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The Debs #2
Love, Lies and Texas Dips
The Debs are back!
Now that her dream of becoming a deb is finally coming true, Laura’s confidence is at an all-time high. But when she dares to mess with Jo Lynn’s football star boyfriend, Dillon, Laura finds herself at the center of some heinous gossip.
As predicted, becoming a deb is a shallow undertaking that Mac can barely muddle through. Still, things go from bad to worse when the new girl at school starts working her charms on Mac’s best friend, Alex. When Ginger’s grandmother asks her to sit for a formal portrait with the son of a local legend, she discovers that she already knows him—and what she knows isn’t good.
The stakes are raised for Jo Lynn when she finds Laura’s digits in Dillon’s cell phone. Is her boyfriend cheating on her with a debu-tank? She will soon find out.
Now that her dream of becoming a deb is finally coming true, Laura’s confidence is at an all-time high. But when she dares to mess with Jo Lynn’s football star boyfriend, Dillon, Laura finds herself at the center of some heinous gossip.
As predicted, becoming a deb is a shallow undertaking that Mac can barely muddle through. Still, things go from bad to worse when the new girl at school starts working her charms on Mac’s best friend, Alex. When Ginger’s grandmother asks her to sit for a formal portrait with the son of a local legend, she discovers that she already knows him—and what she knows isn’t good.
The stakes are raised for Jo Lynn when she finds Laura’s digits in Dillon’s cell phone. Is her boyfriend cheating on her with a debu-tank? She will soon find out.
- GenresYoung AdultHigh School
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Susan McBride
24 books497 followersSusan McBride is the USA Today Bestselling author of Blue Blood and five more award-winning Debutante Dropout Mysteries from HarperCollins, including The Good Girl's Guide To Murder, The Lone Star Lonely Hearts Club, Night Of The Living Deb, Too Pretty To Die, and Say Yes to the Death. Susan has a second bestselling series with HC/Avon, the River Road Mysteries, that include To Helen Back, Mad as Helen, and Not a Chance in Helen. A fourth installment, Come Helen High Water, will be released in 2017.
Walk Into Silence, a thriller featuring Texas police detective Jo Larsen, was named a Kindle First pick for November 2016 and was the #1 paid Kindle bestseller in the US and UK (and #3 in Australia!). Walk a Crooked Line, the second Jo Larsen book, will be released in July 2018 by Thomas & Mercer.
Susan's young adult thriller, Very Bad Things, was released by Random House in 2014. In addition to her mysteries, she has penned three well-received women's fiction titles from HarperCollins: The Truth About Love & Lightning, Little Black Dress, and The Cougar Club. Foreign editions of Susan's books have been published in France, Turkey, Croatia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria.
Susan has one nonfiction title: In the Pink: How I Met the Perfect (Younger) Man, Survived Breast Cancer, and Found True Happiness After 40, which tells her tale of becoming an "accidental Cougar" and marrying a younger man, her cancer diagnosis at age 42, and finding herself pregnant at 47.
She has authored several YA non-mystery novels for Delacorte about debutantes in Houston: The Debs (2008) and Love, Lies, And Texas Dips (2009). Gloves Off, the third book, will be out sometime in the future.
In January of 2012, Susan was named one of St. Louis's "Most Dynamic People of the Year" by the Ladue News. In April of 2012, she was given the "Survivor of the Year" Award by the St. Louis affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. As Susan likes to say, "Life is never boring."
Walk Into Silence, a thriller featuring Texas police detective Jo Larsen, was named a Kindle First pick for November 2016 and was the #1 paid Kindle bestseller in the US and UK (and #3 in Australia!). Walk a Crooked Line, the second Jo Larsen book, will be released in July 2018 by Thomas & Mercer.
Susan's young adult thriller, Very Bad Things, was released by Random House in 2014. In addition to her mysteries, she has penned three well-received women's fiction titles from HarperCollins: The Truth About Love & Lightning, Little Black Dress, and The Cougar Club. Foreign editions of Susan's books have been published in France, Turkey, Croatia, Lithuania, and Bulgaria.
Susan has one nonfiction title: In the Pink: How I Met the Perfect (Younger) Man, Survived Breast Cancer, and Found True Happiness After 40, which tells her tale of becoming an "accidental Cougar" and marrying a younger man, her cancer diagnosis at age 42, and finding herself pregnant at 47.
She has authored several YA non-mystery novels for Delacorte about debutantes in Houston: The Debs (2008) and Love, Lies, And Texas Dips (2009). Gloves Off, the third book, will be out sometime in the future.
