The only man in history to complete elite training as a Navy SEAL, Army Ranger, and Air Force tactical air controller, he went on to set records in numerous endurance events. In December 2009, Yen Press announced that it was working with Korean artist Hyekyung Baek to create a manga adaptation of the series titled Gossip Girl: For Your Eyes Only. Many of the books focus on characters like Blair, Serena, and Nate, and their tangled web of relationships and adventures around New York City and beyond to places like L. She still has a complicated “will they, won’t they” relationship with Dan, but she also has a lot more going on in her life.

When several members of the ring soon turn up dead, Billy abruptly pulls Kate out, blowing her cover. Secondly, note how the author’s name, Cecily Von Ziegesar, blends in so well with Blair Waldorf and Serena Van Der Woodsen.Fans of the show often find it intriguing to read the books to see where the show's creators stayed true to the source material and where they introduced new storylines or character arcs. Yk the parts you fast forward bc it doesn’t have ur favourite characters in the scene or it’s a completely unnecessary scene u know u don’t have to watch but will acknowledge happened? After breaking off the relationship with Tawny, the love triangle between Serena, Blair and Nate continues throughout the last few books and the familiar pattern of Nate having feelings for both characters that are reciprocated by the two girls continues.

I suppose i'm reacting too strongly and the book is really just a guilty pleasure or a good beach read or whatever but the thought that my daughter and her friends might come to think of this paris hilton-like behavior as not necessarily normal, but perhaps something to aspire to, is truly disturbing. She is Blair's best friend and chief rival for Nate Archibald's affections, leading to frequent drama. The writing was uneven and confusing, with the narrator switching POV on a dime, at times representing the Gossip Girl through catty editorial comments and otherwise relying on bland, third-person omniscient. But, reading about celebrity-types is one of my guilty pleasures and maybe, just maybe, I’ll read the rest of the books in the series, to see if the TV show matches up.I tried to study the Gossip Girl books for clues as to how to win over my new classmates, but as I was neither descended from debutantes nor in possession of a Juicy Couture tracksuit, the Gossip Girl books were as foreign to me as they might have been to anyone reading them in Nebraska. While Dan begins his story arc in the same way in both the book and the show, by having a massive crush on Serena, in the books this fizzles out pretty quickly and he goes on to have a variety of romantic entanglements throughout the series. This book filled me with such untold rage I couldn't even bring myself to finish it, even though it only took me an hour to get through the first half. The Gossip Girl book series by Cecily von Ziegesar includes books It Had to Be You (Gossip Girl Prequel), Gossip Girl, You Know You Love Me, and several more. Nate smokes large amounts of marijuana and is sent to a rehabilitation center after being caught purchasing the drug during the book series.

I always have a hard time rating books I first read as a teenager for some reason, so I'm just not going to do it at all with this series 🤷🏽‍♀️ that being said, as always, this book is messy af and I love it for that.Not understanding why she is getting the cold shoulder, Serena decides to try new activities and tries out for the school play, but is rejected. Jenny scouts boarding schools, setting up her exit from the series for her spin-off series, The It Girl. for about three-quarters of the book), and those who show a glimmer of intelligence or creativity are patronized.