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Sweet Valley High #23
Say Goodbye
Elizabeth Wakefield's heart is breaking; Todd Wilkins, her longtime boyfriend, is leaving Sweet Valley and moving to Vermont. Todd and she have only one week left. After that the only boy Elizabeth has ever loved will be gone—forever. Jessica, Elizabeth's scheming twin, is ecstatic; she never liked Todd anyway. The moment Todd leaves, Jessica begins to hunt for a new boyfriend for Elizabeth. But when Jessica's plot backfires, it threatens to destroy Elizabeth and Todd's enduring love!
153 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1985
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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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April 13, 2023
Omg Liz and Todd are over! Or, at least, Todd’s family is moving to Vermont and everyone is losing their goddamn minds about it. Also, Jessica gets a job at the Perfect Match Computer Dating Agency, and proceeds to “take messages on a heart-shaped notepad” and secretly try to hook her brother Steven up with someone their mother’s age, then with a young punk chick whose hobbies include talking in a really bad fake foreign accent and making fun of Stevie for not having read much Plato. In other words, there’s a ton of good shit in this installment 😁
December 26, 2018
Todd is moving away.
The world is ending.
Liz is devastated for a few books until she meets Jeffery.
Hijinks ensues.
The world is ending.
Liz is devastated for a few books until she meets Jeffery.
Hijinks ensues.
September 22, 2017
The plots about Elizabeth are pretty boring when she's not being kidnapped or something.
December 18, 2025
This was sort of dull but I looked forward to reading it because I remembered being devastated when Todd left and hating that Geoffrey guy she ended up with. Now as an adult I see Todd for the jerk he is and I can't wait to see Geoffrey now. Like most kids and teens I was an idiot. I'm still an idiot just a lot older and slightly wiser.
Anyway Todd is moving to Vermont and Elizabeth is heartbroken while Jessica is delighted cause she's a horrible person and even worse sister. She vows never to move on or see anyone else, which she forgets a few books later. But for now she still adores him.
Jessica spends the book playing matchmaker and even works at a dating service. Her whole story is setting up both her siblings with people. Liz with Nicholas Morrow which goes badly and Steven with a series of women a lot of them several years older, like their parents age and him being confused by all these women calling and trying to get in touch with him and its actually the only decent part of the story cause it's funny.
As always things smooth out with Liz and Todd vowing to stay true and write often, how quaint. Remember letters? The best way to communicate before we had email and text. Even phoning wasn't easy since you needed to call after a certain time to get the good rates and on days like Christmas your call didn't always go through on the first try. Yes I am that old.
It ends with the set up for the next book with Betsy Martin being pissed that Steven appears to be moving on too fast with Cara Walker.
Overall this one was meh. Nothing really happened, there was a funny element but it still barely held my attention.
Anyway Todd is moving to Vermont and Elizabeth is heartbroken while Jessica is delighted cause she's a horrible person and even worse sister. She vows never to move on or see anyone else, which she forgets a few books later. But for now she still adores him.
Jessica spends the book playing matchmaker and even works at a dating service. Her whole story is setting up both her siblings with people. Liz with Nicholas Morrow which goes badly and Steven with a series of women a lot of them several years older, like their parents age and him being confused by all these women calling and trying to get in touch with him and its actually the only decent part of the story cause it's funny.
As always things smooth out with Liz and Todd vowing to stay true and write often, how quaint. Remember letters? The best way to communicate before we had email and text. Even phoning wasn't easy since you needed to call after a certain time to get the good rates and on days like Christmas your call didn't always go through on the first try. Yes I am that old.
It ends with the set up for the next book with Betsy Martin being pissed that Steven appears to be moving on too fast with Cara Walker.
Overall this one was meh. Nothing really happened, there was a funny element but it still barely held my attention.
March 24, 2019
I was determined to make it through the entire SVH series but here I am on book 23 and fed up. This book was a drag and quite honestly, I’m glad Elizabeth and Todd have parted ways - albeit temporarily. They’re just both so sensibly boring and all they do is cry - in each other’s arms. Ugh.
April 2, 2023
I used to read Sweet Valley High when I was in college. Back then loved every edition. I looked it up; I started reading the series late since it began in 1983, and I was in college in the early 1990s.
