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It Girl #10
Classic
It's almost Valentine's Day at Waverly Academy, and love is in the air...and in everyone's inboxes. Each year, The Waverly Computer Society runs Perfect Match, an online personality survey that pairs up Waverly Owls with their supposed soul mates. Now the campus is overrun with peculiar pairings, odd couples, and mischief makers hoping to play Cupid for a day.
Jenny Humphrey is convinced she'll be paired with her adorable new boyfriend, Isaac Dresden. But when he starts acting skittish, she begins to wonder if he's her Perfect Match after all. Brett Messerschmidt and Tinsley Carmichael definitely aren't feeling the love this Valentine's Day: when Isla Dresden, Isaac's sister, steals Tinsley's thunder-and Brett's boyfriend-the two girls vow to plot their revenge. Callie Vernon is starting to wonder if a girl can have two soulmates. She's in love with both Easy Walsh and Brandon Buchanan, but on February 14th, she can only give one of them her heart.
In this final dramatic It Girl novel, the Waverly Owls ponder an age-old question: is all really fair in love and war?
Jenny Humphrey is convinced she'll be paired with her adorable new boyfriend, Isaac Dresden. But when he starts acting skittish, she begins to wonder if he's her Perfect Match after all. Brett Messerschmidt and Tinsley Carmichael definitely aren't feeling the love this Valentine's Day: when Isla Dresden, Isaac's sister, steals Tinsley's thunder-and Brett's boyfriend-the two girls vow to plot their revenge. Callie Vernon is starting to wonder if a girl can have two soulmates. She's in love with both Easy Walsh and Brandon Buchanan, but on February 14th, she can only give one of them her heart.
In this final dramatic It Girl novel, the Waverly Owls ponder an age-old question: is all really fair in love and war?
226 pages, Paperback
First published June 1, 2010
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Cecily von Ziegesar
105 books2,973 followersCecily 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.
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.
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July 14, 2010
It is going to be so, so, so hard for me to write a spoiler-free review of this book, but I feel I must -- I've been way too indulgent in that regard lately. Suffice to say, this book was a mixed bag for me, but one huge con was one single misstep that generates a lack of continuity with the Gossip Girl series and sacrifices (for me at least) a lot of the believability of that otherwise relatively seamless fictive world.
Come on, Alloy, can't you do better than that?!?! I mean, back in the day Scholastic kept a binder full of information tracking what had happened in the Baby-sitters Club for their ghostwriters to use. And that series went on for 100+ books (not even counting specials and spin-offs), not to mention having multiple Christmases, spring breaks, etc. And so seriously you guys, with the benefit of computer technology, really can't keep straight the travel plans of one character who has appeared in just over 20 books total? I mean really, Alloy. Really.
The other part of this book that really kills me -- and this isn't a spoiler, since this is all laid out on the back cover -- is that it quite implausibly borrows the plot of Taffy Sinclair and the Romance Machine Disaster even though this is supposed to be a relatively elite private boarding school. Yep, if there's one thing boarding schools are looking to do, it's foster a climate where heterosexual sociability is the primary focus. (Although weirdly, this is one reason my parents yanked me out of public school after sixth grade -- they thought it placed too much emphasis on relationships. So go figure.) In any event, things get pretty hokey, which is disappointing, since the rest of this series was a lot more subtle.
Which brings me to all my pluses, which basically comprise a lament over the death of this series. Couldn't they have at least given us one full school year at Waverly? This was the last high-school series left where nobody was famous, nobody was murdering anybody, and nobody has supernatural powers. I say "high school" because The Clique is still going, regardless of my refusal to read it (and I will not count Alphas, because the premise -- a boarding school begun for the most popular girls from every other private school -- is so patently absurd that I can probably count it under "supernatural"). But I mean, think about what's left: Private? Murders. Privilege? Murders. Blue Bloods and all those other vampire private school series? Supernatural. New series written by celebrities and their offspring (i.e. L.A. Candy, The Daughters)? Famous people. How many books do we have to read about girls who "aren't interested" in fame, fashion, etc., yet get discovered/get a high-powered internship/make frenemies with celebs and their offspring? It's boring, it's unrelatable, and it's been done to death.
