she seems like a very spoiled, sixteen-year-old girl. Liz feels like someone’s 30 year old mum and worse, she’s written as though she’s perfect and she’s not. She cheats on Todd numerous times. She leads guys on. She literally does worse things than Jessica in the Secret Diaries editions, but she’s always seen as “good”. And I’m pretty sure that’s what we hate. Like, we know who Jessica is, and she doesn’t pretend to be someone else. Liz continuously does awful things – including repeatedly stealing both her best friend and twin sister’s boyfriends – but she’s never called on it, and that always bothered me. Like, when Jess cheats on her first serious boyfriend, AJ, she apologises and breaks up with him and is like “I thought I was ready for something serious, but the fact that I cheated the moment you went away tells me I’m not”. Like, that’s mature. Realising that you’re not mature enough/ready yet for something. The first time Liz cheats on Todd is with Nicholas Morrow. And it’s done as a whole “dilemma” thing, like “Liz doesn’t break promises” and Nicholas “isn’t really that into her” (even though she literally says she knows he is and that Todd would be unhappy if she went out with him). Yet, she’s the “good” twin, Nicholas decides to step aside and tells Todd that Liz loves him, and somehow all’s forgiven? And this behaviour not only repeats, but Liz literally cheats on her boyfriend every chance she gets. That’s what bugs me, and I imagine bugs most people. That everyone acts like Liz is perfect and Jess is evil and that’s bull. Liz is just never called on her fuck-ups. That’s why she pisses us off.
August 20, 2016
I've slowly been working my way towards sweet valley confidential and reading books that I missed earlier in the series- you know in case there was some crucial backstory I didn't know about. But it's fine- everyone in sweet valley often has amnesia and selective memory and major plot holes my car can sink into.
All that said, I read this book in less than an hour. Jessica is unreasonable as usual- Elizabeth is a sap with a streak of mean spiritedness and the twins finally turn 18 and graduate.
All that said, I read this book in less than an hour. Jessica is unreasonable as usual- Elizabeth is a sap with a streak of mean spiritedness and the twins finally turn 18 and graduate.
November 15, 2008
Ever since I was little, I started reading about the twins from my school library. Slowly I added their stories to my collection, and I have the complete series for Junior High and Senior High, the only ones I saved and never let go.
This is the last of the senior high series, and I read both books in one edition. It's sad to see them end, but their stories have been good.
I love each Senior Will written.
And I dislike Double Love. It was shallowly written.
This is the last of the senior high series, and I read both books in one edition. It's sad to see them end, but their stories have been good.
I love each Senior Will written.
And I dislike Double Love. It was shallowly written.
July 9, 2013
I have read so many of these books I can't remember all of them.
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