Saying Good Bye (Sweet Valley High book 23) is when Elizabeth Wakefield's longtime steady boyfriend Todd's father gets transferred to Burlington, Vermont, at the other end of the country as Elizabeth and Todd live in Sweet Valley, California. Elizabeth acts like a fool the whole time, as if it is the worst thing not having Todd there every day. She spends every day writing letters to Todd, and they have frequent phone conversations; the rest of the time, when she isn't writing or phoning to Todd, Elizabeth is pining over him.
Jessica, Elizabeth's well-meaning twin, wants Elizabeth to get out of the house with friends and date other boys. So, when Todd makes a surprise call, and Elizabeth isn't home, Jessica tells Todd that her twin sits at home and has given up going out with her friends and sits at home sad.
Todd doesn't want Elizabeth to feel that way; he wants her to be happy because he loves her and wants her to live an everyday teenage life of going out with friends. To achieve this plan, he stops writing and is always conveniently unavailable to talk to her on the phone when she calls.
Jessica told Todd this because she is waiting in the wings with another of her schemes. The scheme is to get Elizabeth together with Nicholas Morrow, who has always loved Elizabeth.
Nicholas pursues Elizabeth, and it doesn't take long before she agrees to go out with him "as friends" and then starts to think maybe when they go out, she may consider dating him.
Then Lila Fowler, one of the wealthiest girls in Sweet Valley, has a pool party on the vast Fowler estate, and Elizabeth goes with Nicholas Morrow as her date. They share a romantic dance under the stars.
Little did Elizabeth know that Todd came home for a brief visit. He found Elizabeth in a romantic dance with her head on Nicholas' shoulder. Elizabeth noticed Todd and went running to him. Todd was upset and ran off and left Elizabeth at the party.
Read this book to see if Elizabeth and Todd get back together or do she and Nicholas become Sweet Valley's newest couple. Or did Elizabeth hurt both Todd and Elizabeth badly?
I liked this book better when I read it back in college. I kept thinking that Elizabeth and Todd had their whole life ahead of them. Very few people find true love as a sixteen-year-old junior in high school. I, still at my age, have never seen that kind of love, and I am over thirty years older than her!
I loved Jessica's plan to set Steven up with a lady from the dating service where she worked. That was the best part of the book. The ladies Jessica chose couldn't have turned out more outrageous!
This book would probably have been a five-star back when I was a 19-year-old college student, but as an adult in her 50s, I thought it was 2 1/2 but rounded it up to 3 for nostalgia reasons as it reminded me of my younger years.
Saying Good Bye (Sweet Valley High book 23) is when Elizabeth Wakefield's longtime steady boyfriend Todd's father gets transferred to Burlington, Vermont, at the other end of the country as Elizabeth and Todd live in Sweet Valley, California. Elizabeth acts like a fool the whole time, as if it is the worst thing not having Todd there every day. She spends every day writing letters to Todd, and they have frequent phone conversations; the rest of the time, when she isn't writing or phoning to Todd, Elizabeth is pining over him.
Jessica, Elizabeth's well-meaning twin, wants Elizabeth to get out of the house with friends and date other boys. So, when Todd makes a surprise call, and Elizabeth isn't home, Jessica tells Todd that her twin sits at home and has given up going out with her friends and sits at home sad.
Todd doesn't want Elizabeth to feel that way; he wants her to be happy because he loves her and wants her to live an everyday teenage life of going out with friends. To achieve this plan, he stops writing and is always conveniently unavailable to talk to her on the phone when she calls.
Jessica told Todd this because she is waiting in the wings with another of her schemes. The scheme is to get Elizabeth together with Nicholas Morrow, who has always loved Elizabeth.
Nicholas pursues Elizabeth, and it doesn't take long before she agrees to go out with him "as friends" and then starts to think maybe when they go out, she may consider dating him.
Then Lila Fowler, one of the wealthiest girls in Sweet Valley, has a pool party on the vast Fowler estate, and Elizabeth goes with Nicholas Morrow as her date. They share a romantic dance under the stars.
