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The Baby-Sitters Club Friends Forever #6
Stacey and the Boyfriend Trap
Stacey faces an awkward weekend when five of her ex-boyfriends arrive in Stoneybrook at the same time, while her current boyfriend seems more interested in Claudia
121 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2000
About the author
Ann M. Martin
1,144 books3,117 followersAnn Matthews Martin was born on August 12, 1955. She grew up in Princeton, New Jersey, with her parents and her younger sister, Jane. After graduating from Smith College, Ann became a teacher and then an editor of children's books. She's now a full-time writer.
Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.
Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.
After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/annmma...
Ann gets the ideas for her books from many different places. Some are based on personal experiences, while others are based on childhood memories and feelings. Many are written about contemporary problems or events. All of Ann's characters, even the members of the Baby-sitters Club, are made up. But many of her characters are based on real people. Sometimes Ann names her characters after people she knows, and other times she simply chooses names that she likes.
Ann has always enjoyed writing. Even before she was old enough to write, she would dictate stories to her mother to write down for her. Some of her favorite authors at that time were Lewis Carroll, P. L. Travers, Hugh Lofting, Astrid Lindgren, and Roald Dahl. They inspired her to become a writer herself.
Since ending the BSC series in 2000, Ann’s writing has concentrated on single novels, many of which are set in the 1960s.
After living in New York City for many years, Ann moved to the Hudson Valley in upstate New York where she now lives with her dog, Sadie, and her cats, Gussie, Willy and Woody. Her hobbies are reading, sewing, and needlework. Her favorite thing to do is to make clothes for children.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/annmma...
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March 24, 2009
this book is totally ridiculous. i think it's supposed to be some kind of romantic farce, but when you stop to remember that the protaganist is only 13, it becomes kind of sickening. okay, so. stacey is dating jeremy, the guy that she supposedly "stole" from her best friend, claudia (as far as claudia is concerned). stacey & claudia are not speaking as a result. it's new year's eve, & stacey resolves to be a better friend. she decides to try to make up with claudia, & also to try to be friends with her ex-boyfriend ethan, who lives in new york city. she calls him the next day & they have a morning hang-out before she has to go back to stoneybrook.
back in stoneybrook, stacey receives a letter from toby, who gave her her first kiss when she was working as a mother's helper on the jersey shore (BSC #8, "boy-crazy stacey"). things didn't end well when they saw each other the next summer & he ditched her in favor of mallory pike (*gasp!*), but he is coming through on a family trip so his brother can see colleges & he wants to visit with her. after some hemming & hawing, she agrees, & that's when he makes it clear that he is hoping to do a little more smooching. stacey is taken aback, but also intrigued. maybe he'll have grown up & matured a bit.
at school, stacey's favorite teacher, mr. zizmore, is moving away to texas. stacey teams up with pete black, who escorted her to a few middle school dances (& so she considers this having "dated"...okay), to plan a surprise bon voyage party for mr. zizmore. they enlist the assistance of more students, & robert, a real ex of stacey's (she was dating him during the "stacey vs. the BSC" days, & he is most amusingly the reason she convinced her dad to vacation on fire island one summer, because robert was working there for some reason; that is when mr. mcgill started up his awesome bromance with their neighbor, mr. majors), signs up to help. ex-students of mr. zizmore's from the high school also want to help, including kristy's brother sam, with whom stacey had an on-again, off-again kind of thing. & then wes ellenburg, the student teacher that stacey was so in love with in "stcaye & the older man" or whatever the fuck that book was called, shows up to apply for mr. zizmore's job, & HE wants to help with the party too! & stacey is like, OMG, all of my exes are all coming together at the same time! & i am like, uh, stacey, wes ellenburg is not your ex-boyfriend. he's a 22-year-old TEACHER on whom you have an inappropriate schoolgirl crush! gross. anyway.
the day of the party rolls around, which is also the day toby visits. he is really conceited & boring & stacey hates hanging out with him. & then his parents don't pick him up on time & then ethan shows up at the door. he's in town for an art show that stacey forgot about. oh shit! two exes & she has a party to get to! they decide to go with. so toby, ethan, robert, pete, wes, & current boyfriend jeremy (& probably some other dudes that i am forgetting) are all in a room together. & jeremy seizes his chance to be all, "so, stacey. i kind of dig claudia. so let's call the whole thing off." they do, stacey is surprisingly unemotional, & decides that ethan is the one for her after all. huh?