In January of 2012, Susan was named one of St. Louis's "Most Dynamic People of the Year" by the Ladue News. In April of 2012, she was given the "Survivor of the Year" Award by the St. Louis affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure. As Susan likes to say, "Life is never boring."
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November 17, 2012
Reviewed by Breanna F. for TeensReadToo.com
Well, they did it. Laura, Mac, Ginger, and (unfortunately) Jo Lynn were four of the handpicked girls to become Rosebud Debutantes of The Glass Slipper Club. But the only thing harder than getting into the GSC is staying in it...
Laura's dream is finally on its way to becoming true! Or at least that's what she thought at first, until an awfully nasty lie was spread around about her by who she can only assume was Jo Lynn or one of her followers. She just seems to keep getting herself into more and more trouble by talking to Dillon and Avery - and Jo Lynn just won't have it anymore. Will this heinous lie get Laura kicked out of the GSC for good?
Mackenzie aka Mac still isn't psyched about becoming a Rosebud. Now that she actually is one, she keeps referring back to her late mother's letters for inspiration and guidance. She especially needs the extra guidance now after realizing how shallow girls can really be, what with the whole Laura and Jo Lynn stuff going on. To top it all off, the new girl in town, Cindy Chow, has her eyes on Mac's oldest pal, Alex, who has always been there for her. Now that he's spending time with Cindy, Mac may be starting to feel a little bit jealous. But will she ever be able to confront Alex about how she thinks she may feel?
Ginger, having finally put what happened with the college boy behind her, is ready to move on to bigger and better things, like of course being a Rosebud, social activism, and fine art. But when her grandmother wants her to sit for a portrait in her gown by the son of a local artist, she realizes that she already knows the guy. And what she remembers isn't good at all. Why, oh why, must she always attract the bad guys? But wait, is he really as bad as Ginger remembers him to be?
All Jo Lynn wants to do is take down Laura once and for all. After finding Laura's number in Dillon's phone, she has just had it. According to Jo Lynn, the girl has to go down. There is no way that Laura is taking Dillon from her, and she sure as heck is not getting back with Avery yet again. She just has to think of the perfect rumor that will get her kicked out of the GSC and ruin her reputation for good.
This is the second book in THE DEBS series, and I have to say that it is amazing! It's even better than the first. In THE DEBS you're introduced to Laura, Mac, Ginger, and Jo Lynn, but this book goes much deeper into their relationships and, of course, there's scandal.
Each chapter draws you more into the story, and each chapter is told by one of the four main characters, so you get a different point of view in each. It's pretty easy to sympathize with Laura, Mac, and Ginger. And Jo Lynn is just a girl you love to hate. She is the perfect bad girl in this story and, despite her witchiness, I love her character.
I'd recommend this to anyone who has read THE DEBS, of course, and for anyone who likes to read about teen girls, relationships, and scandal. I bet if you pick up this book you won't be sorry.
Well, they did it. Laura, Mac, Ginger, and (unfortunately) Jo Lynn were four of the handpicked girls to become Rosebud Debutantes of The Glass Slipper Club. But the only thing harder than getting into the GSC is staying in it...
Laura's dream is finally on its way to becoming true! Or at least that's what she thought at first, until an awfully nasty lie was spread around about her by who she can only assume was Jo Lynn or one of her followers. She just seems to keep getting herself into more and more trouble by talking to Dillon and Avery - and Jo Lynn just won't have it anymore. Will this heinous lie get Laura kicked out of the GSC for good?
Mackenzie aka Mac still isn't psyched about becoming a Rosebud. Now that she actually is one, she keeps referring back to her late mother's letters for inspiration and guidance. She especially needs the extra guidance now after realizing how shallow girls can really be, what with the whole Laura and Jo Lynn stuff going on. To top it all off, the new girl in town, Cindy Chow, has her eyes on Mac's oldest pal, Alex, who has always been there for her. Now that he's spending time with Cindy, Mac may be starting to feel a little bit jealous. But will she ever be able to confront Alex about how she thinks she may feel?
Ginger, having finally put what happened with the college boy behind her, is ready to move on to bigger and better things, like of course being a Rosebud, social activism, and fine art. But when her grandmother wants her to sit for a portrait in her gown by the son of a local artist, she realizes that she already knows the guy. And what she remembers isn't good at all. Why, oh why, must she always attract the bad guys? But wait, is he really as bad as Ginger remembers him to be?
