Product Description

Blair, Serena, Nate, Dan, and Vanessa went off to live their lives.

Now they're coming home for the holidays.

A lot can change in a few months . . . but some things never do.

It finally happened: we went to college. We started over. No one knows who we've coveted, what we scored on the SATs,where our parents live, or when we became debaucherous. We've learned new things, made new friends, and maybe even met the loves of our lives. We've changed.

Or at least, some of us have. But old habits are hard to break-especially when faced with your former besties and former flames. With everyone back in the city for the holidays, this break is guaranteed to be filled with makeups, breakups, and shakeups.

Lucky for you, I'm here to report all the scandal as it happens. Let the games begin!

You know you love me,

xoxo Gossip Girl

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4568 in Books
• Published on: 2009-11-03
• Released on: 2009-11-03
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780316043618
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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About the Author
Cecily von Ziegesar has always lived in New York City. She's already working on her next Gossip Girl: The Carlyles novel coming in May 2010, as well as her next It Girl, so be careful of what you do or say and who you're seen with...

Customer Reviews

A 5 star read!


As a reader interested in YA books I highly recommend this latest Gossip Girl; our favorite characters finish college while Jenny is just beginning. The book is actually a quick read (even at 387 pages--covering 4 years of Christmas breaks from college) Each chapter is a surprise and shows a sense of freshness and insight. It is a clever read describing our favorite characters' roller coaster ride of emotions and the magic of pulling it all together.

The wrap up was fantastic showing life goes on in unexpected ways! I loved the writing and the story.

The old gang is BACK and nothing's really changed.
The entire Gossip Girl series was created to be a guilty pleasure and a "Sex and the City for the younger set" and they have achieved their goal. This latest installment of the original Gossip Girl cast is everything the others were: fun, light and breezy. It is not a book to be taken seriously, none in the Gossip Girl series is, and it is an easy read that doesn't require much thinking or analyzing.

For the first time, a book in this series follows its characters for four years, from their first holidays after leaving for College to their senior year at College. It is definitely fun to catch up with everyone and see how everyone is doing (there are some big changes with some characters and revelations that anyone could have seen coming) and to my surprise even Jenny Humphrey was a part of it, although she has her own spin-off series (It Girl).

Although some of my fellow reviewers were less careful about revealing the ending, I refuse to speak of it at all because to me the ending was not just that last chapter (in which, as you know, Blair and Serena choose each other over Nate) but it span across the last few chapters, closing in the stories of Vanessa, Dan, Jenny, Nate, Chuck, Blair and Serena. That is a very interesting and, for once, the endings for each characters seemed well written and dignified.

The book is not rocket science, its not self help, its just a guilty pleasure. And it certainly lived up to my expectations: it was fun. I had fun. And that is what reading should be all about. If you don't have an unhealthy fixation which any characters on these series then you will enjoy this book as much as I have. If you do have an insane amount of admiration for any of them then you might want to steer clear.

Does it matter whom Nate choose??
I enjoy this book very much. I know the writer didn't give a proper closure whom Nate chose but I think it's not the essence of the book series.

I know Nate said serveral times that he loved them both, but I personally think he was in love with Blair, not Serena. Serena and Nate sort of just hooked up, nothing else. You see... Whenever Serena were in relationships, Nate seemed alright and fine with it. On the other hand, when Blair was seeing someone it's like he couldn't stand it and he wanted her back. Remember, Eric? Marcus? and now Pete? I totally see them as the endgame couple.

Anyway, I don't think it would be as good if the writer just made Nate chose Blair either because he seemed to love Serena first. It's like your first love you know. He will always have a soft spot for her.

It's the best way to end like this. I love Serena and Blair relationship more than anything and I'm glad they just chose each other.

Hope this is not the last one though.