I love it. If you go in the mind of the caracter you will see that they are vunerable but they hide their feelings behind the partying,drinks and brands.Teens will love it but adults don t understand it. It a real fashion and a good moral role model and it s great..

even tho these books have a lot of negative stuff, i love them, i started reading them in the 7th grade and im ready for the new one, "i will always love you" to come out in november. if u have a problem with these books then just dont read them or let ur kids read them. but go ahead and let ur kids read fairy tales with magic and blood and a bunch of stuff thats not okay even tho eveyone says it is :)

I love this book series. It's highly addicting and I could seriously read two books a day. Yes, some of the content should only be read by high school kids but it also informs us how to act and how not to act. When it comes to language, I mean really we're gonna hear it all eventually anyway. We know the effects of drugs and driking and also the consequences that come with doing them (Nate does pot and gets arrested and has to go to rehab where he meets a girl that pops pills and almost DIES) this alone makes me not want to do drugs. In these books characters have sex, and they get their hearts broken. Also, it's exciting to read about these rich teens who go on these weekend get aways to St. Barts(which by the way is an excellent place to vacation). And also when it's talking about designers like Ralph Lauren, DKNY, or Marc Jacobs it's only informing teens of fashion, 17 magazine does the exact same thing, i promise. So in conclusion these books rock, and I hope von Ziegesar keeps em coming!=D

THE STORY: This series follows a bunch of rich teenagers living in New York. There's lots of stereotypes: the perfect girl, her best friend who wants to be queen bee, the wannabe, and a hot guy who is the object of every girl's affections. And who follows all these delightful characters? None other than an anonymous blogger called - what else? - Gossip Girl. HOW APPROPRIATE? These are not books to be taken seriously. There are some non-graphic sex scenes, scenes where the main characters smoke, drink and take drugs, and some raunchy behaviour. There's also some girl-on-girl kissing, which is deemed 'experimentation' by those involved. None of the stuff above, however, is mentioned deeply - it's all very soft, light references. In other words, the book doesn't totally focus on risqué behaviour. I think that as long as you read this series with a pinch of common sense and don't try to imitate the characters, these books are fine for the mature twelve year old and above.

i mean how can anybody read that much stupid stuff if u want stupid stuff read vapmire series marked why this stupid stuff f-inkg sick book

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I personally love the books, however I read them while in college. I would absolutely not want my kids reading these books until they were out of high school! There is really nothing appropriate about them, however, the stories are great- juicy, dramatic, and addictive. Letting your child read these books would be the equivalent of letting them watch Sex and the City, but with high schoolers.

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