Surprisingly enough, this would probably be one of the best-written of the Sweet Valley series. It has a lot of character development, putting them into realistic situations as opposed to some of the more out-there plots that we've seen. Some of the book is dated (for something published in 1999, there are a LOT of references that give away the writer's age). As usual, we have Sweet Valley's standard unrealistic portrayal of guys, and Tom is way out of character in this one, but other than that, I have no complaints (except for the cliff-jumping. Because CLIFF-JUMPING? Seriously? Way to be cliche). Nevertheless, even with all that stuff, it's better than the other books. Sam and Neil are, despite everything, probably the most in-depth male characters the ghostwriters have come up with.

Rating: 3.5/5 ( )