A review by geofroggatt
Would I Lie to You by Cecily von Ziegesar

3.0

This is the tenth book in the Gossip Girl book series. Blair and Nate reunite just as Serena realizes she's in love with him. Dan starts an experimental literary salon and thinks he's gay after making out with his male co-worker. Every scene that teases that Blair and Serena have romantic chemistry drives me insane because I wish the author had the balls to just make them fall in love with each other and milk that storyline for everything it’s got, it would be infinitely more interesting than any of the storylines we’ve had so far. I’m beyond over the love triangle with Nate, a living cardboard cutout of a character. When I said I wanted more bisexual characters and representation, I wasn’t expecting Dan Humphrey. Dan exploring his sexuality as a storyline is the most interesting his character has been in the entire book series. I liked the idea of Dan’s character exploring the pretentious tortured artist archetype, but his character in the books has never been compelling until now, which is a shame since we’re already nearing the end of the entire book series. The small mentions of Jenny has made me curious about what she’s been up to in her spin-off book series. Vanessa’s character is interesting but she’s never been given interesting storylines, and she deserves more than to still be having feelings for Dan in the tenth book. I wish Erik was a main character in these books, I like this version of the character. I would have loved seeing Vanessa become a prolific indie filmmaker, or at least see more of her working her way through the film industry, which was explored in the previous book but wasn’t done in any interesting way. This book was far more interesting than the last few books, but I can admit that I mostly like it because it was gayer than most books in the series.