the BEST THING about this book was hands down stacey's inappropriate lustin' after wes ellenburg. she goes on & on about how she knows they can't be together when she is only 13 & he's 22, but how things will be different when she's 25 & he's 34, & how that is not only old enough to date, but to GET MARRIED. which we all know is code for "bone". she actually says that she had planned on tracking him down somehow when she got older, but now she doesn't have to worry because she knows he'll be teaching at stoneybrook middle school (because yeah, he gets mr. zizmore's job). that is DISGUSTING! & hilarious. i loved it! the other awesome part was stacey speculating on whether it is "normal" to have this many ex-boyfriends at such a tender young age. answer: no. i'm 29 & i barely have that many exes! maybe in part due to the fact that i don't consider an escort to a middle school dance a "boyfriend" (not that i attend a lot of middle school dnaces at my aged vintage, but you know what i mean). it also crcaks me up that she really seems to consider wes an ex because they danced together once at a dance he was chaperoning. stacey, you are in questionable territory right now, but i think i love it.
back in stoneybrook, stacey receives a letter from toby, who gave her her first kiss when she was working as a mother's helper on the jersey shore (BSC #8, "boy-crazy stacey"). things didn't end well when they saw each other the next summer & he ditched her in favor of mallory pike (*gasp!*), but he is coming through on a family trip so his brother can see colleges & he wants to visit with her. after some hemming & hawing, she agrees, & that's when he makes it clear that he is hoping to do a little more smooching. stacey is taken aback, but also intrigued. maybe he'll have grown up & matured a bit.
at school, stacey's favorite teacher, mr. zizmore, is moving away to texas. stacey teams up with pete black, who escorted her to a few middle school dances (& so she considers this having "dated"...okay), to plan a surprise bon voyage party for mr. zizmore. they enlist the assistance of more students, & robert, a real ex of stacey's (she was dating him during the "stacey vs. the BSC" days, & he is most amusingly the reason she convinced her dad to vacation on fire island one summer, because robert was working there for some reason; that is when mr. mcgill started up his awesome bromance with their neighbor, mr. majors), signs up to help. ex-students of mr. zizmore's from the high school also want to help, including kristy's brother sam, with whom stacey had an on-again, off-again kind of thing. & then wes ellenburg, the student teacher that stacey was so in love with in "stcaye & the older man" or whatever the fuck that book was called, shows up to apply for mr. zizmore's job, & HE wants to help with the party too! & stacey is like, OMG, all of my exes are all coming together at the same time! & i am like, uh, stacey, wes ellenburg is not your ex-boyfriend. he's a 22-year-old TEACHER on whom you have an inappropriate schoolgirl crush! gross. anyway.
the day of the party rolls around, which is also the day toby visits. he is really conceited & boring & stacey hates hanging out with him. & then his parents don't pick him up on time & then ethan shows up at the door. he's in town for an art show that stacey forgot about. oh shit! two exes & she has a party to get to! they decide to go with. so toby, ethan, robert, pete, wes, & current boyfriend jeremy (& probably some other dudes that i am forgetting) are all in a room together. & jeremy seizes his chance to be all, "so, stacey. i kind of dig claudia. so let's call the whole thing off." they do, stacey is surprisingly unemotional, & decides that ethan is the one for her after all. huh?
the BEST THING about this book was hands down stacey's inappropriate lustin' after wes ellenburg. she goes on & on about how she knows they can't be together when she is only 13 & he's 22, but how things will be different when she's 25 & he's 34, & how that is not only old enough to date, but to GET MARRIED. which we all know is code for "bone". she actually says that she had planned on tracking him down somehow when she got older, but now she doesn't have to worry because she knows he'll be teaching at stoneybrook middle school (because yeah, he gets mr. zizmore's job). that is DISGUSTING! & hilarious. i loved it! the other awesome part was stacey speculating on whether it is "normal" to have this many ex-boyfriends at such a tender young age. answer: no. i'm 29 & i barely have that many exes! maybe in part due to the fact that i don't consider an escort to a middle school dance a "boyfriend" (not that i attend a lot of middle school dnaces at my aged vintage, but you know what i mean). it also crcaks me up that she really seems to consider wes an ex because they danced together once at a dance he was chaperoning. stacey, you are in questionable territory right now, but i think i love it.