Little did Elizabeth know that Todd came home for a brief visit. He found Elizabeth in a romantic dance with her head on Nicholas' shoulder. Elizabeth noticed Todd and went running to him. Todd was upset and ran off and left Elizabeth at the party.
Read this book to see if Elizabeth and Todd get back together or do she and Nicholas become Sweet Valley's newest couple. Or did Elizabeth hurt both Todd and Elizabeth badly?
I liked this book better when I read it back in college. I kept thinking that Elizabeth and Todd had their whole life ahead of them. Very few people find true love as a sixteen-year-old junior in high school. I, still at my age, have never seen that kind of love, and I am over thirty years older than her!
I loved Jessica's plan to set Steven up with a lady from the dating service where she worked. That was the best part of the book. The ladies Jessica chose couldn't have turned out more outrageous!
This book would probably have been a five-star back when I was a 19-year-old college student, but as an adult in her 50s, I thought it was 2 1/2 but rounded it up to 3 for nostalgia reasons as it reminded me of my younger years.
May 11, 2007
This was so sad :-(
November 25, 2008
A good read in the series.
April 12, 2015
So sad!
August 11, 2020
Liz's boyfriend Todd is leaving for Vermont. Stop him... my vicarious boyfriend is getting away! There is a lot of moping in this book, and poor Liz is getting mind fucked by Jessica and Steven telling her that she is too young to be chained to a long distance relationship and that it won't work out. Mean ole Steven says Elizabeth will be a home town honey only and that Todd will be up to all sorts... so Steven totally deserves his subplot story which is to be victim to a series of unfortunate fix ups by Jessica who has taken a part time job at a matchmaking/dating service. The most incredible part of these fix ups is that Jessica picks a middle aged divorcee for her bro even though she has always acted like no hot young thing has ever been good enough for him, and she always opposes vigorously any member of her family spending time with boring, unworthy people... so its an unbelievable choice. And Liz is getting pestered by Nicholas the guy she threw a bone (I mean date) to several books ago where she just could not possibly deprive him of her company even though she absolutely did not want to date and loved Todd but lied to him about going out with Nick. Classy. How will Liz ever navigate through this turbulent sea of heartbreak?
November 22, 2020
A fairly cliche high school moving away story made wonderful by the appearance of what could be the first known online dating reference :-) However, so many missed opportunities in this book for awkward first dates arranged by Jessica the matchmaker. Instead we get Nicholas Morrow being extremely pushy and Todd ghosting a tortured Elizabeth.
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**Review Note - I have been re-reading the Sweet Valley High series one book at a time for my podcast, “Lessons From Sweet Valley.” The following is the unique SVH rating system that I use on goodreads for these books alone…
5 Stars - The book is worthy of being read outside of the series purely as an exemplary example of YA fiction.
4 Stars - The book contains an element, storyline or theme that sets it apart from your average SVH tome.
3 Stars - The book adequately meets the expectations of an SVH book as it exists in the Sweet Valley universe.
2 Stars - The book falls below the SVH standards in terms of subject matter, characters or overall story.
1 Star - Offensive by SVH standards! Any of those re-reading the series should skip entirely
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**Review Note - I have been re-reading the Sweet Valley High series one book at a time for my podcast, “Lessons From Sweet Valley.” The following is the unique SVH rating system that I use on goodreads for these books alone…
5 Stars - The book is worthy of being read outside of the series purely as an exemplary example of YA fiction.
4 Stars - The book contains an element, storyline or theme that sets it apart from your average SVH tome.
3 Stars - The book adequately meets the expectations of an SVH book as it exists in the Sweet Valley universe.
2 Stars - The book falls below the SVH standards in terms of subject matter, characters or overall story.
1 Star - Offensive by SVH standards! Any of those re-reading the series should skip entirely
December 19, 2024
Hilarious. I mean...I lived through the premise to this one. I emigrated to a whole other continent at 16 and my boyfriend and I left things a month before agreeing to break up simply because we knew it was impossible. It was awful, seriously awful, and it took me two years to get over. But you know what I DIDN'T do in those two years? A) jump on the first boy to pay me any attention, because I couldn't spend a single moment alone and needed to be held and kissed by anyone, anyone at all! and B) sit around the house all day long waiting for phone calls and letters from my ex. The more I read through this series, the more I dislike Elizabeth. She is the lamest girl ever.
