Phony
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In the third book Alicia and Olivia win a contest at the magazine "Teen People" by switching ballot boxes. She wants to find out what it feels like to be Massie. Not only does Alicia and Olivia go to New York City to meet the editor of "Teen People" they get to be models. Massie is furious and tries her best to ruin Alicia's chances at everything.
While the dialogue between the girls in The Clique sounds like what twelve year old girls usually sound like and the parents and chauffer act and sound like the age they are that's not the case with the person at the magazine. She is just as rude, arrogant and mean as the girls in the Clique are even though she's older and holds an important job where she should sound like she's responsible. She doesn't even care when Massie pretending to be Alicia calls to tell her that the ballet boxes were switched
I keep hoping this book is a joke since in real life if an adult whose job it is to meet and greet people ever sounded like she was spoiled and rude to people who are guests at her workplace she'd be fired in a hurry. Even if she was the editor of a magazine.
But the more I keep reading it doesn't sound like the person at "Teen People" will ever apologise or explain herself by telling the girls she's been putting them on by trying to fit in with who she thought they were. Also, that the mesh thing she gave Alicia was a gag and not the next big thing like she let the girls think.
The people who want to read this book will want to see if the person at the magazine has any redeeming quality at all but it'll take some cringing to get to that point.
Back for thirds
Customer Rating: Again, no mattre how superficial these books are, I can't seem to stop reading them. It is true that girls should not be exposed to such shallowness as these characters, but that's the author's point: who wants to truly be like these girls?
Well, the third book starts off after some time since the Fashion Show in the point of view of overshadowed beta Alicia Rivera. She finds her rightful power as she holds court in dance classes, a refreshing experience away from Massie where she surfaces as the popular girl. With new friends from dance and Olivia, they plan to host their own sleepover, another move against Massie.
With the guilt of cheating during the fashion show, Alicia feels awful, but doesn't do anything about it. Instead, she buries herself deeper inside a whole that she can't get out, which I find stupid. Her friends know what she did, so what's the point of making it worse.
Well, it gets worse. When Massie gets hint that Alicia is starting her own clique, Alicia is declared EW. But don't think that Massie is a power-hungry brat. She felt awful for it, like any friend would if they found out they were betrayed.
So, as Alicia is out, Claire comes in. Together, she and Massie devise a plot to sabotage Alicia and Olivia's planned photoshoot with Teen People by adding themselves into the shoot. Claire has become the new Alicia and couldn't be happier, she has also snagged herself Cam Fisher. But, as always, she'll fall down to rock bottom. Seriously, why can't Lisi leave Claire alone!?
Massie's secret crush on Cam becomes not-so-secret when Alicia discovers it. This makes Massie mad, as well as finding out that he like Claire instead of her. Massie makes Claire choose, and knowing Claire, she's too wimpy to fight for what she wants. Get some backbone woman!
Meanwhile, Alicia and Olivia psychotically deal with their own drama: re-creating a duplicate of their own Pretty Committee, as well as frolicking with 11th grader Harris Fisher, Cam's brother who is old than them by 4 years! Alicia is instantly crushing, and feels that she's Alpha enough to handle him. Good luck with that sister...
The Pretty Committee starts to fall apart: Massie forces Claire to give up Cam, Kristen and Dylan's secrets are let loose because they think Massie snitched, and Alicia manipulates her way to get what she wants. Total shallow-fest, if you ask me.
But really, girls deal with this: rumors, secrets, more backstabbing, boy drama, and even more. Lisi Harrison just puts too much pettiness on top to show the true message.
In the end, the Pretty Committee is reunited once again, due to a friendship fix at the photoshoot. Or should I say, photoshoot destruction. Literally, they destroyed Christmas via fashion shoot.
In the beginning, Massie seemed to lose a lot, but towards the end, she gained back even more: a new crush on Derrington (who has a crush on her), her Beta Alicia back, Claire as a new friend, and her life back on track.
Oh yeah, and Claire is moving to Chicago. Honestly, LEAVE CLAIRE ALONE!!!
Well, all in all, this book introduced more mature themes and foreshadowed problems for the upcoming book. These books are not really my style, yet I am addicted to them.
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