Back Cover: A tangled web...
Elizabeth Wakefield is stunned when Nicholas Morrow asks her for a date. A newcomer to Sweet Valley, Nicholas is fabulously wealthy and extremely handsome. Even though Elizabeth would never cheat on Todd Wilkins, her steady boyfriend, Nicholas is so attractive and sincere that she agrees to go out with him just once.
To make matters worse, Jessica, Elizabeth's scheming twin, announces that Nicholas Morrow is the boy for her. Suddenly Nicholas is the only thing on Jessica's mind. Elizabeth is terrified to think what will happen if Todd or her twin finds out bout her date with Nicholas. But who can keep a secret from Jessica Wakefield?Omg, this book bothered me so much. First off: Nicholas Morrow. No means no, dude! Like, it was actually kinda creepy how insistent he was on Elizabeth going out with him, and how much in love with her he was. HE LITERALLY JUST MET HER. If they had been older, Nicholas would've been seen as a crazy creep. This would not have gone over well if they were in college or at work. But because it was all like, "You're too young to be tied down to one guy: give me a chance!", it was suddenly played off as acceptable. It's no worse than trying to force someone to be your friend in high school. It just doesn't work like that.
Elizabeth totes should have sat down with her family and told them what was going on. That way, when Jessica goes off on how Nicholas was "hers", Elizabeth could be all like, "LOOK, TAKE HIM, I DON'T WANT HIM." and their parents would have to back her up on it. If they didn't, and were all like, "You really are too young to be tied down to just Todd, give Nicholas a chance." then they'd have to deal with Hurricane Jessica and set her straight. Either way, it would have solved a lot of Elizabeth's problems.
Also solving Elizabeth's problems would have been just being honest with Todd. God these people are stupid!
The subplot in this one was that Jessica was 1) failing math and 2) wanted to learn more about computers to impress Nicholas. It just so happened that the school was updated so that all the grades would be filed electronically, so Jessica sweet-talked computer-nerd Randy Mason into helping her out. Of course, they get caught and poor Randy feels guilty and wants to come clean. Elizabeth manages to get the two out of deeper trouble with their principal. I was happy about that, because Randy didn't deserve to get suspended and have this go on his permanent record, especially since this is the field he wanted to go into as an adult. But I still think Elizabeth should have told their parents what had happened. Ned and Alice need to get on Jessica and put a stop to her shenanigans. I think they let her get away with so much because Elizabeth covers up half the time, so they don't really know to the extent that Jess gets herself into trouble. They just shake their heads bemusedly like, "Oh that Jess. Well, teens will be teens!"
Hook: Is this really the end for Tricia Martin?
Yes, yes it is. We'll get a whole book of her dying, and Steven wanting to be forever devoted to her, and Jessica being like, "Well good riddance! Time to date better!" Eventually Steven will realize that Tricia would want him to keep living his life, but it'll be HIS life, and so he'll tell Jess off and get better.
But not really, because I know in the future there are all these books about him dating girls who remind him of Tricia and trying to replace her and what not. But in the meantime he'll be okay haha
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