Call me old-fashioned, but what's happening to this world when I can't go to my local bookstore and find myself a trashy read about private-school bitches who are neither famous nor killing each other nor undead? Am I going to have to start writing these things myself? Or am I just going to have to track down a copy of CvZ's new Cum Laude? (Which had better be good, by the way.) Sigh, sigh, and more sighs. As if Taylor Momsen's horrible sartorial choices have not besmirched the character of "Jenny Humphrey" enough, now she gets hastily shoved aside by celebuspawn and lady Draculas. This series deserved better than this.
Come on, Alloy, can't you do better than that?!?! I mean, back in the day Scholastic kept a binder full of information tracking what had happened in the Baby-sitters Club for their ghostwriters to use. And that series went on for 100+ books (not even counting specials and spin-offs), not to mention having multiple Christmases, spring breaks, etc. And so seriously you guys, with the benefit of computer technology, really can't keep straight the travel plans of one character who has appeared in just over 20 books total? I mean really, Alloy. Really.
The other part of this book that really kills me -- and this isn't a spoiler, since this is all laid out on the back cover -- is that it quite implausibly borrows the plot of Taffy Sinclair and the Romance Machine Disaster even though this is supposed to be a relatively elite private boarding school. Yep, if there's one thing boarding schools are looking to do, it's foster a climate where heterosexual sociability is the primary focus. (Although weirdly, this is one reason my parents yanked me out of public school after sixth grade -- they thought it placed too much emphasis on relationships. So go figure.) In any event, things get pretty hokey, which is disappointing, since the rest of this series was a lot more subtle.
Which brings me to all my pluses, which basically comprise a lament over the death of this series. Couldn't they have at least given us one full school year at Waverly? This was the last high-school series left where nobody was famous, nobody was murdering anybody, and nobody has supernatural powers. I say "high school" because The Clique is still going, regardless of my refusal to read it (and I will not count Alphas, because the premise -- a boarding school begun for the most popular girls from every other private school -- is so patently absurd that I can probably count it under "supernatural"). But I mean, think about what's left: Private? Murders. Privilege? Murders. Blue Bloods and all those other vampire private school series? Supernatural. New series written by celebrities and their offspring (i.e. L.A. Candy, The Daughters)? Famous people. How many books do we have to read about girls who "aren't interested" in fame, fashion, etc., yet get discovered/get a high-powered internship/make frenemies with celebs and their offspring? It's boring, it's unrelatable, and it's been done to death.
Call me old-fashioned, but what's happening to this world when I can't go to my local bookstore and find myself a trashy read about private-school bitches who are neither famous nor killing each other nor undead? Am I going to have to start writing these things myself? Or am I just going to have to track down a copy of CvZ's new Cum Laude? (Which had better be good, by the way.) Sigh, sigh, and more sighs. As if Taylor Momsen's horrible sartorial choices have not besmirched the character of "Jenny Humphrey" enough, now she gets hastily shoved aside by celebuspawn and lady Draculas. This series deserved better than this.
August 23, 2010
I'm so bummed that all of my guilty pleasure teen books have ended this year/last year. Gossip Girl and its spinoff The Carlyles, A-List and its spinoff Hollywood Royalty, the Clique is ending with its next book, and now It Girl. These weren't literary masterpieces by any stretch of the imagination, but they were so nice to read when I needed a break from reality and wanted to read about spoiled, rich teens.
As a final book, this was kind of lame - I expected a lot more. But I will miss reading this series!
As a final book, this was kind of lame - I expected a lot more. But I will miss reading this series!
