Over the summer six novellas about the Wakefield twins of
Sweet Valley were released in eBook form; now all six have been combined into
one book. The Sweet Life picks up three years after Sweet Valley Confidential where fans of the series discovered Jessica, Elizabeth, and their
friends were older, but still up to their old antics. When the novellas
were released, I reviewed the first two installments which revealed that
Jessica was now a mom(!) and splitting up with Todd while Elizabeth wound up
with relationship troubles of her own after Bruce was accused of rape.
The story that unfolds over the next four novellas reveals whether or not
Elizabeth was right to doubt Bruce's innocence as well as plenty more of
Jessica's relationship drama. As any fan of the series knows though, the
Wakefield twins are not the only characters of importance; The Sweet Life
includes subplots about Jessica's best friend, Lila (now a True Housewife of
Sweet Valley) and the brother of the twins, Steven (now raising a demanding
daughter, who he fears will wind up like Jessica).
As I stated in my review of the first two novellas, the
characters are back to behaving as they were originally written which is great,
especially after a disappointing departure in Sweet Valley Confidential. It was good to once again be back with the
twins I loved as a kid. The writing is much
more reminiscent of the original series although some of the modern-day inserts
(how many times does Pascal have to write “iPhone?”) are a little wonky. The Wakefield twins remain a wonderful guilty
pleasure.
3/5
Review copy provided by Get
Red PR.
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