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Gossip Girl: The Carlyles #3

by Cecily von Ziegesar, Annabelle Vestry

Owen, Avery and Baby Carlyle are really finding their feet on the Upper East Side. Owen's secret is out and he and Kelsey can live happily ever after. Can't they? Avery is set to take her place as Queen Bee now she has an internship at Metropolitan magazine. If she could just sort out her love life.

Genres: Young Adult, Fiction, Chick Lit, Contemporary, High School, Teen, Ebooks

279 pages, Pocket Book

First published May 1, 2009

About the author

Cecily von Ziegesar is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gossip Girl novels, upon which the hit television show is based.

Cecily von Ziegesar was born in New York City. Her childhood dream was to grow up to be a ballerina; she began lessons at age 3 and auditioned for the School of American Ballet at age 8, but was rejected.

As a teenager, von Ziegesar commuted to Manhattan at 6 a.m. to attend the Nightingale-Bamford School. After graduating from Nightingale, von Ziegesar attended Colby College before spending a year in Budapest working for a local radio station.

Von Ziegesar returned to the United States to study creative writing at the University of Arizona, but dropped out shortly thereafter.

Back in New York, while working at book-packaging firm Alloy Entertainment, von Ziegesar became inspired to create the Gossip Girl series, which follows the lives of privileged teenagers in New York. The series climbed to the top of The New York Times best-sellers list in 2002. A spin-off series, The It Girl, made the list in 2005.

The Constance Billard School for Girls in Gossip Girl is based upon an exaggerated version of von Ziegesar's alma mater, Nightingale. She also culled events from the book from the lives of her extremely wealthy friends, as well as her own life as a perpetual gossip.

She lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family.

Reviews

[Tiny Pants · Rating 3 out of 5]

Am I ashamed that I ordered this book from Amazon the day it came out, and that I read it in two sittings? Yes and yes. I don't even like this series all that much (the previous one sat on my shelf for a couple months before I bothered). But circumstances conspired such that I purchased (at nearly full price, no less) and read this book altogether quite rapidly.

And what did I think? Eh. I mean, I'm not going to lie -- it was pretty enjoyable, and I finally have the main characters straight (which really did take three books, since no one has enough personality to be really memorable -- I still don't have a chance with the secondary characters). But this series is just not at all as good as the original Gossip Girl. The plots that are I think meant to be humorous are mostly just uncomfortable, Baby (the Serena-like character) is mostly just spacy and annoying without Serena's charm, and Avery (the Blair manque) is a toothless Blair whose motivations remain unclear at best. My favorite character remains the "villain," Jack (who doesn't really have an equivalent in the original series, but who I'd compare to Cammie in The A-List), and even she winds up a bit neutered in this book. As for Owen, the third Carlyle triplet, I continue not to care. Let's face it, Gossip Girl has never been about the guys.

All in all, the best news in this book is the ad in the back that trumpets the new Gossip Girl coming out in November 2009 with THE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS! In light of the TV show, I am especially interested to see what they try to do. They're repackaging all the original books with new covers sure to confuse the heck out of people, since in the books Chuck and Dan are both possibly-gay laughingstock, not the show's suave leading man and sweet boy from Brooklyn which they now depict on nearly half the book covers.

[Emily · Rating 2 out of 5]

Actually, this was pretty boring and kida predictable. If I kept reading was because I enjoy the New York chit-chat and the descriptions, but there was barely any plot in the book, and the characters I first liked became a bit annoying with their stories. I just got one left, and I guess it won't be any better. Though I liked this book's ending -it could've perfectly ended here. Anyway, maybe I'm becoming too old to read this? IDK.

[Susan · Rating 2 out of 5]

These are not getting any better. Glad I only have onenleft to finish the series and then there apparently is one reunion-type last book with the original Gossip Girl characters. I liked that Jack became more humanized and less villainous in this book, but I found the entire Baby's mandatory therapy storyline completely stupid and dull, and Owen's side plot about his girlfriend gets boring fast, too. Probably because his character is about as developed as an unused roll of film. Almost done. 1.5 stars rounded up

[Alyssa Thomas · Rating 2 out of 5]

Does anyone else realize that the second generation is no where near as good as the original because CECILY VON ZIEGESAR didn't even write this! Annabelle Vestry did.