December 29, 2020
this is my first time reading this book.
in this friends forever answer to Boy-Crazy Stacey by ghostwriter Suzanne Weyn, basically every guy stacey has ever even flirted with happens to show up in her life around the same time: ethan (whom stacey dated from main series #99 through Stacey vs. Claudia) is coming to stoneybrook to see an exhibit (see lowlights/nitpicks); toby from the aforementioned BCS, Mary Anne and Too Many Boys, and Sea City, Here We Come! is stopping in stoneybrook on a family trip; and even student teacher wes from Stacey's Big Crush is vying for the job that stacey's math teacher mr. zizmore is vacating. plus, pete black (with whom stacey often attended school dances early in the series) asks stacey to help him plan mr. zizmore’s going away party, and both robert (whom she dated from main series #70-99) and sam thomas (with whom she had a minor romance - see Baby-sitters at Shadow Lake) are perpetually around to help plan it as well. to add to the drama, stacey’s ACTUAL boyfriend jeremy is acting distant and weird. though she is surrounded by a veritable treasure trove of fuckboys from her past, she is mostly unfazed by it. and then jeremy breaks up with her, and she doesn’t even really care. in the end, it seems like she and ethan are getting back together, and more importantly, it seems like she and claudia are getting back together as well.
highlights:
-I’m not sure who it’s supposed to be, but the picture of the boy in stacey’s left hand looks just like brad renfro (RIP):
-a guy named van sant is doing an exhibition at the stoneybrook museum. I hope it's not stills from elephant.
-toby’s email address is tobythegreat. that's enough of a sign that stacey shouldn’t meet up with him. but also it’s hilarious.
-claud says that math has a use for stacey, because it helps her keep track of all her old boyfriends. sick burn, claudia!
-I love that after all this time, stacey hangs out with toby and HE SUCKS. he is seriously the biggest fuckboy in the world, and I am here for it.
lowlights/nitpicks:
-stacey says she and jeremy haven't been going out all that long, but for 13-year-olds they have. it's been since around the beginning of the school year, and now it's near new year's. so at least 3 months. that's forever for teens.
-stacey narrates that eating snails grosses her out and that instead she ate shrimp cocktail. okay, I know I’m a vegetarian and all, but shrimps are definitely one of the most bug-like non-bug creatures I can think of.
-stacey says that she and claudia haven't spoken, aside from a few cold polite words, in weeks. it's actually been longer than that. it was around thanksgiving that she fake apologized, so it's been well over a month.
-stacey’s dad thinks that it’s not possible for stacey and ethan, who used to date, to be friends. really? what an immature thing for a grown-ass man to say.
-there’s an exhibit that ethan can’t wait to see and it’s in STONEYBROOK CONNECTICUT? he lives in manhattan but he has to go to a crappy town outside stamford to see high art. suuuuuure.
-the blurb on the back of the book says five of stacey’s exes are in town. who are the five exes in question? ethan, sure, but toby? not really her ex. wes? DEFINITELY not her ex. pete? robert? sam? they always live in stoneybrook, and only one of them is her ex. and she and jeremy are still dating.
-stacey says robert has "become friendly with pete" even though they've been friends for a while; in fact, pete helps robert lie when cheating on stacey in Stacey's Broken Heart.
-stacey gets jeremy to help with the party to "meet new people" but really it's to get him to hang out with claudia less. she is such a controlling and awful girlfriend.
-stacey says "mary anne deserves to think about herself once in a while. she always thinks about other people." excuse me, but mary anne ALWAYS thinks about herself. when other people suffer and it makes her cry, it’s because she is making their pain about her. see Baby-Sitters' Winter Vacation for the worst mary anne self-centeredness in the whole series.