December 7, 2010
A great ending to a great series. I'm so sad to see the It Girl done but also kind of glad it wasn't spread out so much like Private or something. I first read the It Girl in 7th grade and stopped after that then took up the series after it had ended.
It's Valentine's Day at Waverly and the school goes all out on the celebration with events for the whole week and Perfect Match, which drives some people (Brett) crazy and others joyful. Callie has to decide between Brandon and Easy, Jenny comes to see Isaac for who he really is, Tinsley is jealous at Isla's sudden popularity and decides to ruin her with the help of Brett, who's pissed at the fact that Sebastian's giving Isla more attention than her.
I'll definately miss Tinsley, Callie, Jenny (so glad she's actually a sweet, thoughtful girl and not a gothic back-stabber like Gossip Girl the TV show's version of Jenny), Brett, Easy, Brandon, Heath (of course, he's just so hilarious and hot) and all the other people I have come to love. When you've spent so much time with some characters, it's as if they've become family or something like that..
It's Valentine's Day at Waverly and the school goes all out on the celebration with events for the whole week and Perfect Match, which drives some people (Brett) crazy and others joyful. Callie has to decide between Brandon and Easy, Jenny comes to see Isaac for who he really is, Tinsley is jealous at Isla's sudden popularity and decides to ruin her with the help of Brett, who's pissed at the fact that Sebastian's giving Isla more attention than her.
I'll definately miss Tinsley, Callie, Jenny (so glad she's actually a sweet, thoughtful girl and not a gothic back-stabber like Gossip Girl the TV show's version of Jenny), Brett, Easy, Brandon, Heath (of course, he's just so hilarious and hot) and all the other people I have come to love. When you've spent so much time with some characters, it's as if they've become family or something like that..
June 7, 2010
I'm actually sad this is the last book out of the series. The last pages were kind of hard to finish, because I didn't want to finish the book but I force myself too. It was kind like losing a friend, a rich-fabulous-trashy friend of course.
The book starts out with Easy Walsh(surprisingly) because it always starts out with Jenny. The book is probably the best in my opinion out of the series. I did feel bad for Brandon and I still find Callie annoying, it made me said make your mind? which guy do you want Easy or Brandon? As for Tinsley Carmichael, you know she is going to get her payback with Isla and drags Brett along with it. I did find Brett once again storyline same as the last one. She always getting jealous and insecure. But I also already knew about Jenny's storyline, if you've read Gossip Girl "I Will Always Love" you know how things went with her. Her storyline was pretty much predictable.
Overall the book is pretty good, a bit okay at some parts. I'm going to miss reading these books. I would say, there could be a next series but I seriously doubt it. But I'm glad it did get a fair start and was a pretty good spin-off, unfortunately A-list and the new GG didn't go so well. But I will miss reading this series.
The book starts out with Easy Walsh(surprisingly) because it always starts out with Jenny. The book is probably the best in my opinion out of the series. I did feel bad for Brandon and I still find Callie annoying, it made me said make your mind? which guy do you want Easy or Brandon? As for Tinsley Carmichael, you know she is going to get her payback with Isla and drags Brett along with it. I did find Brett once again storyline same as the last one. She always getting jealous and insecure. But I also already knew about Jenny's storyline, if you've read Gossip Girl "I Will Always Love" you know how things went with her. Her storyline was pretty much predictable.
Overall the book is pretty good, a bit okay at some parts. I'm going to miss reading these books. I would say, there could be a next series but I seriously doubt it. But I'm glad it did get a fair start and was a pretty good spin-off, unfortunately A-list and the new GG didn't go so well. But I will miss reading this series.
January 27, 2022
I really enjoyed all the Valentine’s Day feels. This is really a perfect book to read in the days leading up to Valentine’s Day. The characters, however…were terrible. None of them were at all likable. Also, for an end to a series, it was pretty…lackluster.
December 26, 2017
I think I'm finally clean.