[Baige · Rating 1 out of 5]

This book was dreadful. Owen should not have been a POV character and honestly neither should Baby. Neither of them did anything interesting throughout the entire book.

Avery is also possibly one of the most boring characters in literature. She doesn't do or say a single interesting thing and yet somehow she impresses the editor of an elite fashion magazine and Jack Laurent, who, by the way, is the most interesting character with the LEAST believable plot. Who in their right mind would buy their 16 year old son and his girlfriend a brand new apartment and let them live in it together? Who in their right mind thinks a 16 year old who is still in high school and is not famous in any way is cool enough to be the "face" of a new green movement condominium? So many plot holes and so much boredom. I cannot believe the ghost writer dragged this book out over 200 pages and I'm not a bit surprised they canned the series after the next book.

[Jennifer Wardrip · Rating 5 out of 5]

Reviewed by Ashley B for TeensReadToo.com

Ever since the Carlyle triplets moved to New York, the Upper East Side has been gossip central.

Owen ended up stealing his best friend's girlfriend. Avery dethroned the queen. Baby ran off to Spain.

As for the rest of the city, Jack is now the It Girl of the Cashman Lofts. Rhys gets into the hippie crowd after Owen steals his girl. Nothing stays quiet with Gossip Girl around.

TAKE A CHANCE ON ME is another wonderful GOSSIP GIRL, THE CARLYLES novel. I just can't get enough of these stories. They are so intriguing and keep me guessing. They are racy, but so enjoyable.

So much gossip is in each chapter. I can't imagine this kind of thing happening in real life, but if it did...

Wow! I recommend these novels to anyone who loves YA.

[Kerran Olson · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5* These books are so predictable and the characters are pretty awful. But I can't stop reading them! At least with this series I'm not comparing the characters to their tv counterparts so I like them a bit more

[Lillian Slater · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m honestly kinda over this serious but I’m so close to finishing them all that I have to do it on principle. The books are starting to get repetitive. Same conversations, same goals, same worries. There’s nothing really sucking you in and insisting you read the next chapter.

[Celine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gossip Girl, The Carlyles Take a Chance on Me
By Cecily Von Ziegesar
240pp Ny Ny
Poppy Hachette Book Group $10.99
ISBN: 978-0-316-02066-4

When’s the last time you had nine hours of sleep? Years ago? The life of a teenager is always so busy with a tightly packed schedule. Especially, when you live in the Upper East Side, when your every move is being posted online by gossip girl. Avery, Baby, and Owen Carlyle have never just had one ordinary day of school and homework without any gossip.

The triplets have adapted to life in New York City, Owen rotating around his complicated love story, Avery fighting to gain the cover on Metropolitan, and Baby always getting punished for breaking rules. Owen is the top swimmer on his team but because his girlfriend was Rhys, his best friend’s girlfriend, Rhys quit with the rest of the team on his side. Rhys has an ultimate breakdown and Owen struggles to gain his true friend back. Avery, on the other hand, works as an intern and tries to get her beautiful face on the cover of Metropolitan. However, getting there must involve removing staples and organizing lipstick. Avery gets so close to success but she is smart enough to discover her true self, giving up whatever she worked on to be herself. While all this is going on, Baby, the other triplet has to have therapy as a punishment for skipping school for an entire week just to go to Barcelona. Baby strives to find her old self again and she becomes less dependant on men, which was really weighing her down. What about her boyfriend? Well, JP went back to Jack, whom is back at the top again. Jack gets a helping hand from JP’s family and doesn’t have financial problems anymore. Instead, Jack is on the cover of magazines, gets interviewed all the time, and has a tightly crammed agenda. To my surprise, she doesn’t enjoy this kind of life but she makes a new friend out of it.