-stacey is emailing toby, and it really sounds like an aim conversation. I think suzanne weyn is just old and doesn't know what iming is (cue the comments from people who are much younger than me and don’t know what iming is). toby even logs off at one point. stacey wouldn't see him log off from email, only from an im service. that said, I do enjoy suzanne weyn’s idea of what normal screen names/email addresses are: wes is Mathguy, and toby is tobythegreat
-toby says to stacey, "even though we didn't do anything, it was fun." stacey thinks it's weird that he expected her to plan an activity or something, but he CLEARLY means they didn't hook up. get with the program, stace.
-ethan says he misses stacey and suggests they spend more time together again. and stacey thinks that it's good that all of these boys she dated/liked in the past were together so she could pick the one she likes the most, ethan. but it seems like he picked her, and she’s just trying to make herself feel better about jeremy dumping her.
outfits
stacey:
-"I picked up my black velvet overalls...I also pulled out my thermal long underwear...I put on the thermals, then a long-sleeved white shirt, and, finally, the overalls. I slid on a black headband decorated with white peach signs and pulled wisps of my blonde hair out around my face...Then I pulled on my ankle-high black boots and was done."
-"I wore my best jeans and a soft blue sweater I'd just received for Christmas."
stacey's dad:
-"Ski mask. Scarf. Heavy gloves. Down parka."
snacks in claudia’s room:
-raw veggies (n.s.)
in this friends forever answer to Boy-Crazy Stacey by ghostwriter Suzanne Weyn, basically every guy stacey has ever even flirted with happens to show up in her life around the same time: ethan (whom stacey dated from main series #99 through Stacey vs. Claudia) is coming to stoneybrook to see an exhibit (see lowlights/nitpicks); toby from the aforementioned BCS, Mary Anne and Too Many Boys, and Sea City, Here We Come! is stopping in stoneybrook on a family trip; and even student teacher wes from Stacey's Big Crush is vying for the job that stacey's math teacher mr. zizmore is vacating. plus, pete black (with whom stacey often attended school dances early in the series) asks stacey to help him plan mr. zizmore’s going away party, and both robert (whom she dated from main series #70-99) and sam thomas (with whom she had a minor romance - see Baby-sitters at Shadow Lake) are perpetually around to help plan it as well. to add to the drama, stacey’s ACTUAL boyfriend jeremy is acting distant and weird. though she is surrounded by a veritable treasure trove of fuckboys from her past, she is mostly unfazed by it. and then jeremy breaks up with her, and she doesn’t even really care. in the end, it seems like she and ethan are getting back together, and more importantly, it seems like she and claudia are getting back together as well.
highlights:
-I’m not sure who it’s supposed to be, but the picture of the boy in stacey’s left hand looks just like brad renfro (RIP):
-a guy named van sant is doing an exhibition at the stoneybrook museum. I hope it's not stills from elephant.
-toby’s email address is tobythegreat. that's enough of a sign that stacey shouldn’t meet up with him. but also it’s hilarious.
-claud says that math has a use for stacey, because it helps her keep track of all her old boyfriends. sick burn, claudia!
-I love that after all this time, stacey hangs out with toby and HE SUCKS. he is seriously the biggest fuckboy in the world, and I am here for it.
lowlights/nitpicks:
-stacey says she and jeremy haven't been going out all that long, but for 13-year-olds they have. it's been since around the beginning of the school year, and now it's near new year's. so at least 3 months. that's forever for teens.
-stacey narrates that eating snails grosses her out and that instead she ate shrimp cocktail. okay, I know I’m a vegetarian and all, but shrimps are definitely one of the most bug-like non-bug creatures I can think of.
-stacey says that she and claudia haven't spoken, aside from a few cold polite words, in weeks. it's actually been longer than that. it was around thanksgiving that she fake apologized, so it's been well over a month.
-stacey’s dad thinks that it’s not possible for stacey and ethan, who used to date, to be friends. really? what an immature thing for a grown-ass man to say.
-there’s an exhibit that ethan can’t wait to see and it’s in STONEYBROOK CONNECTICUT? he lives in manhattan but he has to go to a crappy town outside stamford to see high art. suuuuuure.
-the blurb on the back of the book says five of stacey’s exes are in town. who are the five exes in question? ethan, sure, but toby? not really her ex. wes? DEFINITELY not her ex. pete? robert? sam? they always live in stoneybrook, and only one of them is her ex. and she and jeremy are still dating.