What made this book so entertaining was Jessica at the dating agency (that was like a car crash waiting to happen - I almost couldn't watch it unfold), and the simple fact that dressing in black and having some piercings was considered strange enough that Elizabeth felt she'd 'never seen anything quite like the sight that greeted her eyes'. I mean...this was Sweet Valley in 1985, so maybe she hadn't, but it just made her seem ten times lamer than I'd already decided she was!
What made this book so entertaining was Jessica at the dating agency (that was like a car crash waiting to happen - I almost couldn't watch it unfold), and the simple fact that dressing in black and having some piercings was considered strange enough that Elizabeth felt she'd 'never seen anything quite like the sight that greeted her eyes'. I mean...this was Sweet Valley in 1985, so maybe she hadn't, but it just made her seem ten times lamer than I'd already decided she was!
May 6, 2020
If this is the book I remember, I read it in my teens. I cried my eyes out that the love story that is, Elisabeth and Todd will now be over. I remember laying on my bed bawling my eyes out over this. What a loser 😂😂😂😂
What I remember about the Sweet Valley High books is that they were a big part of my teen years. I remember every book set the story in the first few pages about how, and this is from memory so I may be wrong, Elisabeth was a journalist in the school paper. She dated a footballer or a jock, I may be wrong, Todd. She was older than Jessica by, I don't remember how long which is funny as Jessica was a cheerleader and she never wore a watch as whatever she had to do would only start when she arrived. They were both identical apart from a mole but not alike as far as their personalities. It all sounds so pathetic but I was hooked on these books as a teen.
What I remember about the Sweet Valley High books is that they were a big part of my teen years. I remember every book set the story in the first few pages about how, and this is from memory so I may be wrong, Elisabeth was a journalist in the school paper. She dated a footballer or a jock, I may be wrong, Todd. She was older than Jessica by, I don't remember how long which is funny as Jessica was a cheerleader and she never wore a watch as whatever she had to do would only start when she arrived. They were both identical apart from a mole but not alike as far as their personalities. It all sounds so pathetic but I was hooked on these books as a teen.
August 27, 2018
Elizabeth loses her damned mind when Todd moves away, Jessica gets a job at a "Computer Dating Service" and tries to hook her brother up with some bizarro nerd creepers, and Nicholas Morrow continues to be way too adult for an 18 year old boy who wants to date 16 year old girls, and though he's a gentleman, there is still something vaguely skeezy about it. Also, thank god Todd moved away because even one whole book about their relationship was boring. Jessica may be a sociopath, but she's right about Elizabeth and Todd being a totally dull couple. Blah. Fun, but not good or even one of the better books- next one is about Cara and Steven- onward in my annual end of summer trashfest readathon!
April 4, 2022
Todd has moved away. Elizabeth mopes. Jessica plays matchmaker. Nicholas gets his heart broken AGAIN. Steven never goes to college? Anyway, both twins were pretty bad in this book. Liz is a mopey jerk to both Todd and Nicholas, while Jess meddles in Liz’s relationship and tries to set Steven up with a 43 year old. This book may be a momentous one in the series, but it’s pretty boring. I also don’t really like Todd though so maybe that’s why I hate it.
July 26, 2021
I liked this SVH book because it was comforting to me. I am currently in a relationship that sometimes makes me feel a bit unstable as I feel like sometimes I am around my boyfriend too much but then the next day I could be really sad over not being able to see him for a day. I like how Elizabeth and Todd came to a healthy conclusion though and explained their reasoning behind it.
March 8, 2018
Elizabeth/Todd are my Sweet Valley OTP (I like to pretend Sweet Valley Confidential never happened), but Nicholas Morrow isn't a bad catch either. Can I get someone like him in real life?
Also, Jessica remains the worst, but that goes without saying.
Also, Jessica remains the worst, but that goes without saying.
September 29, 2021
This book was such an emotional read. Elizabeth's first love, Todd was moving thousands of miles away with his family. The pain of saying goodbye and doing long distance relationship was so wonderfully written, I teared up a few times.
