Young Adult Revisited

It literally pains Liz to be in the same room as Conner now because they totally almost kissed, which makes it extremely uncomfortable when she constantly sees him making out with Maria. While the twins are out to dinner at First and Ten with their parents, Alice and Ned ask a bunch of questions about Conner. Liz just says that she doesn't really know him but doesn't like him. When he shows up to pick up Maria for a date, Alice almost swoons over him. After they leave, Jess even asks why Liz didn't snag him for herself. Jess isn't having such a great time since she still lives with Lila. She finally asks why her friend turned on her, and Lila tells her that for once, all her tricks backfired on her. Jessica went after the wrong guy and hurt a really nice girl in the process. Calling Melissa a nice girl is like calling a barracuda a friendly fish. She winds up playing hooky a lot and lying to Alice about how she has the flu. When she finally does go back to...

Elizabeth just found Conner in her bathroom and quickly learns that her new friend Megan is his little half-sister. After staring at his chest for way too long, she keeps fighting with him and sneaking looks back at his chest. I already don't like this, and I especially don't like the relationship between the two of them. They spend a good portion of the book snapping at each, so it doesn't help when Maria develops a crush on him. Tia, her boyfriend Angel, and Andy come over to pick Conner up and instead invite Liz along to hit up the House of Java. They quickly become the best of friends, which gives her an excuse not to hang out with Maria. She even skips an Oracle meeting to go shopping with them because they want to get some new clothes to hit up Riot, an underage club in town. She asks Maria to go with them a few times and hides her delight when she can't go. Unfortunately, Maria can go with them to Riot on Friday. They instantly start sharing in jok...

The twins and all their friends have finally made it to their senior year! Because of the whole earthquake ruining the west coast though, they now have to share their school with kids from El Carro. Both twins write in their journals about their goals for the coming year. Liz promises to stop giving Jessica advice, continue being one pound lighter than her twin, no longer get perfect grades, get past the earthquake, and always remember Olivia. Jessica promises to also weigh one pound less than her twin, focus more on school, and clean her room more often. That should be easy since they now live in Fowler Crest surrounded by servants. We also hear from newcomer Melissa Fox. She can't wait to move to SVH and take over the school to rule things like she once did at EC. Conner McDermott, the resident heartthrob, thinks SVH will look like something out of the movies and that he'll hate everyone. He vows to shake things up by wearing a ratty tee shirt with old boots and pant...