-stacey says robert has "become friendly with pete" even though they've been friends for a while; in fact, pete helps robert lie when cheating on stacey in Stacey's Broken Heart.
-stacey gets jeremy to help with the party to "meet new people" but really it's to get him to hang out with claudia less. she is such a controlling and awful girlfriend.
-stacey says "mary anne deserves to think about herself once in a while. she always thinks about other people." excuse me, but mary anne ALWAYS thinks about herself. when other people suffer and it makes her cry, it’s because she is making their pain about her. see Baby-Sitters' Winter Vacation for the worst mary anne self-centeredness in the whole series.
-stacey is emailing toby, and it really sounds like an aim conversation. I think suzanne weyn is just old and doesn't know what iming is (cue the comments from people who are much younger than me and don’t know what iming is). toby even logs off at one point. stacey wouldn't see him log off from email, only from an im service. that said, I do enjoy suzanne weyn’s idea of what normal screen names/email addresses are: wes is Mathguy, and toby is tobythegreat
-toby says to stacey, "even though we didn't do anything, it was fun." stacey thinks it's weird that he expected her to plan an activity or something, but he CLEARLY means they didn't hook up. get with the program, stace.
-ethan says he misses stacey and suggests they spend more time together again. and stacey thinks that it's good that all of these boys she dated/liked in the past were together so she could pick the one she likes the most, ethan. but it seems like he picked her, and she’s just trying to make herself feel better about jeremy dumping her.
outfits
stacey:
-"I picked up my black velvet overalls...I also pulled out my thermal long underwear...I put on the thermals, then a long-sleeved white shirt, and, finally, the overalls. I slid on a black headband decorated with white peach signs and pulled wisps of my blonde hair out around my face...Then I pulled on my ankle-high black boots and was done."
-"I wore my best jeans and a soft blue sweater I'd just received for Christmas."
stacey's dad:
-"Ski mask. Scarf. Heavy gloves. Down parka."
snacks in claudia’s room:
-raw veggies (n.s.)
June 11, 2023
A bit less dramatic than the blurb implies. Also, the fizzling out of the romance with Jeremy was so underwhelming that I stand with my firm opinion that Jeremy sucks. Both Stacey and Claudia deserve better.
February 13, 2018
This is the only Friends Forever book I don't own, but I was lucky enough to get this from Interlibrary Loan. (What perfect timing, too!)
I always loved when BSC books would reference something from an old book, so I absolutely adored this book for that reason alone. Toby from Sea City and Wes (Stacey's embarrassing crush) appear in this book along with several other "exes", and shenanigans ensue. I was hoping for a glimpse of Pierre or Scott but I'll take what I can get. =)
Jeremy continues to confuse me, though. He gets irrationally jealous about Pete Black, but it's clear to everyone he's no longer into Stacey and wants to date Claudia. Is he really torn between them, or is he just a jerk? I don't recall ever getting a firm answer on this.
I always loved when BSC books would reference something from an old book, so I absolutely adored this book for that reason alone. Toby from Sea City and Wes (Stacey's embarrassing crush) appear in this book along with several other "exes", and shenanigans ensue. I was hoping for a glimpse of Pierre or Scott but I'll take what I can get. =)
Jeremy continues to confuse me, though. He gets irrationally jealous about Pete Black, but it's clear to everyone he's no longer into Stacey and wants to date Claudia. Is he really torn between them, or is he just a jerk? I don't recall ever getting a firm answer on this.
April 20, 2025
This was interesting. Stacey who is only 13 has all her old boyfriends currently appear in her life. It sort of reminded me of the Golden Girls episode where Rose said she had 56 boyfriends in one year. Anyway it all starts on New Year's Eve when Stacey convinces her dad and his new girlfriend who looks like another trophy wife, much like the former Mrs. McGill, to go to Times Square. Stacey appears on TV. The next day after vowing to be a better friend she talks to former boyfriend Ethan and they have breakfast and he says he's coming town for an art exhibit. Once home another ex Toby from Sea City says he's coming to town. Then a favourite teacher Mr. Zizmore announces he's leaving. Stacey and another ex Pete Black plan a farewell party for him that involves Sam, Kristy's brother. News comes out that the rumored replacement teacher is a young guy Stacey had a crush on. She's 13 remember. This probably would've been funnier if she was in high school or college, it's just a bit much. But the best part is it's the beginning of the end of the Claudia Stacey fight and Jeremy the douche is also on his way out because he's a horrible person, so yay for that. It's an okay read a bit disturbing over how young Stacey is, and considering how overprotective her parents are that they're so lenient with her dating life, but a decent entertaining book.