August 25, 2022
I love this. I mostly read history books or personal stories of living through horrific times….fluff like this with very simple problems really helps balance things out. Of course this is junk food-but everything in moderation!!?
January 28, 2019
The one in which Todd moves to Vermont and Elizabeth becomes a dish rag.
January 9, 2020
Jessica really gets on my nerves in this book and I think Elizabeth’s actions really go against her entire personality that has been developed throughout previous books.
November 2, 2021
Todd is leaving for Vermont, and Liz is heartbroken. The pair vow to stay together despite the distance
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September 13, 2024Finished in 8th grade. 1987
August 10, 2024
Re-read 2024
Sadly, as I write this review, I have just learned that Francine Pascal, the beloved creator of this series, has passed. It makes my re-reading of the series so timely.
A lot happens for the Wakefield family in this one. Todd and Elizabeth try their hand at a long distance, but Jessica feels her sister and older brother need to get on with their love lives. So she plays matchmaker with humorous results.
This is one of the more lively books in the series and I liked that the characters of Nicholas Morrow, Betsy Martin and Bruce Patman make their appearances again. I am also interested to see what will happen with Cara and Steven. Oh and I want to hear more about Regina!
Hopefully, all these books will start trending on Kindle as all us 80's and 90's return to the SVU world.
Goodreads review published 30/07/24
Sadly, as I write this review, I have just learned that Francine Pascal, the beloved creator of this series, has passed. It makes my re-reading of the series so timely.
A lot happens for the Wakefield family in this one. Todd and Elizabeth try their hand at a long distance, but Jessica feels her sister and older brother need to get on with their love lives. So she plays matchmaker with humorous results.
This is one of the more lively books in the series and I liked that the characters of Nicholas Morrow, Betsy Martin and Bruce Patman make their appearances again. I am also interested to see what will happen with Cara and Steven. Oh and I want to hear more about Regina!
Hopefully, all these books will start trending on Kindle as all us 80's and 90's return to the SVU world.
Goodreads review published 30/07/24
October 11, 2022
Say Goodbye
After learning that Todd’s family is moving to Vermont, Elizabeth and he try to spend their last minutes together. When he leaves the shock really sets in and she spends most of her time rushing home to write him letters, and pretty much-ignoring everything and everyone else.
Jessica decides this just won’t do-and naturally because she has a new job at a dating service-that it’s her job to hook up not only her sister but her brother (who's still not over Tricia and pushing Cara away). She thinks back to Liz’s old flame Nicholas Morrow and decides the second times the charm. And basically, she starts to plan everything but Liz’s wedding dress.
But then there’s the problem of Todd-who has GOT to go-! So she spins this story about how it would be better for Liz’s life -as she’s suffering so bad she’s a step away from being a recluse-to Todd, and he feels so guilty about it that he distances himself from her.
Liz thinking Todd has moved on starts to rebound on Nicolas because he’s so charming. He’s the perfect distraction. She finally decides to break it off with him, because she realizes she’s using him for just that at a big party Lila’s having (because we all know there’ll be a party).
At the party Todd just happens to come home to take care of some family business, and he drops in on the party. Only he sees Elizabeth dancing with Nicolas and thinks she’s moved on. So he peace’s out.
She calls it off with Nicolas who basically tells her not to toy with him. And she and Todd agree that while they love each other they can’t put their lives on hold.
Jessica’s match-making with Steve turns out to be a bust, so she quits the agency. (After she earns the money back for the charge she made on her parent’s card). Yet Steve starts to feel an attraction to Cara, after he sees her parent’s divorce has made her more mature. But he leaves her hanging on the dance floor when Betsy shows up and gets in his face about dancing with another girl while he should he still grieving Tricia.
My Thoughts:
You CAN NOT force a person to move on to someone else when they lose someone they love! I just wrote a blog on this very thing. People act like it’s for YOUR best interest when they have NO RIGHT what-so-freaking EVER, no matter how long it takes, to take the decision away from a person when they’re healed. People heal when they’re ready to heal. I don’t care if it’s months or YEARS. You don’t get to decide when they date again! They date again when the time feels right for THEM and NOT YOU!! Friends have either tried to match-make me or “encourage” me (and when I say encourage me I mean force me back into the dating world, and just didn’t seem to comprehend that (that) is NOT what I wanted.
