book nook: the luxe series

the luxe series
anna godbersen

oh man, it's been a long time since i've written a book review...or read a book for that matter. so sad. :( anyway, i finished the last of these books back in december during my christmas vacation when i still had time to read, but i just never got around to writing about it until now.

this book series is basically gossip girl set in late nineteeth-century manhattan. (read: drama, backstabbing, betrayal, love triangles, and more drama...this is why it's teen fiction, haha.) the story follows a bunch of socialites on their path towards adulthood...or something rather, with each book being a new year. also weaved throughout the series are 'newspaper clippings' from this time period which start off each chapter and help to set the mood and reinforce the time period.

all in all i thought it was a pretty good series although some of the storylines were kind of ehh and others were just weird. overall, the start of the series was strong, but the fourth book made for a bad ending. i gotta admit though, it was pretty entertaining at times (so much drama!) and godbersen succeeded in making you really like some characters and really hate others.

bottom line: if you're really into gossip girl-type stuff and you're looking for an easy read, then these books could work for you. :)