February 1, 2024
I will now give my thoughts on all of Stacey's boyfriends:
Jeremy - Meh, I don't really have any strong feelings for him. Despite being a major plot point for the first half of this series, we haven't really gotten to know him too well. He seems slightly wishy-washy, though I'd imagine it's overwhelming moving to a new school and immediately having people fight over you. 2.5/5
Ethan - Kind of seems dreamy tbh. He's older and artsy, but not too serious. Him and Stacey seem to have fun together. This book ended hinting at a reunion for Stacey and Ethan, and I am here for that. 4/5
Robert - I liked Robert, as Stacey and him being together was part of my favourite BSC arc. (Okay, also from BSC RPG fondness. That'll never go away!) I didn't like him cheating on Stacey, which drops his rating down a little. 3/5
Wes - lololol it's just funny that even HE made an appearance in this book. I appreciate Stacey's romantic throwbacks. 0/5
Toby - Was he a total turd in Boy-Crazy Stacey ? It's been so long since I've read the Sea City books, I can't recall. But what DOES matter is that he was a total turd in this book. Ugh I cringed the entire time he was visiting. 1/5
Pete - Not officially one of Stacey's exes, but Pete is one of my favourite SMS dudes. It helps that he's one of the very few that gets a decent amount of background info. (It also helps that I played him in a different BSC RPG haha.) 3.5/5
Sam - I love the "older brother of a friend" trope, so Stacey/Sam is my BSC OTP. I know he's immature and embarrassing now, but give it a couple years when they're both in high school and ughhhh. Are there any fics about them? 10/5
Jeremy - Meh, I don't really have any strong feelings for him. Despite being a major plot point for the first half of this series, we haven't really gotten to know him too well. He seems slightly wishy-washy, though I'd imagine it's overwhelming moving to a new school and immediately having people fight over you. 2.5/5
Ethan - Kind of seems dreamy tbh. He's older and artsy, but not too serious. Him and Stacey seem to have fun together. This book ended hinting at a reunion for Stacey and Ethan, and I am here for that. 4/5
Robert - I liked Robert, as Stacey and him being together was part of my favourite BSC arc. (Okay, also from BSC RPG fondness. That'll never go away!) I didn't like him cheating on Stacey, which drops his rating down a little. 3/5
Wes - lololol it's just funny that even HE made an appearance in this book. I appreciate Stacey's romantic throwbacks. 0/5
Toby - Was he a total turd in Boy-Crazy Stacey ? It's been so long since I've read the Sea City books, I can't recall. But what DOES matter is that he was a total turd in this book. Ugh I cringed the entire time he was visiting. 1/5
Pete - Not officially one of Stacey's exes, but Pete is one of my favourite SMS dudes. It helps that he's one of the very few that gets a decent amount of background info. (It also helps that I played him in a different BSC RPG haha.) 3.5/5
Sam - I love the "older brother of a friend" trope, so Stacey/Sam is my BSC OTP. I know he's immature and embarrassing now, but give it a couple years when they're both in high school and ughhhh. Are there any fics about them? 10/5
December 5, 2017
So far of the Friends Forever books I've read, this one is the weakest. It was pretty silly, and rehashed all of Stacey's relationships that she had over the span of the BSC books. Which is a little weird when you consider that she's only thirteen.
HA! Remember Luca in the movie? THIRTEEEEEEEEEEEN!
Anyway. I digress. I am glad she ditched Jeremy, who is sort of weird and clearly has a thing for Claudia despite not thinking he did to begin with. I don't like that guy. I liked Ethan well enough though, so I guess score for the NYC boy.
I'm glad we can now move on from Stacey's many relationships.
HA! Remember Luca in the movie? THIRTEEEEEEEEEEEN!
