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lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
It’s been twelve books and Nikki and Brandon have obviously liked each other for all of those books to no avail. There have been so many moments where I thought they would finally make their relationship official, but instead this series is determined to stick with the “Nikki is always referring to Brandon as a good friend like their entire romance hasn’t actually happened.” It’s frustrating at this point. I don’t know if it’s because they’re only in middle school and the author thinks a series about middle schoolers is no place for a serious relationship, but by the next book Nikki will be a high schooler. I know people who dated in high school and got married. My parents were high school sweethearts. It’s not totally unrealistic to finally make the ship sail instead of dragging it out for silly plot drama that would never actually happen in real life. Okay, that rant over, I have to say this book just felt like filler. Like it’s all leading up to the next book which will focus on Nikki’s summer of possibly trying to balance Paris and the Bad Boyz tour but the publisher wanted thirteen books so they needed to think of a plot real fast- boom, sudden transfer student from another school even though there’s only like two weeks left. That definitely would never happen either. Plus the drama is eye-rollingly predictable, the characters are dumber than elementary school students when it comes to talking to other people, and MacKenzie isn’t even an interesting antagonist anymore, just an overblown stereotype of the typical pretty mean girl who I’m pretty sure doesn’t actually exist. No really, at least in my school the popular girls were mostly nice. Maybe my school was an anomaly, I don’t know. I feel bad that this review is mostly critiques, but maybe this is the point where I realize this series is no longer for me. I’m only still reading because there are occasional cute moments and Brianna’s antics, while annoying, can be funny and typical of a child. Not to mention the gorgeous covers that look beautiful on my shelves. But I’m starting to realize I’m just not in the mindset of a middle schooler anymore and maybe it’s time I put this series down. I probably won’t though in the hopes that there is an occasional gem and because I’ve stuck around this long that I’d feel like a traitor if I gave up so soon.
emotional
funny
tense
medium-paced
emotional
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated