GoldenGirl by Micol Ostow

[description from Amazon]

Paige, Spencer, and Madison have it all: the looks, the connections, the money, the boys. As the daughters of three of the most prestigious families on Philadelphia's Main Line (read: old money, and lots of it) and the ruling juniors at Bradford Prep, nothing can stand in their way....except, perhaps, their own dark secrets. When an old frenemy from Paige's hidden past shows up at Bradford and plays nice--too nice--Paige is desperate to smother the threat. How far will she go to silence the truth?

Review:

When I first heard about this book, I thought it sounded kind of Pretty Little Liars, which I'm fine with, since I lovelovelove Pretty Little Liars. But although this book isn't quite Pretty Little Liars good, it's pretty darn good.

As some of you might know, I'm a big fan of drama in books. The more drama the better, I say. And there definitely was not a shortage of drama in this book. There was always some plot being, well, plotted, and juicy scandal unfolding. As the book went on, there was more and more of the drama, which makes me a very happy girl. I liked how there wasn't too much drama, because although I previously stated the more drama the better, I don't want to get confused keeping track of all the stuff going on. But no confusion here, so it's good.

The book is told in blog entries- almost all of them done by Spencer, aka GoldenGirl. Because of this, she was the only one who seemed very real. The other characters definitely had their flaws and own personalities, but because Spencer is a tad biased when talking about them since she has her own problems with them, I didn't think they seemed as real as they could have. Since the next few books in the series will be told from different POVs (How many books are going to be in this series, anyway?) I'm sure the character development will be improved.

I'm sure all the web content will help too, since there is A LOT of web content. The characters have Twitter accounts, the school in the book has a website, the series has a website, and there's tons of other stuff.

GoldenGirl comes highly recommended, especially if you want a light read. I can't wait for the next book, Fashionista, to be released so I can find out what happens after that little cliffhanger at the end of this book.

8/10