January 27, 2018
Actual rating 2.5/5. These books were enjoyable guilty pleasure reads but not gonna lie, I'm glad I've finally finished this series!
October 4, 2019
Where the hell was Heath and Kara. They were the best part of the book. Jenny is so boring! I wanted a happy ending for them and I feel like it never came.
December 18, 2023
Er gebeurde heel veel op het einde, maar het einde was heel leuk en schattig. Na 10 boeken hebben gelezen was ik er wel een beetje klaar mee, maar ik vond het wel een leuke serie!
October 8, 2010
Classic
Hachette Book Group 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Cecily von Ziegesar
$9.99 Pages.224
ISBN: 9780316073950
Imagine if you transferred to a different school and the first thing you had to go through is drama. Classic is the last novel in the it girl novel written by Cecily von Ziegesar. In this last thrilling novel there were many changes among the characters, and more dramas than before. Cecily von Ziegesar has written many more books such as, Gossip Girl the Caryles, and the Gossip Girl series. She is also a young adult novelist and her books are #1 New York Times Bestselling series.
It's the week of Valentine's Day in the Waverly Academy. In Waverly Academy there was an event that all students had to participate in, called Perfect Match. The main characters in the novel are Jenny Humphrey, Tinsley Carmichael, Callie Vernon, and Brett Messerschmidt. All four characters changed in a small percentage or a large percentage. In the previous novel, Devious, Jenny thought that Issac Dresden was the "one" for her, but now in Classic she feels that there's something different about Issac. Jenny isn't the only one feeling that way, but also Callie, Tinsley, and Brett. Callie's ex boyfriend, Easy, has reappear din her life, but she was with Brandon. On Valentine's Day Callie has to choose Between Easy or Brandon or none. On the other hand, Tinsley felt that Isla Dresden was taking her spotlight away in Waverly Academy. In the event Perfect Match, Brett's boyfriend, Jeremy, was matched up with Isla Dresden. And Brett felt that the way Jeremy was treating Isla was very disturbing causing her to be jealous. Therefore, Brett and Tinsley planned to destroy and make Isla feel shameful for what she has done to them.
The it Girl series has finally come to an end with the last novel Classic. Classic was a good, fun, and dramatic book to read in your spare time. if you like to read Cecily von Ziegesar's novels, then you should read the it Girl series. Also be on a look out for the latest novels.
Hachette Book Group 237 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
Cecily von Ziegesar
$9.99 Pages.224
ISBN: 9780316073950
Imagine if you transferred to a different school and the first thing you had to go through is drama. Classic is the last novel in the it girl novel written by Cecily von Ziegesar. In this last thrilling novel there were many changes among the characters, and more dramas than before. Cecily von Ziegesar has written many more books such as, Gossip Girl the Caryles, and the Gossip Girl series. She is also a young adult novelist and her books are #1 New York Times Bestselling series.
It's the week of Valentine's Day in the Waverly Academy. In Waverly Academy there was an event that all students had to participate in, called Perfect Match. The main characters in the novel are Jenny Humphrey, Tinsley Carmichael, Callie Vernon, and Brett Messerschmidt. All four characters changed in a small percentage or a large percentage. In the previous novel, Devious, Jenny thought that Issac Dresden was the "one" for her, but now in Classic she feels that there's something different about Issac. Jenny isn't the only one feeling that way, but also Callie, Tinsley, and Brett. Callie's ex boyfriend, Easy, has reappear din her life, but she was with Brandon. On Valentine's Day Callie has to choose Between Easy or Brandon or none. On the other hand, Tinsley felt that Isla Dresden was taking her spotlight away in Waverly Academy. In the event Perfect Match, Brett's boyfriend, Jeremy, was matched up with Isla Dresden. And Brett felt that the way Jeremy was treating Isla was very disturbing causing her to be jealous. Therefore, Brett and Tinsley planned to destroy and make Isla feel shameful for what she has done to them.