Anyway. I digress. I am glad she ditched Jeremy, who is sort of weird and clearly has a thing for Claudia despite not thinking he did to begin with. I don't like that guy. I liked Ethan well enough though, so I guess score for the NYC boy.
I'm glad we can now move on from Stacey's many relationships.
January 21, 2020
I am truly disappointed with this book. Stacey is a true slut-in-the-making. She’s a 1: year old girl who has more experienced boyfriends and crushes than my 60 year old mother and myself combined! I would be seriously concerned if my teenage daughter was reading this sort of trash. As a BSC fan for over 20 years, this book really shocked me!
November 30, 2025
Keeping track of all of Stacey's "exes" was exhausting for me, much less Stacey. A little much for a 13-year-old (and I feel like they even left a couple out) but that's OK. We got our semi-happy ending, so I'm pleased. Stacey is finally showing the maturity that's supposed to be the cornerstone of her character.
May 17, 2022
Well. This book was a huge disappointment. I wanted me some Stacey drama and I get…… this. I mean, the summary made it sound like full on war was gonna break out and we get a half hearted battle. 😑
January 3, 2024
I loved the romance and the drama a great book a bit to young for me though.
September 16, 2025
Alternate title: Micro Cheating but Stacey thinks it’s okay because she’s Stacey.
April 16, 2025
I actually really liked this one! I didn't think i would based on the reviews of others, but i found it entertaining. Stacey isn't so bad.
November 2, 2013
Book the Sixth: In which Stacey kinda realizes how much of a ho-bag she is and she and J-Man enter Splitsville. So Mr. Zizmore is leaving. Stacey and His Royal Hotness Pete Black decide to plan a surprise going away party for him. Stace considers Pete an ex because they use to go to dances together back in the 80s. Also hanging out: Robert, who used to be depressed but got over it in like a week; Sam, who falls in love with his eyes, not his ears, according to K-Dawg; Toby, who was kinda cool but then he hit on Mel-ry, which..ew; and Ethan, who is from OMGI<3NY!!! and has an earring or whatever. Oh, and Wes Ellenberg shows up, too. Stacey lusts after him for a little bit. Then she dumps Jeremy and decides to try again with Ethan. Whatever, Stace.
December 24, 2011
This book was pretty good, better than most in the series. I enjoyed how all of Stacey's boyfriends came back to haunt her, including Toby from Sea City and Wes, the student teacher she had a crush on in the regular BSC series.
May 10, 2010
Although the idea of Stacey having so many boyfriends was rather unbelievable, this was still a fun and amusing book. I'll definitely be looking out for more of the FF books for my collection. 8/10
January 30, 2012
This book's premise was more than a little silly and it was nowhere near as funny as other reviews have said but it kept me entertained and had a satisfying ending.
January 23, 2016
This 13 year old has dated more guys that I have.
April 25, 2024
I full-on CACKLED when Wes Ellenburg showed back up.
February 23, 2008
didn't like these books much.
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May 29, 2018Stacey and the Boyfriend Trap
PLOT: All of Stacey's boyfriends start showing up as she plans for a good-bye party for her math teacher.
MY THOUGHTS:
*Stacey's thinking about running into her ex and kissing him on New Year's Eve "as a friend". Mmm. I usually don't want to kiss my ex's. And the one I did wanna kiss it wouldn't be "as a friend". Truthfully I wouldn't be all to thrilled to even run into any of mine, but that's just me.
*"Jeremy had this friendly puppy dog look about him that just knocks me out"-BEEN THERE!!
*Is study hall even a real thing? Lots of books mention it. My school never had it, but then I suppose that would be wise because they'd probably use it to skip and not come back.
*And then when we were in school, I'm not saying we didn't have good teacher's, but when our teachers went away I don't remember us *ever* going all out and throwing them a party. If I remember correctly we might have done something small in the classroom and that didn't even take the whole period.
*SERIOUSLY? Stacey has 7 guys she's all been involved with in her face, on rotation, and she has extreme to mild feelings for all of them?! When does this EVER happen except in fiction. Some people can't get just 1 lucky break from the past.
*So not ONCE does Stacey mention to her BOYFRIEND that her ex is dropping by. If it really is as innocent as she says he is and she knows that in the past book he flipped out about the thought of her talking to Ethan than shouldn't she mention it? Or better before she even agreed to see Toby mentioned it to him to see how he felt about it. Not per-say ask his permission but at least out of courtesy to her BOYFRIEND.
