Elizabeth wakefield was one of the two main fictional characters in the book series sweet. These characters were never meant to be adults living in an adult world. Hey, wheres my apology for sweet valley confidential. Originally, i planned on doing a straight recap of sweet valley confidential, but i just cant do it. Sweet valley high is a novel series created by francine pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters for the entire duration of the series creation. For jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30.
Following the events at the end of sweet valley university, elizabeth decides to accept her scholarship in london. Honestly i think both endings are fine both the original and the alternate. After many years of my husband and i talking about creating our own little sweet life retreat on our valley farm we decided to put that plan into motion. Make offer the sweet life exlib by francine pascal. Francine pascal has written an alternate ending to the last installment of the sweet life, and released it on her facebook page as a free download along with a letter of apology for the original ending to the series.
Sweet valley high is a series of young adult novels attributed to american author francine pascal, who presided over a team of ghostwriters to produce the series. Yes, theres nothing quite like kicking back in business class, surrounded by oil company people, sipping your preflight mimosa and reading a tattered copy of sweet valley high 4. Francine pascal, creator of the internationally bestselling sweet valley high series and sweet valley confidential, continues the adventures of beautiful blonde twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield in an exciting new eserial, the sweet life. Francine pascal has written an alternate ending to the last installment of the sweet life, and released it on her facebook page as a free download along with a letter of apology for the original ending. I thought id start with the 5 biggest disappointments in sweet valley confidential. Read what francine pascal herself has to say about the sweet life. Pascal herself wrote a sequel, sweet valley confidential, featuring the. The current sweet valley high series the sweet life is a massive attempt at damage control after the backlash over sweet valley confidential advertisement.
For jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30 beautiful blonde twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield are back in the sweet life. Fire up your fiat and prepare for a trip down memory lane. Liz broke up with todd again in the last book of the sweet valley high series, aftershock. From francine pascal, creator of sweet valley high and author of the new york times. From francine pascal, creator of the bestselling sweet valley high series and author of the ny times bestselling sweet valley confidential, comes the continuing adventures of beautiful blonde twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield in an exciting new sixpart eserial, the sweet life. The sweet valley high evil twin books were so blissfully. Sweet valley high is the creation of author francine pascal who, to the delight of fans everywhere, has written a followup series, revisiting the sweet valley gang as adults. Sweet valley confidential could have been so great, but this wasnt great at all.
We finish up the first svh books last two chapters today, with a surprisingly glorious ending in which elizabeth also cant even with jessica anymore chapter 18. He is often times mistaken for his father, as he is considered his spitting image. Sweet valley high is putting on its rendition of shakespeares macbeth and jessica has the female lead. But at the time, for me, this was high end storytelling. The world of sweet valley was one in which teenagers ran the world, where there were endless beach parties, dates and discos where time never moved forward and heartbreak and tragedy disappeared by the time the next book came out. The serial sweet valley confidential francine pascal on.
I read sweet valley confidential and then the sweet life eseries all six books in a matter of weeks. Her plans to attend university on exchange in london are unhinged and she finds herself in a situation she never expected. A 30somethings lovingly sarcastic journey through all of sweet valley high, and then some. Margos plot is ultimately thwarted at the end of the. There are some big spoilers here too, so if you dont want to read spoilers, then skip this post. Grab it now, nod yer head, and take a spiritual journey deep into the 16bit. Named after one of the best friends of his father, steven is the oldest of the wakefields three children. The endgame will be to restore the status quo by the end of the run. Newly released alternate ending to the sweet life snark. A sweet valley high television series also ran for four seasons in the mid90s.
Hopefully you enjoyed our brief intermission with sweet valley high andor descent into madness with jessica wakefield. The longawaited sweet valley high movie is happening at. Steven wakefield is a character in the sweet valley series of books. The sweet life eseries welcomes readers back to sweet valley with its first book, the sweet life. For jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30from francine pascal, creator of sweet valley high and author of the new york times bestselling sweet valley confidential, comes the third novellalength installment of the groundbreaking, sixpart, eserial, the sweet life, continuing the adventures of beautiful blonde twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield and the gang from sweet valley. For jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30 beautiful blonde twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield are back in the sweet life, now available in one volume.