I think at some point you *do* learn to let go as time passes but Steve lost his girlfriend EIGHT BOOKS AGO. How much time does this equal in SV? GET OFF HIS ** AND LET THE MAN BREATHE.
Jessica is one of THE MOST SELFISH characters written in this era. And I really want her to lose someone so she can see what that feels like! Then cluelessly she doesn’t even*meet* with the women she tries to hook him up with. She doesn’t know a damn thing about this woman and goes off *surface* qualities. Which is also something people have done to me in the past years. You can’t think someone is right for someone by something you read or a small physical thing that you think will be a good fit. One of the women was middle-aged. You can plan for attraction. It kinda just happens.
And you can’t jump to the next man either thinking they’ll make you forget the last one. Tried that too. Although I will say this. Why won’t Elizabeth give Nick a chance? Yeah, I get it the heart wants who it wants and when your in love it makes you blind. But he’s handsome. He’s charming. I don’t want to sound like a Jessica, but he’s rich and treats you like a queen most of all.
I do (did) want to see them together but even I know the timing was wrong. If Nick would have just waited till things got old and it had been a while MAYBE he would have had a better chance. She and he probably WOULD have ended up together.
And then what’s up with Betsy’s ol hating butt? She can be happy and have a man, but Steve can’t be happy and have a new girl.
This book just made me mad of how THOUGHTLESS people can be when they try to over-step in “helping” someone move on from someone they loved.
Rating: 7
After learning that Todd’s family is moving to Vermont, Elizabeth and he try to spend their last minutes together. When he leaves the shock really sets in and she spends most of her time rushing home to write him letters, and pretty much-ignoring everything and everyone else.
Jessica decides this just won’t do-and naturally because she has a new job at a dating service-that it’s her job to hook up not only her sister but her brother (who's still not over Tricia and pushing Cara away). She thinks back to Liz’s old flame Nicholas Morrow and decides the second times the charm. And basically, she starts to plan everything but Liz’s wedding dress.
But then there’s the problem of Todd-who has GOT to go-! So she spins this story about how it would be better for Liz’s life -as she’s suffering so bad she’s a step away from being a recluse-to Todd, and he feels so guilty about it that he distances himself from her.
Liz thinking Todd has moved on starts to rebound on Nicolas because he’s so charming. He’s the perfect distraction. She finally decides to break it off with him, because she realizes she’s using him for just that at a big party Lila’s having (because we all know there’ll be a party).
At the party Todd just happens to come home to take care of some family business, and he drops in on the party. Only he sees Elizabeth dancing with Nicolas and thinks she’s moved on. So he peace’s out.
She calls it off with Nicolas who basically tells her not to toy with him. And she and Todd agree that while they love each other they can’t put their lives on hold.
Jessica’s match-making with Steve turns out to be a bust, so she quits the agency. (After she earns the money back for the charge she made on her parent’s card). Yet Steve starts to feel an attraction to Cara, after he sees her parent’s divorce has made her more mature. But he leaves her hanging on the dance floor when Betsy shows up and gets in his face about dancing with another girl while he should he still grieving Tricia.
My Thoughts:
You CAN NOT force a person to move on to someone else when they lose someone they love! I just wrote a blog on this very thing. People act like it’s for YOUR best interest when they have NO RIGHT what-so-freaking EVER, no matter how long it takes, to take the decision away from a person when they’re healed. People heal when they’re ready to heal. I don’t care if it’s months or YEARS. You don’t get to decide when they date again! They date again when the time feels right for THEM and NOT YOU!! Friends have either tried to match-make me or “encourage” me (and when I say encourage me I mean force me back into the dating world, and just didn’t seem to comprehend that (that) is NOT what I wanted.
I think at some point you *do* learn to let go as time passes but Steve lost his girlfriend EIGHT BOOKS AGO. How much time does this equal in SV? GET OFF HIS ** AND LET THE MAN BREATHE.
