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Crushworthy
Stumbling into the arms of her brother's friend at a New Year's Eve party, Jinx develops a sudden crush for the cutest surfer she's ever seen while her best friend, Liberty, returns for another year of mischief, in the romance-filled sequel to Those Girls.
- GenresYoung Adult
267 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2008
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Sara Lawrence
6 books9 followersSara Lawrence is a writer and journalist. The Those Girls series is based on her years at the elite Roedean School. Sara lives in Brighton and Ibiza.
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December 22, 2008
Crush Worthy
By Sara Lawrence
Photography by Howard Pyle
267 pp. New York, New York:
Penguin Group. $9.99
ISBN- 978-1-59514-173-6
Crush Worthy by Sara Lawrence
If you’ve ever read any book about teenagers or romance, you would know that there will always be some kind of fight or argument. From Crush worthy to Pretties or to even the Gossip Girl series you would find a book that is filled with so much girl drama, crazy arguments, and/or flavor-- you would not want to put it down. Crush Worthy by Sara Lawrence is a novel that talks about cliques, friendships and includes several twisting stories about romantic relationships. Crush Worthy is such an enchanting story that will make you want to read more and more. When I first picked up this book I didn’t really think it would an extraordinary book and it would just be like a Gossip Girl novel. It starts out with Jinx going to a summer party that is hosted by her brother’s best friend Jamie. At the party jinx finds herself flying into the arms of her crush. Literally. Her crush Jamie seems happy to see her but she gets left hanging after he leaves but then I was left hanging too and I wanted more!
In Crush worthy, Jinx is a teenage girl who goes to a rich boarding school in England. She has a rich and lavish life but still has to deal with things that include a must have friendship with 3 beautiful triplets to dealing with her crush and even saving her boarding school. (Don’t worry, you’ll find out about all this as you read)
As Jinx arrives back at school I learned more about her. She’s part of the most popular clique at school; she has an obsessed stalker in the lower grade. Sadly, the year that was suppose to be the best year of her life turns sour as Jinx’s friendship with her best friend Liberty grows distant, boy problems erupt and this girl Daisy Finnegan seems to always ruin the fun for her friends. What got me interested was how friendship, romance and righteousness were talked about in this book. When you first look at it, it might look like just another romance or “girl” book but no, there’s more to it. It includes twisting stories about romance, friendship and even about saving a school. It’s a 3 in 1 package.
Jinx will be swept into such a crazy experience, it made me want to be her. From starting t describe Jinx’s lavish lifestyle to her friendships, Sara Lawrence will make you want to become apart of her stories. Crush Worthy is a novel that is suitable for ages 11 and up and anyone who wants a special book, not just for girls.
Jinx will be surprised when she makes friends with some people that she never thought about ever becoming friends with, but she will also be surprised when she gets betrayed by her friends. So don’t hesitate to pick up this book because there is no friend as loyal as a book.
By Sara Lawrence
Photography by Howard Pyle
267 pp. New York, New York:
Penguin Group. $9.99
ISBN- 978-1-59514-173-6
Crush Worthy by Sara Lawrence
If you’ve ever read any book about teenagers or romance, you would know that there will always be some kind of fight or argument. From Crush worthy to Pretties or to even the Gossip Girl series you would find a book that is filled with so much girl drama, crazy arguments, and/or flavor-- you would not want to put it down. Crush Worthy by Sara Lawrence is a novel that talks about cliques, friendships and includes several twisting stories about romantic relationships. Crush Worthy is such an enchanting story that will make you want to read more and more. When I first picked up this book I didn’t really think it would an extraordinary book and it would just be like a Gossip Girl novel. It starts out with Jinx going to a summer party that is hosted by her brother’s best friend Jamie. At the party jinx finds herself flying into the arms of her crush. Literally. Her crush Jamie seems happy to see her but she gets left hanging after he leaves but then I was left hanging too and I wanted more!
In Crush worthy, Jinx is a teenage girl who goes to a rich boarding school in England. She has a rich and lavish life but still has to deal with things that include a must have friendship with 3 beautiful triplets to dealing with her crush and even saving her boarding school. (Don’t worry, you’ll find out about all this as you read)
As Jinx arrives back at school I learned more about her. She’s part of the most popular clique at school; she has an obsessed stalker in the lower grade. Sadly, the year that was suppose to be the best year of her life turns sour as Jinx’s friendship with her best friend Liberty grows distant, boy problems erupt and this girl Daisy Finnegan seems to always ruin the fun for her friends. What got me interested was how friendship, romance and righteousness were talked about in this book. When you first look at it, it might look like just another romance or “girl” book but no, there’s more to it. It includes twisting stories about romance, friendship and even about saving a school. It’s a 3 in 1 package.