*Or email Toby and tell him she has a boyfriend. It just seems like there's a whole lot of unnecessary confusion going on around Stacey that can be eliminated. Do you know what I think? She doesn't know who she really wants.
*But then I'd be kinda pissed if my boyfriend was hanging out so much around my ex-friend. So Jeremy's not looking as good as he did in the other book.
*Toby does NOT remotely sound like its' one of those names that can go both ways for a guy and a girl. All I see in my head is the guy on PLL
MY RATING: 7 It was good but when I was reading it I was thinking COME ON! You have GOT to be kidding me! In this book, every guy that Stacey has EVER liked seem to come from out of no-where and take a sudden interest in her. Then my feelings for Jeremy were all over the place. The puppy dog eye thing had me sold at first and in the first book he seemed decent. Well other than hanging out with Claudia "as a friend" even though he supposedly didn't like her thus adding fuel to the already hot flames between Claudia and Stacey. He's kind of possessive if Stacey shows an interest in any other boy. Then, in the end, he decides he really wants Claudia. Not that Stacey knew either in this book what she wanted. Toby really didn't impress me that much and I really don't remember him being a jerk in the other book. I thought that was the lifeguard. In this one, he just seemed cocky. The party was nice and what they did for Mr. Z but I have NEVER heard some many students excited about math EVER!
PLOT: All of Stacey's boyfriends start showing up as she plans for a good-bye party for her math teacher.
MY THOUGHTS:
*Stacey's thinking about running into her ex and kissing him on New Year's Eve "as a friend". Mmm. I usually don't want to kiss my ex's. And the one I did wanna kiss it wouldn't be "as a friend". Truthfully I wouldn't be all to thrilled to even run into any of mine, but that's just me.
*"Jeremy had this friendly puppy dog look about him that just knocks me out"-BEEN THERE!!
*Is study hall even a real thing? Lots of books mention it. My school never had it, but then I suppose that would be wise because they'd probably use it to skip and not come back.
*And then when we were in school, I'm not saying we didn't have good teacher's, but when our teachers went away I don't remember us *ever* going all out and throwing them a party. If I remember correctly we might have done something small in the classroom and that didn't even take the whole period.
*SERIOUSLY? Stacey has 7 guys she's all been involved with in her face, on rotation, and she has extreme to mild feelings for all of them?! When does this EVER happen except in fiction. Some people can't get just 1 lucky break from the past.
*So not ONCE does Stacey mention to her BOYFRIEND that her ex is dropping by. If it really is as innocent as she says he is and she knows that in the past book he flipped out about the thought of her talking to Ethan than shouldn't she mention it? Or better before she even agreed to see Toby mentioned it to him to see how he felt about it. Not per-say ask his permission but at least out of courtesy to her BOYFRIEND.
*Or email Toby and tell him she has a boyfriend. It just seems like there's a whole lot of unnecessary confusion going on around Stacey that can be eliminated. Do you know what I think? She doesn't know who she really wants.
*But then I'd be kinda pissed if my boyfriend was hanging out so much around my ex-friend. So Jeremy's not looking as good as he did in the other book.
*Toby does NOT remotely sound like its' one of those names that can go both ways for a guy and a girl. All I see in my head is the guy on PLL
MY RATING: 7 It was good but when I was reading it I was thinking COME ON! You have GOT to be kidding me! In this book, every guy that Stacey has EVER liked seem to come from out of no-where and take a sudden interest in her. Then my feelings for Jeremy were all over the place. The puppy dog eye thing had me sold at first and in the first book he seemed decent. Well other than hanging out with Claudia "as a friend" even though he supposedly didn't like her thus adding fuel to the already hot flames between Claudia and Stacey. He's kind of possessive if Stacey shows an interest in any other boy. Then, in the end, he decides he really wants Claudia. Not that Stacey knew either in this book what she wanted. Toby really didn't impress me that much and I really don't remember him being a jerk in the other book. I thought that was the lifeguard. In this one, he just seemed cocky. The party was nice and what they did for Mr. Z but I have NEVER heard some many students excited about math EVER!
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