The Clique review #2 from Cath
Customer Rating: 
Hey,
I loove this book like the first one but the 1th is wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy better.
Massie, Alicia, Kristen and Dylan are still on top!
Claire's still the reject with her bff Layne Abeley.
But, Some peoples think that Massie is not on her best...so she decide to frow the first ever Boy/Girl Halloween party and everyone love's her when she frow the "news".
But the problem is she have to organize it with....CLAIRE LYONS!!!!
Will the party be ruined?
Or will Claire be finally "in" in Massie's current state of the union?
The dish on the sequel
Customer Rating: Again, the Clique returns but has even more interesting twists: boys.
This book was certainly better than the last one, seeing as the first book was all about the petty cat fights about girls. This sequel has an added interest, which is boys, parties, and the foreshadowing of Alicia's downfall. There is more of a backbone to this sequel.
The Pretty Committee returns, and they are preparing for the most sugary of holidays: Halloween. Claire is certainly excited, but not in the ways the PC are. Upon hearing that her status is rumored to be diminishing, Massie plans to hold her first boy-girl party, inviting everyone: the populars, the LBRs, and more importantly, the Briarwood boys.
Along with that, Massie and Claire strike a silly bet between fashion. Massie can't buy anything new, and Claire can't repeat anything she wears. It was a foolish bet, but hey, girls will be girls. But what kills me the most is that Claire continues to fight for the friendship of girls who torture her, yet, that fighting will pay off (later).
Massie stresses over the fact that boys will be at her party, not because she's nervous, but because she lacks boy experience. That is a favorite part of mine, recognizing that those who think they know everything actually don't. She's insecure, just like every girl.
She is inspired to become a boy-expert, considering the new boys in her life: Cam Fisher, her crush; Derrington; the boy who has a crush on her and Cam's best friend; and even Todd Lyons, the boy who stole her first kiss.
But little does she know, that Cam Fisher falls for Claire during the party and vice versa. It was nice to see Claire have a little bit of luck, considering all that she's been through. From the sabotage of the Dirty Devil costumes and the boys that Massie swarmed on her, Claire deserved a little more love.
The drama increases as a newcomer enters the picture: Olivia Ryan. She's beautiful, blonde, and a huge threat to Massie. All the boys are all over her and Alicia, who have mysteriously become BFFs. But after the fashion show that Alicia and Olivia won, the bonds of BFFs are broken for the Alpha Massie, and her Beta Alicia.
But when bonds are broken, new ones are created. Massie and Claire team up for the fashion show, and become friends when they bond over the fact that Alicia cheated to win, when they deserved to. Claire gets what she wants, but somehow it makes the reader feel that she'll have even more bad luck in the next book.
Best Friends For Never is a surprising improvement, which deals with everyday teen problems: boys, backstabbing, crushes, fighting over boys, new friendships, and new rivals.
Even though I found some part unneccessary, it was a pretty good sequel. Once again, when reading these books, I look through the glamour to find the true lesson that Lisi Harrison wants the girls to see.
Shallow
Customer Rating: The characters in this book are spiteful, manipulative, and shallow. But even worse than that, I feel sorry for them, and sorry for any girl who feels like she has to be fake in order to have friends. How terrible that people won't like them for who they really are.. and how awful that must feel to think that one wrong move and your best friend is now your worst enemy. The author of these books has glorified being cruel and encouraged young girls to be scared of who they are. What a heartbreaking message to send girls as they try to discover who they are. Being kind, compassionate, funny, adventurous -these are the sort of things that maintain a friendship. Under all the glam and the glitz, Massie's character seems so lonely. She is afraid to be real with her friends, her family, and herself. Girls thinking of buying this book: you are better than this. Love yourself enough to be proud of who you are and read books that encourage you to be the incredible girl you are! Parents, if you love your daughter, pay her not to read this.
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