The it Girl series has finally come to an end with the last novel Classic. Classic was a good, fun, and dramatic book to read in your spare time. if you like to read Cecily von Ziegesar's novels, then you should read the it Girl series. Also be on a look out for the latest novels.
June 15, 2012
As I mentioned the 'series' in a review off The Devil Wears Prada I figured I should review this book too. I liked the series a lot, I should of course not forget to mention that I started reading this when I was a little younger, around the age of 13, when everything involving scandal and pearls seemed marvelous. But I finished 'Klassiek' (Classic) this year and I was saddened it was over. Cecily von Ziegesar is a lovely author, but finishing this series I knew it was enough for now. I watch Gossip Girl and I skipped trough a book or two in a store, and really.. really it's enough. These books all involve the same subjects, the rich the poor, the upper east side and a lot of shit in their lives. I wouldn't want to start the Gossip Girl series or the Gossip Girl, the next generation because my poor little mind is to fragile, and these books are to easy to read, and if you even like them the slightest, you'll have something to obsess about.
By the way it's written, the stories really do belong in the teen section, it might be to much for a child, but also to little for a grown up. But when on a trip a pocket like this would be lovely to read.... but watch out, the books bite, and you might end up reading 9 more.
Classic is classy, a fairytale, because pretty much all ends well.. but Cecily von Ziegesar ended it nicely, leaving a few blanks to fill in yourself. More to obsess about, if you are a dreamer like me.
By the way it's written, the stories really do belong in the teen section, it might be to much for a child, but also to little for a grown up. But when on a trip a pocket like this would be lovely to read.... but watch out, the books bite, and you might end up reading 9 more.
Classic is classy, a fairytale, because pretty much all ends well.. but Cecily von Ziegesar ended it nicely, leaving a few blanks to fill in yourself. More to obsess about, if you are a dreamer like me.
August 10, 2010
I'm sad to see the series end but at the same time I'm certain that I won't be missing some of the more annoying aspects (the brand name dropping - constantly).
I was disappointed that the couple that I was invested in didn't work out but I suppose they weren't pivotal to the series. The end pairings didn't seem very unexpected, which I guess is good (maybe the end isn't a good time for surprises). Some character arcs were wrapped up nicely, though others fell short.
I loved the idea of the Perfect Match storyline. It was fun and interesting. I probably would've given the book more stars if I had read the book earlier but by now my appreciation has faded. I'll miss these characters, though.
I was disappointed that the couple that I was invested in didn't work out but I suppose they weren't pivotal to the series. The end pairings didn't seem very unexpected, which I guess is good (maybe the end isn't a good time for surprises). Some character arcs were wrapped up nicely, though others fell short.
I loved the idea of the Perfect Match storyline. It was fun and interesting. I probably would've given the book more stars if I had read the book earlier but by now my appreciation has faded. I'll miss these characters, though.
October 11, 2011
The last of the IT girl books... I have never been a really big fan of Jenny Humphrey, so I'm not even sure what made me start this series in the first place. The only character I feel even a bit close to is Brett, and since her storyline was in turmoil again, I kept reading for her. It was a really good girly read, nice to have after a stressful week. But I am kind of glad I don't have to read about Jenny Humphrey any more...
October 23, 2010
meh. Obviously the publisher cut the series off earlier than anticipated, because this was the most random series finale I've ever read.
June 9, 2014
Dramatic, girly high school "love" story type of book. I personally didn't really like it because of how superficial it all is.
March 23, 2014
It's Valentine's day at Waverly, and everyone is paired up for that week, thanks to the Perfect Match system. Everyone's happy....or are they? Jenny Humphries thought she can spend the whole week with her perfect boyfriend, Isaac Dresdsen, the dean's son. But things don't go well at the Valentine's Dance where Isaac's girlfriend, Molly, showed up and Jenny realized that Isaac was nothing more than a liar and she ran out of the Ball, but before she ran back to Dumbarton, she looked at her friend Brett Messerschmidt, who saw the text message between Isaac and Molly when she went over the dean's house to spend time with her Perfect Match, which was Isaac and not Jenny. Jenny was paired up with Julian McCafferty, who was nice to her during the week.