With chris messina, abigail spencer, brian shortall, karan soni. Three years after the events of sweet valley confidential by francine pascal, elizabeth and jessica wakefield are back in sweet valley and inseparable once more. Sweet valley high senior year is part of the sweet valley high franchise and the last spinoff series to be published. Get the best deals on francine pascal books when you shop the largest online selection at. For jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30 from francine pascal, creator of sweet valley high and author of the new york times bestselling sweet valley confidential, comes the third novellalength installment of the groundbreaking, sixpart, eserial, the sweet life, continuing the adventures of beautiful blonde twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield and the gang from sweet valley. The sweet life, an edgy and unconventional dramedy, is the love story of kenny. Although shes still identical twins with a manipulative. Its every fangirls wish fulfillment to have an epilogue for their favorite. After a long permit process, we were given the goahead to convert a small barn into our summ. This books picks up three years after the horrid sweet valley confidential. The ending was a good cliffhanger and i hope there is more to this story in sweet valley.
While sweet valley high intoxicated young readers who may never have otherwise picked up a book outside of assigned reading, critics believed it was the literary equivalent of junk food and. The twins and their friends attend sweet valley high. We will be recapping sweet valley twins and all the special editions, including the unicorn club to start with, and if wing survives that, we may try other sweet valley series. Altnernate ending to the sweet life til that yzma madame pascal released an alternate ending to her series, the sweet life, in may of 2014. For jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30from francine pascal, creator of the bestselling sweet valley high series and author of the ny times.
Francine pascal has written an alternate ending to the last installment of the sweet life, and released it on her facebook page as a free. Elizabeth for jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30. The sweet life and sweet valley high books 112 for e. For jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30 for jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30 from francine pascal, creator of sweet valley high and author of the new york times bestselling sweet valley confidential, comes the sixth installment of the groundbreaking, sixpart, eoriginal serial. How the sweet valley girls grew up books the guardian.
Check out an excerpt of sweet valley spinoff the sweet life exclusive. Sweet valley online evil triplets snarkily recap sweet. Everyone seems surprised to see toddica, but caroline is the only one who actually dares to ask about elizabeth. At the end of the series she was torn between old flame todd and sexy badboy devon whitelaw, who turned out to. After a long permit process, we were given the goahead to convert a small barn into our summer home and to put a small studio and parttime seasonal gallery on the. The boys of sweet valley are back with more tripped out beat action on eternal champ, their followup to stay calm. Sweet valley university is a series of childrens novels written by francine pascal which follows the exploits of identical twin sisters who must adjust to new lives in college. A sweet valley high movie is in the works a sweet valley high movie is in the works, and if it isnt targeted at 30 and 40yearold women, it will be the biggest wasted opportunity of all time.
I read all the sweet valley high books, and when i exhausted that resource, i enrolled at sweet valley university, too. Francine pascal is the creator of sweet valley high and fearless. As expected, the twins reconciled and elizabeth moved back to sweet valley. Til that yzma madame pascal released an alternate ending to her series, the sweet life, in may of 2014.
The depressing lessons of sweet valley confidential. I got a kick out of lila who is a part of the reality series true housewives of sweet valley as it fits her character perfectly. Hollywoods longawaited sweet valley high movie appears to be happening at last. More recently, the sweet valley confidential and sweet valley. Evil twins, wing and dove, trade point horror for sweet valley. Cannot believe how excited i was to see what my fave twins from sweet valley were up to and all their friends. Information regarding the creative team and release date for the first sweet valley high graphic novel is forthcoming. Jessica is the mother of a 2 year old, wildly successful and popular at her job, but her marriage to. And they have a secret triplet, raven, joining them for a dudes point of view. The sweet life series have followed the characters into adulthood. Buce patmans uncle andy, the famous director, is coming to town. Sweet valley high was the gem of all of our childhoods. Three years after the events of sweet valley confidential, elizabeth and jessica wakefield are back in sweet valley and inseparable once more. The sweet life by francine pascal overdrive rakuten.
This dramatic first installment and cliffhanger ending will leave readers breathless. For jessica and elizabeth, the sweet life begins at 30 from francine pascal, creator of the bestselling sweet valley high series and author of the ny times bestselling sweet valley confidential, comes the continuing adventures of beautiful blonde twins jessica and elizabeth wakefield in an exciting new sixpart eserial, the sweet life. Sweet valley high gets graphic novel adaptation cbr. The series is considered the most contemporary and realistic of the franchise citation needed. But jessica, now a mother, finds herself in grave danger when a man she trusts betrays her. Sweet valley confidential is a shlocky nostalgia fest trojanhorsing a downer perspective on what it means to be stuck forever and always with the immutable parts of your personality.