I would recommend this book to anyone who has read the first or second gossip girl Carlyle books. It wraps things up perfectly and it has a really good ending. However, the book is starting to get boring and what I don’t like about it is that it talks so much about clothing and expensive brands of clothing.

[Diana · Rating 3 out of 5]

Take a Chance on Me (Gossip Girl: The Carlyles, #3)
By Cecily von Ziegesar
240 pages
Poppy Hachette Book Group $10.99
ISBN: 978-0-316-02066-4

Are you the one who's always gossipping about others? Or are you the one who's always being gossipped about? Nothing's the same when an everyday life only revolves around G-O-S-S-I-P! Avery, Baby, and Owen Carlyle has never had a regular day which doesn't involve any gossip. This is especially when each of their every move, every step, is being observed and is posted online by gossip girl. The triplets all have their own life and different things occur to each of them, but this doesn't stop the gossip around them.

The writing style of Cecily von Ziegesar is different than others because it seems like readers like me are watching a movie. There are things posted up online which readers are able to imagine, and that creates imagery. We're able to visualize what's happening in the book and we can assume what's next to come.

I would recommend this book to people who've read the first and second book of (Gossip Girl: The Carlyles) because it's like an addition to what's happened in the previous two books. I'd also recommend this series in general to oen who are interested in clothing and fashion, and people who are gossippers themselves, so they'd enjoy the book, too.

[Meghan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Everyone is hating on everyone. Owen and Rhys aren’t friends anymore because of a girl, Jack and Avery never liked each other to begin with and who knows what’s going on with Baby. But as time does tell, things happen and situations change. Now everyone is slowly coming back together as friends, but in the world of New York City’s high life, is anyone your friend? This novel continued from the previous novel, and the plots were okay, but they were rather mediocre. Nothing crazy stood out, and the writing felt more like fanfiction than anything else. As for characters, they did mature as the novel progressed and that was actually entertaining to read, but nothing felt too substantial. But overall this novel was good for light reading.

[Astoria · Rating 5 out of 5]

So this book, was amazing, Sidney tells Avery that even though her and Jack hated eachother, they were probably gonna end up being best friends, and it happened. Rhys takes a time out from Swimming, and Owen discovers taht is never worth it to lose a friend over a girl. And that he and Kelsy are a great couple when it comes to physical, but not emotionally connected at all.

[Kate · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really liked the ending of this book. I found it was a nice way to end the books so far. I liked the characters more and more in this novel. I like how they all kind of went on to try to find themselves and faced some real problems unlike the characters in the original series. All in all I found this one to be the best book so far out of this series.

[Alannah Clarke · Rating 2 out of 5]

There wasn't anything great about this book, the plot was average, the character development was average, this wasn't my favourite book in the series but again, it was very quick and easy to read even though I think this series is going downhill very fast.

[Zoya.Diaries · Rating 4 out of 5]

‘Take a Chance on Me’ is by far my favourite of ‘The Carlyles Series.’ Romance, friendship, mental health struggle, independence, lots of gossip but with a sprinkle of kindness.

Jack is the new face of the Cashman lofts but it soon becomes overbearing despite the privileges. She is losing her freedom and is treated as JP’s trophy wife. Eventually, she realized she was powerful enough on her own. Also, loved the refreshing friendship that blossomed between her and Avery.

Speaking of which, Avery is the new intern at Metropolitan. But she isn’t there to be a mean girl or a gossip queen. She is classy, and even her boss recognizes it. Finally, her life is turning around.

Baby is going through therapy. I think it’s the first time I liked her character. She is doing something positive for herself instead of gallivanting.

Owen realized what he and Kelsey shared was lust and not love, regretting losing a beautiful friendship with Rhys. Honestly, I never liked Kelsey, can’t stand cheaters who act innocent, her character is boring as well. I knew we’d see a new side of Rhys in this book, just didn’t expect him to be a beginner stoner. But I loved the reconciliation in the end.