Jinx will be swept into such a crazy experience, it made me want to be her. From starting t describe Jinx’s lavish lifestyle to her friendships, Sara Lawrence will make you want to become apart of her stories. Crush Worthy is a novel that is suitable for ages 11 and up and anyone who wants a special book, not just for girls.
Jinx will be surprised when she makes friends with some people that she never thought about ever becoming friends with, but she will also be surprised when she gets betrayed by her friends. So don’t hesitate to pick up this book because there is no friend as loyal as a book.
June 19, 2010
I loved reading the sequel to Sara Lawrence’s first novel, High Jinx, this week. Written in the same vein as her previous novel, this time around we follow Jinx on her first foray into the love arena - honest, harsh, bone crunchingly funny, this is a smart book written for smart girls.
Synopsis from the back of the book:
Stagmount School: Where the girls run wild and the teachers cry in the loos.
Jinx Slater returns to school for the most riotous term yet! Will her best friends and parter in crime, Liberty Latiffe, be allowed back? What are the identical Russian triplets up to, and where’s the bloody bursar every time Mrs Bennett needs him?
Stagmount is fast becoming a den of iniquity where you could cut the sexual tension with a knife. Everyone’s in love these days and Jinx is no exception. Can she get her man and save the school?
My Review:
Great covers, and I love the St Trinian’s theme on the back panel, well done Faber and Faber!
Once again Jinx is up to mischief, fighting to enjoy life in a work orientated Brighton boarding school for girls. New and old characters mix to make the second term of Jinx’s Lower Sixth as outrageously scandalous, and fun, as we have come to expect.
The romance aspect takes a back seat to Jinx and her friends, so this book doesn’t feel much different from its predecessor.
I sincerely hope that Ms Lawrence will continue to write of Jinx’s coming of age story in many, many sequels.
Synopsis from the back of the book:
Stagmount School: Where the girls run wild and the teachers cry in the loos.
Jinx Slater returns to school for the most riotous term yet! Will her best friends and parter in crime, Liberty Latiffe, be allowed back? What are the identical Russian triplets up to, and where’s the bloody bursar every time Mrs Bennett needs him?
Stagmount is fast becoming a den of iniquity where you could cut the sexual tension with a knife. Everyone’s in love these days and Jinx is no exception. Can she get her man and save the school?
My Review:
Great covers, and I love the St Trinian’s theme on the back panel, well done Faber and Faber!
Once again Jinx is up to mischief, fighting to enjoy life in a work orientated Brighton boarding school for girls. New and old characters mix to make the second term of Jinx’s Lower Sixth as outrageously scandalous, and fun, as we have come to expect.
The romance aspect takes a back seat to Jinx and her friends, so this book doesn’t feel much different from its predecessor.
I sincerely hope that Ms Lawrence will continue to write of Jinx’s coming of age story in many, many sequels.
December 23, 2010
Sequel to Those Girls. Still good light reading, just not quite as attention keeping as the first. Still an enjoyable read.
May 3, 2021
meh. 3.5. There wasn't a whole lot of a clear storyline. Just wasn't for me
May 4, 2010
I was genuinely shocked when I looked back and saw I gave Those Girls two stars, because ... well ... I don't exactly recall fondly the time I spent reading it. This follow-up starts off a little better, as we don't have the interminable chapters from the grotesquely caricatured teacher's point of view, and the girls do seem to have developed just an inkling of morality. (To be clear, if you regularly read my reviews, you know I am not looking for YA series to be moral in the "family values," sense of the term -- in this case, as I made clear in my review of Those Girls, I just found it genuinely bizarre how much delight the characters appeared to take in the physical torture of others. Also giving lesbian characters the last names "Ho" and "Mo" is quite offensive.)
Anyway, while it has its moments of seeming like it might be okay, Crushworthy rapidly devolves into a grab-bag of meaningless plots and inept pacing (chapters are either five pages long or thirty-plus) that one nearly needs a flow-chart of some kind to sort out. Some plots are brought up and then either nearly or completely forgotten (e.g., what Liv and Charlie are up to, the sensation caused by the new gym teacher, Jinx's titular crush), while others are, as per the first book, dragged on and on only to be resolved in a most unsatisfactory fashion in the last dozen or so pages. This formula of nonsense and slapstick plus a everything's-fine-and-dandy coda would work for a Disney channel original series if they felt inclined to erase out all the f-bombs and vodka-based cocktails.