Callie was torn between two guys-Brandon Buchanan and Easy Walsh, who came back from military school. She met up with Easy before school started (that was because he was standing outside waiting on her) and during the week, all she cared about was both boys, until she realized that all she cared about was what Easy was doing, and not Brandon. Oh and Callie was paired with Alan St. Girard, a stoner and Brandon was paired with a girl named Cora, who basically did the Perfect Match thing and liked Brandon and at the end (*sounds like Sheldon Cooper* spoiler alert!) get together. At the Valentine's Ball, both Easy and Brandon collected hearts and the people was about to announce the name of the person who got the most hearts, Brandon said 'forget it' because before they started searching for these hearts to Callie, she sent them a break-up form e-mail, thanks to stoner Alan, and at the end, Easy and Callie got together.
Oh Miss Tinsley Carmichael. Tinsley, Tinsley, Tinsley. What can I say about you? Your Perfect Match was Heath Ferro and you got your revenge with your best friend Brett on Isla (no, not Elsa from Disney's Frozen), whom you hate so much after the party she threw at the dean's house, but got you in trouble and had to do community service. But when you tried to find out what did Isla did in her old school, you went diggin' until you found Isla's geeky ex-boyfriend Xander, got some EMBRASSING photos of her, and at the Ball showed them to the school. You, my friend, were the only one laughing while everyone else glared at you. In the bathroom in which you slinked to, you and Isla called it truce.
Brett Messerschmidt, your partner in crime, was deeply jealous of Isla to go through with this Operation: Embrass Isla that you ignored your boyfriend Sebastian Valenti because he was litterly all over Isla and you were jealous. You were also matched up with Jenny's boyfriend Isaac and when you saw those text messages, you wanted to tell Jenny but you didn't until the end when Jenny met Molly and left. But you got back in Sebastian's good graces at the end.
All in all this was a good book and I enjoyed it a whole lot.
Callie was torn between two guys-Brandon Buchanan and Easy Walsh, who came back from military school. She met up with Easy before school started (that was because he was standing outside waiting on her) and during the week, all she cared about was both boys, until she realized that all she cared about was what Easy was doing, and not Brandon. Oh and Callie was paired with Alan St. Girard, a stoner and Brandon was paired with a girl named Cora, who basically did the Perfect Match thing and liked Brandon and at the end (*sounds like Sheldon Cooper* spoiler alert!) get together. At the Valentine's Ball, both Easy and Brandon collected hearts and the people was about to announce the name of the person who got the most hearts, Brandon said 'forget it' because before they started searching for these hearts to Callie, she sent them a break-up form e-mail, thanks to stoner Alan, and at the end, Easy and Callie got together.
Oh Miss Tinsley Carmichael. Tinsley, Tinsley, Tinsley. What can I say about you? Your Perfect Match was Heath Ferro and you got your revenge with your best friend Brett on Isla (no, not Elsa from Disney's Frozen), whom you hate so much after the party she threw at the dean's house, but got you in trouble and had to do community service. But when you tried to find out what did Isla did in her old school, you went diggin' until you found Isla's geeky ex-boyfriend Xander, got some EMBRASSING photos of her, and at the Ball showed them to the school. You, my friend, were the only one laughing while everyone else glared at you. In the bathroom in which you slinked to, you and Isla called it truce.
Brett Messerschmidt, your partner in crime, was deeply jealous of Isla to go through with this Operation: Embrass Isla that you ignored your boyfriend Sebastian Valenti because he was litterly all over Isla and you were jealous. You were also matched up with Jenny's boyfriend Isaac and when you saw those text messages, you wanted to tell Jenny but you didn't until the end when Jenny met Molly and left. But you got back in Sebastian's good graces at the end.
