Review: The Series Grows on You!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
I took the plunge into teen angst on steroids with Georgetown Academy: Book One and it ended with a cliff hanger to die for! Enter book two-aptly named: Georgetown Academy: Book Two, picking up immediately for poor Ellie, caught in a photo gone viral of her passionately kissing Gabe. Oops, her boyfriend's name is Hunter, so instantly we have a national scandal! Why? Gabe is the son of Ellie's mother's worst nightmare in the political arena and it could cost her a coveted position of power, not to mention what it does to Ellie's social standing among the elite offspring of Washington's powerful movers and shakers. What she learns in a very painful way, is the cost of her spur of the moment actions. Will Brinley, Academy royalty and its biggest snob stand by her friend? How does Evan play into this? She one held the title of Ellie's Besty, but was dropped like a hot potato in the past. Rising star, Californian transplant, Taryn has a role in this Ellie/Gabe/Hunter triangle, too! Guess this makes it a double triangle with all the other players, huh? Actually, it makes a mess, a huge, ugly mess that only another hot and juicy social gaff can replace in the limelight. Count on there being one for sure!I admit, Book One had me playing the Mom Card-full of doubt as to the value in creating mini-monsters of politics, kids who couldn't be kids, couldn't make mistakes, etc., but, I have to say, Mom Card or not, this is a fascinating series! The pace flies by at the speed of sound, the drama of the moment changes minute by minute for our four main characters! With their distinct personalities, I can definitely say, I do NOT like all of them, but I see redeeming qualities that I hope are exercised! (Again with the Mom Card) Next, I worry about the nice ones who may get swallowed up in the constant avalanches of slime that seem to be followed by teen piranhas looking for their next meal. Okay, Jessica Koosed Etting and Alyssa Embree Schwartz have done it again! Teen melodrama at its nastiest, an acquired taste, that becomes addictive!This edition was provided by NetGalley and Coliloquy in exchange for my honest review!