I generally am not inclined to just bash books, as you know, it's not like I'm out there writing them myself. But in this case you know what? Screw it. I could outwrite this. Admittedly, it's my fault for picking these up -- don't follow the recommendation of an author blurb that comes from an author who isn't real! ("Those Girls are on my A-List" -- Zoey Dean) Obviously someone out there agrees with me, as they axed this series at two books, no matter what the author's blurb claims.
Anyway, while it has its moments of seeming like it might be okay, Crushworthy rapidly devolves into a grab-bag of meaningless plots and inept pacing (chapters are either five pages long or thirty-plus) that one nearly needs a flow-chart of some kind to sort out. Some plots are brought up and then either nearly or completely forgotten (e.g., what Liv and Charlie are up to, the sensation caused by the new gym teacher, Jinx's titular crush), while others are, as per the first book, dragged on and on only to be resolved in a most unsatisfactory fashion in the last dozen or so pages. This formula of nonsense and slapstick plus a everything's-fine-and-dandy coda would work for a Disney channel original series if they felt inclined to erase out all the f-bombs and vodka-based cocktails.
I generally am not inclined to just bash books, as you know, it's not like I'm out there writing them myself. But in this case you know what? Screw it. I could outwrite this. Admittedly, it's my fault for picking these up -- don't follow the recommendation of an author blurb that comes from an author who isn't real! ("Those Girls are on my A-List" -- Zoey Dean) Obviously someone out there agrees with me, as they axed this series at two books, no matter what the author's blurb claims.
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November 17, 2010Jinxed is the sequel to High Jinx by Sarah Lawrence which I thought was fabulous! I've always wanted to go to a boarding school and Jinxed made me want to go to one even more than the first book did! It sounds so fun and girly! A school where everybody knows each other and the little ones look up to the bad-ass big ones ;)
We learn a lot more about the history of the school and more about Jinx too, in this high-spirited sequel; but, to be honest, I wasn't that keen on the plot for this at first, although it sounded very mysterious. The Russian triplets amused me. They sounded quite..odd, but interesting nonetheless! The twist at the end was far from
predictable (says easy to please me) but it was a good ending!
Jinx was a fabulous character in this, as were all the others; lively, energetic and charismatic. One thing I love about all of the girls is that, this goes for High Jinx too, because of all the swearing and alcohol that is written about in the books, you'd think that they were quite a rowdy, snobby, bitchy bunch; but they're actually not, on the outside they all put on this tough, bad girl, posh girl look, but inside they are really sweet and caring.
Sara's writing is fantastic. The characters in are even more likable than in High Jinx and adventures sounded so fun! Outrageously fun and entertaining, Jinxed is something else!
We learn a lot more about the history of the school and more about Jinx too, in this high-spirited sequel; but, to be honest, I wasn't that keen on the plot for this at first, although it sounded very mysterious. The Russian triplets amused me. They sounded quite..odd, but interesting nonetheless! The twist at the end was far from
predictable (says easy to please me) but it was a good ending!
Jinx was a fabulous character in this, as were all the others; lively, energetic and charismatic. One thing I love about all of the girls is that, this goes for High Jinx too, because of all the swearing and alcohol that is written about in the books, you'd think that they were quite a rowdy, snobby, bitchy bunch; but they're actually not, on the outside they all put on this tough, bad girl, posh girl look, but inside they are really sweet and caring.
Sara's writing is fantastic. The characters in are even more likable than in High Jinx and adventures sounded so fun! Outrageously fun and entertaining, Jinxed is something else!
August 26, 2009
Continuation from High Jinx, which describes life for Jinx, Liberty et al at Stagmount during the Spring term. Again, for my taste too much swearing, sexual and drug references for the genre but I'd bought both books together and had to give it another go. On the plus side, Jinx is nicer to Daisy and the main characters are mininmally less self absorbed than before...but stil not good.
July 31, 2011
Jinx Slater comes from a weird family. She has a lot of oddball friends at Stagmount, her school. They include the identical Russian triplets, and her best friend, Liberty Latiffe. It’s spring and everyone’s in love. This book will appeal to teenagers with boy problems and family problems and friend problems. It is funny.
November 21, 2010
Cute, slightly formulaic cozy mystery. A fun quick read.
April 2, 2011
it was for sure a light read, very girly like gossip girl in a british setting second book to those girls.
August 8, 2011
Loved reading from a British author, definitely a fresh way of speaking.
Cute book, but nothing I would read again.
Cute book, but nothing I would read again.
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