All in all this was a good book and I enjoyed it a whole lot.
June 23, 2010
Classic is the tenth and final novel in the It Girl series, and is a great end to what is definitely one of my all-time favourite series. There's all the usual drama I've become accustomed to, as well as brilliantly funny dialogue (Heath Ferro should be immortalised forever), new scandals and a look at the many Waverly relationships.
Classic sees Jenny Humphrey's last semester of her first year at Waverly, and as usual nothing runs smoothly. Valentine's Day brings brings with a whole host of stress amongst the students, thanks to the school's 'Perfect Match' survey. People are partnered with who the computer thinks is their perfect match, and though some people are happy, others are miffed by who they're supposed to be with. As you can imagine, this creates some serious havoc for the Waverly girls, and I loved every page of it.
Relationships, both romantic and platonic, are tested in Classic, which is par for the course when it comes to Jenny and her super-hot, super-rich friends. Tinsley and Brett devise a diabolical plan to take down a fellow student, Callie is stuck in the middle of the most frustrating love triangle with Easy and Brandon, and Jenny finds out just what it's like to be lied to. Honestly, if I were any of these girls, I would have upped and moved by now, probably to a convent somewhere. How they've stuck through 10 books of tumultuous relationships, bitch fights and drug-induced clinches is beyond me, but somehow they have. Well done, girls - you made it through the year!
I'm sad this series has now finished, and I'm really going to miss it. It's in no way a literary classic, but I absolutely love it. It's like Gossip Girl but better, and I think it's quite unusual for a spin-off series to outshine its source. It Girl has, though, and kudos to Ziegesar's ghost writer. Whoever you are, you've managed to entertain me for 10 books, and for that I thank you.
Long live Waverly!
Classic sees Jenny Humphrey's last semester of her first year at Waverly, and as usual nothing runs smoothly. Valentine's Day brings brings with a whole host of stress amongst the students, thanks to the school's 'Perfect Match' survey. People are partnered with who the computer thinks is their perfect match, and though some people are happy, others are miffed by who they're supposed to be with. As you can imagine, this creates some serious havoc for the Waverly girls, and I loved every page of it.
Relationships, both romantic and platonic, are tested in Classic, which is par for the course when it comes to Jenny and her super-hot, super-rich friends. Tinsley and Brett devise a diabolical plan to take down a fellow student, Callie is stuck in the middle of the most frustrating love triangle with Easy and Brandon, and Jenny finds out just what it's like to be lied to. Honestly, if I were any of these girls, I would have upped and moved by now, probably to a convent somewhere. How they've stuck through 10 books of tumultuous relationships, bitch fights and drug-induced clinches is beyond me, but somehow they have. Well done, girls - you made it through the year!
I'm sad this series has now finished, and I'm really going to miss it. It's in no way a literary classic, but I absolutely love it. It's like Gossip Girl but better, and I think it's quite unusual for a spin-off series to outshine its source. It Girl has, though, and kudos to Ziegesar's ghost writer. Whoever you are, you've managed to entertain me for 10 books, and for that I thank you.
Long live Waverly!
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January 16, 2012Oh no it's over! Through this whole challenge I have made my way through this 10 book series (THANK YOU uncommon letter :) ), and now I'm finally done. These books are all light, teen lit, without much substance too them, but I still found them enjoyable. The only carry over characters from the original Gossip Girl series are Jenny and her family (Rufus and Dan). I don't know why I still like reading about people in high school, but I do... maybe it is because they remind me more of people/myself now than how any of us were at 16. I am sad that I finished the series but I guess it had to end some time. Some people might think the happy-ending-that-leaves-each-character's-future-open to be lame but I thought it was cute and appropriate. I really like what Ziegesar did to end the Gossip Girl series; showing their holidays and reconnections over the next 4 years. Maybe in the future she will publish something like that for the IT Girl too.
