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California Dreaming (2000)

by Zoey Dean(Favorite Author)

3.86 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1435244869 (ISBN13: 9781435244863)

languge

English

genre

Romance

series

A-List

review 1: The finale (finally!) to the A-List series wasn't all that bad, though there were plenty of moments where the plotline started to jump the shark. I suppose there are only so many books that can be written about the same group of overprivileged girls and guys living in the same damn town; we've heard about their mansions and clothes and pearl-grey Lexuses a million times over. Nothing like a plane crash and a random subdural hematoma to shake things up a bit.Besides that, the story moved along pretty well. I was happy with the way the character's lives played out (good for you, independent Sam!!)...most of the time (Ben's a douche, Anna!). The ending was a bit of a disappointment - it played out exactly the same way as How to Teach Filthy Rich Girls. Megan/Anna writes ... morean article/screenplay about her experiences among the showy, lavish folks of Palm Beach/Beverly Hills. After some thought, Megan/Anna names her piece after...the title of the book/series! Get it? The book/series you just read is essentially the story that Megan/Anna wrote! So clever!No.For the record, it's possible that Filthy Rich Girls came out after this book (I'm not going to look it up), but either way, she used the same ending. Silly and lazy.Other than that, I can't really complain. The series is over, and I no longer have to listen to Sam gripe about her ankles or hear about Anna's patrician features. Hallelujah!
review 2: The book picks up with Anna Percy leaving to Bali with her childhood friend, Logan. Unfortunately, there is a problem with the plane so it turns around back to L.A. Anna starts calling Sam with the airplane phone but she looses the connection. Meanwhile, Sam is with her fiancee, Eduardo, when she sees the news of the troubled flight on television. She turns to Eduardo and tells him that "if Anna makes it out safe, we'll get married in a week." Anna indeed does make it out safely from the plane and at the airport, her father and Sam are waiting for her. There is much more but I don't want to ruin it!I can connect to Ben because sometimes bad things happen and you want to tell the person you are with but it is to happy of a time so you don't tell the person. This has happened to both me and Ben in this book when Anna came back from the plane and he wanted to talk to Cammie but he decided to wait.I gave this book 5 stars because it was really fun to read and though the whole book you were like, "what's gonna happen next??!!" less

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