Jessica is one of THE MOST SELFISH characters written in this era. And I really want her to lose someone so she can see what that feels like! Then cluelessly she doesn’t even*meet* with the women she tries to hook him up with. She doesn’t know a damn thing about this woman and goes off *surface* qualities. Which is also something people have done to me in the past years. You can’t think someone is right for someone by something you read or a small physical thing that you think will be a good fit. One of the women was middle-aged. You can plan for attraction. It kinda just happens.
And you can’t jump to the next man either thinking they’ll make you forget the last one. Tried that too. Although I will say this. Why won’t Elizabeth give Nick a chance? Yeah, I get it the heart wants who it wants and when your in love it makes you blind. But he’s handsome. He’s charming. I don’t want to sound like a Jessica, but he’s rich and treats you like a queen most of all.
I do (did) want to see them together but even I know the timing was wrong. If Nick would have just waited till things got old and it had been a while MAYBE he would have had a better chance. She and he probably WOULD have ended up together.
And then what’s up with Betsy’s ol hating butt? She can be happy and have a man, but Steve can’t be happy and have a new girl.
This book just made me mad of how THOUGHTLESS people can be when they try to over-step in “helping” someone move on from someone they loved.
Rating: 7
September 18, 2025
Elizabeth and Todd’s relationship is put to the test when his family moves to Vermont for his dad’s new job. While the distance and silence was certainly relatable for anyone who ever went through a relationship hurdle growing up , I low key would love to see Liz date someone else to shake up the storyline. Also LOL with Jessica working at a dating agency at 16 years old. Like how would that ever happen?!
March 18, 2017
Ah, the book where Todd moves away to Vermont and Liz becomes almost comatose.
Also, Nicholas Morrow is such a creeper.
Also, Nicholas Morrow is such a creeper.
May 28, 2013
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Book name - Say Goodbye
Series - #23 in Sweet Valley High
Author - Francine Pascal
Page count - 153 pages
Time Spent Reading - 19th May - 20th May
Review :
I purchased this book from one of the charity shops in my town for 10p despite it's battered exterior - can I really resist SVH ?
Ideally I wanted to finish it during the final day of the Bout of Books Read-a-thon however Gatsby disrupted that plan.Throughout the school day that followed I could see the twins flawless million dollar smiles begging me to devour it during school work time. It was almost too much to endure so I rushed home to finish this.
Although plot wise this isn't my favourite from the series it's definitely the most heart-wrenching and tear-jerking.It takes you on an extraordinary roller-coaster ride that you wish never had to end.
The plot details what happens when Sweet Valley's superlatively adorable couple - Todd Wilkins and Elizabeth Wakefield - are galvanised into separation due to Todd's reallocation.
You should listen to Taylor Swift's (I don't like her newest album ,except for the song All too well which is my favourite by her, but her old actually Country music is phenomenal) song Last Kiss because the words express exactly what happens during the novel
The sub plot was extremely enjoyable as well. Jessica is employed by a dating agency and her match-making creates humorous results.
I adored this book and would especially recommend it to those SVH fans who love Todd and Elizabeth's relationship.
It has me enthused for my Sweet Valley reading week in June where I'm going to read as many books from the different Sweet Valley series as I can.
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Book name - Say Goodbye
Series - #23 in Sweet Valley High
Author - Francine Pascal
Page count - 153 pages
Time Spent Reading - 19th May - 20th May
Review :
I purchased this book from one of the charity shops in my town for 10p despite it's battered exterior - can I really resist SVH ?
Ideally I wanted to finish it during the final day of the Bout of Books Read-a-thon however Gatsby disrupted that plan.Throughout the school day that followed I could see the twins flawless million dollar smiles begging me to devour it during school work time. It was almost too much to endure so I rushed home to finish this.
Although plot wise this isn't my favourite from the series it's definitely the most heart-wrenching and tear-jerking.It takes you on an extraordinary roller-coaster ride that you wish never had to end.
The plot details what happens when Sweet Valley's superlatively adorable couple - Todd Wilkins and Elizabeth Wakefield - are galvanised into separation due to Todd's reallocation.