June 10, 2010
A fond and well-wrought farewell to this sweet, warm-hearted series filled with fun and lovable characters. Everyone ended up roughly where they should be, which is to be expected, since the series is ending but the characters still have a couple more years at Waverly ahead of them. The Jenny Humphrey of the books is so completely different to that exskanktioned airhead of the GG tv show that the two are similar in name only. The real Jenny is a charming, winsome heroine who has allied herself with some terrific friends -- headstrong, love-bewildered Callie; fabulously vain, manipulative Tinsley; quirky, neurotic Brett, and many others. I would have loved for Heath and Kara to have "ended up" together, but this isn't the end of their story, just the end of this series. Very nicely done.
April 5, 2023
Rereading my favorite series from middle/high school for the guilty pleasure nostalgia.
This one wasn't as great as I had hoped, it focused wayyy too much on Isaac and Isla and I really don't care for them at all. Also Valentine's Week is a little over the top... the Perfect Match was super cute though. I really hate that this series is over, it really should have been longer. I don't like series endings or goodbyes, but I got a little emotional over saying goodbye to these characters. Overall I just love this series and always will.
Final thoughts on the main characters: sooooo bored by both Jenny and Brandon, liked Brett once she was with Sebastian, tolerated Callie and Easy (although Callie really had some great moments and I started actually liking them as a couple in this last book), and of course LOVED Heath and Tinsley. There still wasn't enough of Alison/Alan though. They deserved better.
This one wasn't as great as I had hoped, it focused wayyy too much on Isaac and Isla and I really don't care for them at all. Also Valentine's Week is a little over the top... the Perfect Match was super cute though. I really hate that this series is over, it really should have been longer. I don't like series endings or goodbyes, but I got a little emotional over saying goodbye to these characters. Overall I just love this series and always will.
Final thoughts on the main characters: sooooo bored by both Jenny and Brandon, liked Brett once she was with Sebastian, tolerated Callie and Easy (although Callie really had some great moments and I started actually liking them as a couple in this last book), and of course LOVED Heath and Tinsley. There still wasn't enough of Alison/Alan though. They deserved better.
July 17, 2023
I hated this one too but there was some good moments so it felt unfair to not give it 3 stars but really, closer to like 2.5. Future me: you will have forgotten the plot of this and might be hopeful there's enough good moments to reread it. There isn't. Everyone was unhinged and a good 3 quarters of the book was just that tired played out love triangle of all the characters you never really cared about or liked that much. Julien was literally in it for maybe a chapter added up. Jenny got played, per usual. Don't do this to yourself again, I beg of you.
June 12, 2020
I can't believe I finally finished this. Honestly, as far as chick-lit goes, it's a pretty great series. You just sort of have to shut your brain off ;) I liked the epilogue, but a bit weird that they jumped from February to right before summer. Makes me wonder if there were supposed to be more books.
February 19, 2021
All in all, I enjoyed this spin-off series much more than the original Gossip Girl books. Maybe it's the boarding school setting, but I found Jenny's story a lot more entertaining and less repetitive. An easy read, nothing ground breaking, but enjoyable. This final installment tied up the characters stories pretty well
May 20, 2017
Loved it. So sad it's over. :( I want to read about another year at Waverly! lol
August 20, 2017
One of the best in tbe series. Unfortunately no closed-off ending as I'd hoped...
October 18, 2017
2,5 Sterne
July 4, 2018
Done! Need to find another YA series with a lot of books that require little brainpower.
March 23, 2021
So sad the series is over! This was such a fun guilty pleasure series during the pandemic
October 13, 2021
Wow, what a fun and nostalgic ride, kind of sad it’s over!
January 31, 2022
ohhh what a perfect ending i thought it couldn't be wrapped up so quickly but it was quite nice
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