_gabooks's review against another edition
When I read this, I was so confused and really, really disliked the book. (I realized then that I bought the third book! I thought this was the first!)
I was young back then and I was having a Clique hangover and wanted to read more books like that.
I was young back then and I was having a Clique hangover and wanted to read more books like that.
gabooks's review against another edition
When I read this, I was so confused and really, really disliked the book. (I realized then that I bought the third book! I thought this was the first!)
I was young back then and I was having a Clique hangover and wanted to read more books like that.
I was young back then and I was having a Clique hangover and wanted to read more books like that.
offictionandfantasy's review against another edition
3.0
So this book starts out with Ashley being a spoiled brat, Lili being obsessed with her boyfriend, A.A. and her love/hate relationship, and Lauren still two-timing two guys.
I was most interested in reading the parts that didn't involve Lili, though, because I was rather annoyed with her. She does portray the typical twelve year old who thinks life can not go on without her crush, but that was the only thing her perspective was about the entire time. Then I realized she was supposed to be the oldest, since she's already thirteen, but she's really such a baby!
Besides that and a few too obvious plot turns, I did enjoy the book overall.
I was most interested in reading the parts that didn't involve Lili, though, because I was rather annoyed with her. She does portray the typical twelve year old who thinks life can not go on without her crush, but that was the only thing her perspective was about the entire time. Then I realized she was supposed to be the oldest, since she's already thirteen, but she's really such a baby!
Besides that and a few too obvious plot turns, I did enjoy the book overall.
julieabe89's review
3.0
Let me start with this: I love Melissa de la Cruz. I’ve read tons of her books. This is the 3rd Ashleys book and while I definitely enjoyed it, it is not something I’d recommend for most adults. It is a great juvenile book and enjoyable if people like Mean Girls style stories, or My Super Sweet Sixteen, but definitely on the young side. If you like spoiled preteen brats and watching them have meltdowns, this is a story for you. The head Ashley is even having her 13th birthday party and throwing a fit when her parents try to scale her party down because Mom is pregnant and dealing with feeling under the weather because of it (not to mention the bratty attitude about not being an only child anymore). The other characters of A.A. (Ashley Alioto), Lili (Ashley Li) and Lauren each have their own crises going on. A.A. is dating a guy she doesn’t like and dealing with the one she does dating an A.A. clone. Lili is dating a boy who goes to an artsy school and likes camping and God forbid wants her to go with him. Lauren is trying to find someone to go in on bringing down the Ashleys with her and brings an old friend to the salon for a makeover and discovers she’s created a monster when Sadie starts stealing guys away from their dates at Ashley’s birthday because she’s suddenly pretty. It was a quick easy read and I like watching the girls and their shenanigans. Is this how people who watch the Kardashians feel? Maybe I finally understand it. Haha
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