You should listen to Taylor Swift's (I don't like her newest album ,except for the song All too well which is my favourite by her, but her old actually Country music is phenomenal) song Last Kiss because the words express exactly what happens during the novel
The sub plot was extremely enjoyable as well. Jessica is employed by a dating agency and her match-making creates humorous results.
I adored this book and would especially recommend it to those SVH fans who love Todd and Elizabeth's relationship.
It has me enthused for my Sweet Valley reading week in June where I'm going to read as many books from the different Sweet Valley series as I can.
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September 8, 2013
I give it 3.5 stars. Although it was a turning point in the series with one of the main characters, Todd Wilkins, leaving Sweet Valley, California for Vermont it wasn't quite as good as I had hoped it would be. But, it was still vital a read when continuing the series.
First off, it wasn't really Goodbye, it was more like "goodbye for now." Long distance love rarely works out in the long run, most people who may have had this experience know what I mean by that. Trying to keep a relationship intact and proceeding isn't at all an easy experience. Add to the fact that we're dealing with teenagers trying to have patience in this abrupt change of plans in their romance and you're left pondering at a crossroads of adolescent emotions.
I didn't like that Nicholas Morrow was caught up in the whole scheme of things, due to what happened last time with Liz and his attempt at trying to sweep her off her feet. But, I did like that his character popped up again, despite the predictable outcome. Liz knew she was still in love with Todd yet she believed herself to be confused? As if! Lol
First off, it wasn't really Goodbye, it was more like "goodbye for now." Long distance love rarely works out in the long run, most people who may have had this experience know what I mean by that. Trying to keep a relationship intact and proceeding isn't at all an easy experience. Add to the fact that we're dealing with teenagers trying to have patience in this abrupt change of plans in their romance and you're left pondering at a crossroads of adolescent emotions.
I didn't like that Nicholas Morrow was caught up in the whole scheme of things, due to what happened last time with Liz and his attempt at trying to sweep her off her feet. But, I did like that his character popped up again, despite the predictable outcome. Liz knew she was still in love with Todd yet she believed herself to be confused? As if! Lol
March 30, 2016
Source: I read this book online via Open Library.
Cost: Free
Title: Say Goodbye
Series: Sweet Valley High #23
Author: Francine Pascal // Kate William
Overall Rating: 3 stars
So, Todd is moving to Vermont, and of course, Liz is heartbroken. She becomes a recluse. All mopey, but she still talks to Todd on the phone and so on. However, Jess isn't okay with that. She doesn't want to see her twin pining for Todd, so she decides to try and set her up with an old blast from the past, Nicholas Morrow.
I liked that this book linked back to previous one, it shows continuity, and I like that in a series. I know that the sub-series of this can be quite different from the main ones, but that's okay. We can forgive them. Overall, a decent addition to the series, nothing too special.
Although, there was a weird moment where Jess checked her brother out...Weird...
I made a list of people Jess has had a thing with:
The Jessica Wakefield Hit-List:
1) Todd Wilkins
2) Bruce Patman
3) Scott Daniels
4) Bill Chase
5) Nicholas Morrow
6) Roger Barrett
7) Jack ??????
8) Nicky Shepard
9) Jeffrey Morrow
Cost: Free
Title: Say Goodbye
Series: Sweet Valley High #23
Author: Francine Pascal // Kate William
Overall Rating: 3 stars
So, Todd is moving to Vermont, and of course, Liz is heartbroken. She becomes a recluse. All mopey, but she still talks to Todd on the phone and so on. However, Jess isn't okay with that. She doesn't want to see her twin pining for Todd, so she decides to try and set her up with an old blast from the past, Nicholas Morrow.
I liked that this book linked back to previous one, it shows continuity, and I like that in a series. I know that the sub-series of this can be quite different from the main ones, but that's okay. We can forgive them. Overall, a decent addition to the series, nothing too special.
Although, there was a weird moment where Jess checked her brother out...Weird...
I made a list of people Jess has had a thing with:
The Jessica Wakefield Hit-List:
1) Todd Wilkins
2) Bruce Patman
3) Scott Daniels
4) Bill Chase
5) Nicholas Morrow
6) Roger Barrett
7) Jack ??????
8) Nicky Shepard
9) Jeffrey Morrow
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