I don’t why but from the first book, I really wanted Rhys and Avery to connect. They seemed perfect for each other and the last chapter gives hope. Still, this is Gossip Girl, so I’m eager to read the last book of the series.

[Amandine Desmousseaux · Rating 3 out of 5]

Contrairement aux commentaires que je lis (qui datent d’il y a environ 15 ans…), je finis par vraiment préférer ces nouveaux personnages que les « originaux », probablement car je n’en n’ai aucune représentation imagée, je ne sais pas. En tout cas j’aimerais bien savoir ce qu’il va leur arriver par la suite, les autres ne me manquent pas (dans les livres).

[Jamie Coudeville · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was okay. Jack and JP's relationship was a trainwreck waiting to happen. I'm glad Rhys got his shit together because most of his storyline in this one was incredibly boring. I'm glad to see everyone together at the end.

[Mel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Vraiment un bon roman ! Je suis contente de la fin ! O et R sont à nouveaux amis et O à rompu avec K, J et A peut-être le début d'une belle amitié et A et R peut-être le début d'une belle histoire... j'ai hâte de lire le dernier roman ! 🙂

[Clare Fuller · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was alittle turn off the series after reading the last book but this one makes me want to keep going: I have to know if Avery and Jack's new found friendship will last

[Rabea · Rating 3 out of 5]

Besser als der Band davor aber immer noch nicht großartig. Den letzten Band werde ich dennoch lesen - will ja trotzdem wissen wie es ausgeht.

[Bethany · Rating 3 out of 5]

Certainly not a book I'll rave about - especially coming to it 10 years after it came out. But I got it at a discount sale and it was a great quick-read and escape from real life.

[Madison]

Nothing to see here

[Taryn Barnes · Rating 3 out of 5]

I just love how these super rich trust fund kids are drinking Bud Light and Tecate 😂🍻

[foxyreadz · Rating 3 out of 5]

The original gg series is way better, i only liked Jack

[Tirsa · Rating 4 out of 5]

LEUKK

[Brenna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Reading a Gossip Girl book is pretty much like sitting down to watch a mini-marathon of the tv series except there are no commercial breaks and no credits you have to skip through to get to the next episode. It takes as much time to read through a book as it does to watch a disc of the DVD sets, but with The Carlyles series, it's not as much fun. Instead of Blair and Serena, we're introduced to a set of triplets who become the new "it" kids in town, though all they have working for them is their last name and good looks. At least the old kids seemed to have layers to their personalities, while Avery, Owen and Baby stick to one character trait apiece and have to rely on the plot to keep moving. All that aside, these books are still a fun read. They're like a tornado, sucking you in until the very end where everything has been thrown around all over the place, and you'll be lucky if you can even find all these books among your piles or your bookshelves when you're done because they've been borrowed by friends or shoved under the bed, instead of being dutifully put away.

That being said, Take a Chance on Me was a fair entry into the series, but it didn't bring much more to it than the other books. Give me anything that takes place in a school setting and I'll like it, but most of this novel ventured outside of a high school and onto the streets of New York City where Baby has mandatory therapy she has to struggle through, Owen gets smacked in the face by his swim team "buddies" and Avery finds out working for a magazine isn't as glamorous as it's made out to be. It seems like everyone is a frenemy and no relationship can last through a single book, but that's the way we like it. If we didn't, these books wouldn't be so addicting. I have one more Carlyles book to go before I finish the entire GG series (except for The It Girl spin off, but does that even count?), and it will be interesting to see how everything turns out (or rather, who hooks up with whom). You know I'll be there. The tornado hasn't stopped spinning yet.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

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In the third installment of Gossip Girl: The Carlyles, things continue heating up on the Upper East Side and these new scandalous teenagers just won’t quit. Everything has been up in flames since the arrival of The Carlyle triplets and Take A Chance on Me is quite possibly the best in this spin off and dishes us a hefty helping of drama, betrayal, romance and power struggles.

Say hello to your next best beach read, ladies and gentlemen. Although this next generation of kids don’t quite reach the level of awesomeness that our original group did, this installment certainly takes things to a whole new level and is classic Gossip Girl. It’s stylish, witty, light and will have you glued to the pages until the final chapter.

As for the kids…

Owen has officially snagged the girlfriend of his ex best friend, and with this betrayal and the entire UES teenage population knowing this, he no longer has to hide his attraction to Kelsey. No matter who he hurts, he flaunts this relationship and finds himself blissfully at ease. Love is a powerful thing, my friends. Powerful and brutal.

But is it love that two share or is it just lust? Was their romance a classic case of “you want what you can’t have”? Owen soon can’t help but wonder how well he really knows Kelsey. Now that he is friendless and in a relationship, Owen begins to have second thoughts. Kelsey doesn’t seem to ever want to just talk to him and after Rhys quits the team; he becomes captain to a group of guys who seemed to have picked sides.

[Karen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gossip Girl The Carlyles: Take a Chance On Me
Poppy. Hachette Book Group, 237 park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Cecily Von Ziegesar
$10.99 Pages.240
ISBN: 9780316020664

At least one time in your life, you want to be #1 in the whole society. Wait... lest narrow it down to you being #1 in the community. If everyone tries to fight for that spot, there will definitely be betrayal, hate, love, friendship, and everything. But you might wonder there;s no such thing. WRONG! In the book Gossip Girl The Carlyles: Take a chance on me, things like those happens. Take a Chance on me is the third book and a sequel to Gossip Girl The Carlyles. Cecily Von Ziegesa1r wrote many other books such as the series Gossip Girl.

The Carlyles are triplets, they are Baby Carlyles, Owen Carlyles, and Avery Carlyles. The Carlyles weren't New Yorkers, until they moved in to New York. New york is full of dramas. Avery is working in a company where you write about celebrity. Baby need to go to therapist, because it seems like she is obsess with boys. Owen feels guilty because he stole his best friend's girlfriend. Every second Jake is a celebrity but she isn't like a huge celebrity, life has been really hard for her. Especially J.P's parent, they seem to be treating her like she was married to J.P. But in the end of the story, it was more like a happily ever after.

When I read this book I thought it wasn't that great! I recommend this book to people who are fans of Cecily Von Ziegesar, or who enjoys reading Gossip Girl.

[Ibunnie_yummie]

This book was amazing. It was basically what every teenager goes through at one point in there life except at more of IM FAMOUS type of basis but it was utterly amazing. I loved the book and had my eyes glued to it at all times. Cecily von Ziegesar is a genius writer. What I learned from this book, was that maybe someone really isnt who you think or feel they are. Owen Carlyle, e of the main characters fell in love with Kat aka Kelsey. What he thought was love, was actually Lust. She and He had met on the beach and lost their virginities to each other. He had sought out to find her after moving to New York. Only to find that Kat was his best friend Rhys' girlfriend. That was in the first book. But in this book he found that he didnt love he and Rhys moved on to actually dating one of the Carlyle sisters. Love isnt going to appear at your front door. Love wants you to look for it. Just know that when two people belong together, Some kind of way they will find each other. Thats why I relate this book to my own personal life. Being a teenager, of course I think that I should have a boyfriend. i dont have one but I;'m not stressing it. The one for me, will find me.

[Pamela Hubbard · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book follows the Carlyle triplets and their friends (and enemies) as they navigate life in the Upper East Side of New York. It has lots of intrigue, drama and entitlement. Owen deals with the aftermath of stealing his friend's girlfriend, Baby struggles to find herself (very Serena Van Der Woodson), Avery is still striving to be the best and conquer the world (very Blair Waldorf)and Jack tries to make sense of the chaos of her life but instead realizes how unhappy she is trying to live up to others' expectations.
As much as I enjoyed the Gossip Girl series, I just couldn't get into the lives of the Carlyle's the same way. The characters were unrelatable and not just because of their lifestyle. I felt that this story has been told many many times, especially in the Gossip Girl series. There really isn't anything unique about this book or these characters.