All Jo Lynn wants to do is take down Laura once and for all. After finding Laura's number in Dillon's phone, she has just had it. According to Jo Lynn, the girl has to go down. There is no way that Laura is taking Dillon from her, and she sure as heck is not getting back with Avery yet again. She just has to think of the perfect rumor that will get her kicked out of the GSC and ruin her reputation for good.
This is the second book in THE DEBS series, and I have to say that it is amazing! It's even better than the first. In THE DEBS you're introduced to Laura, Mac, Ginger, and Jo Lynn, but this book goes much deeper into their relationships and, of course, there's scandal.
Each chapter draws you more into the story, and each chapter is told by one of the four main characters, so you get a different point of view in each. It's pretty easy to sympathize with Laura, Mac, and Ginger. And Jo Lynn is just a girl you love to hate. She is the perfect bad girl in this story and, despite her witchiness, I love her character.
I'd recommend this to anyone who has read THE DEBS, of course, and for anyone who likes to read about teen girls, relationships, and scandal. I bet if you pick up this book you won't be sorry.
June 23, 2009
When readers last saw The Debs, they had been handed their invitations to join the Glass Slipper Club, Houston’s most prestigious high society club. The Glass Slipper Club only invites ten girls, whom are dubbed Rosebuds. It ain’t easy getting an invitation. The season last all academic year, culminating with the annual Rosebud Ball.
In Susan McBride’s sequel, The Debs: Loves, Lies, and Texas Dips, the protagonists---Laura, Mac, and Ginger---and their arch nemesis---Jo Lynn—have all received an invitation. School has recently resumed and the girls are eager and anxious.
For the overweight Laura, the invitation is a dream come true. She vows to get in shape and enlists the help of Jo Lynn’s boy toy, Dillion. Laura has a few tricks up her sleeve that doesn’t allow Dillion the opportunity to even think no, much less say it.
The studious Mac isn’t sure about this whole debutante thing, but she’s a legacy, thanks to her late mother. Her mother wanted her to be a Rosebud; Mac will do what it takes to honor her memory.
Ginger is more interested in saving the world than debuting, but when her grandmother offers to have her portrait painted by the grandson of the artist who painted hers, well, he’s awfully cute. Cute enough to turn Ginger’s head.
Jo Lynn hates Laura’s not-so-skinny physique. When she discovers Laura’s cell phone number in Dillion’s cell phone, there will be hell to pay. No one messes to Jo-L’s boy toy. No one. Especially that pig Laura.
Jo Lynn takes the gloves off in this satire of high society. I’d forgotten how mean high school girls could be. In McBride’s best book yet (after five Dropout Debutante Mysteries and two police procedurals), The Debs: Loves, Lies, and Texas Dips gives insight into the twenty-first-century teenager, warts and all. After devouring this wonderfully novel, I’m rethinking about attending my **th high school reunion. I wasn’t crazy about those people back then, why should I want to hang with them now.
review originally appeared on www.armchairinterviews.com
In Susan McBride’s sequel, The Debs: Loves, Lies, and Texas Dips, the protagonists---Laura, Mac, and Ginger---and their arch nemesis---Jo Lynn—have all received an invitation. School has recently resumed and the girls are eager and anxious.
For the overweight Laura, the invitation is a dream come true. She vows to get in shape and enlists the help of Jo Lynn’s boy toy, Dillion. Laura has a few tricks up her sleeve that doesn’t allow Dillion the opportunity to even think no, much less say it.
The studious Mac isn’t sure about this whole debutante thing, but she’s a legacy, thanks to her late mother. Her mother wanted her to be a Rosebud; Mac will do what it takes to honor her memory.
Ginger is more interested in saving the world than debuting, but when her grandmother offers to have her portrait painted by the grandson of the artist who painted hers, well, he’s awfully cute. Cute enough to turn Ginger’s head.
Jo Lynn hates Laura’s not-so-skinny physique. When she discovers Laura’s cell phone number in Dillion’s cell phone, there will be hell to pay. No one messes to Jo-L’s boy toy. No one. Especially that pig Laura.
Jo Lynn takes the gloves off in this satire of high society. I’d forgotten how mean high school girls could be. In McBride’s best book yet (after five Dropout Debutante Mysteries and two police procedurals), The Debs: Loves, Lies, and Texas Dips gives insight into the twenty-first-century teenager, warts and all. After devouring this wonderfully novel, I’m rethinking about attending my **th high school reunion. I wasn’t crazy about those people back then, why should I want to hang with them now.
review originally appeared on www.armchairinterviews.com
June 22, 2009
Laura, Mac, Ginger, and Jo Lynn are finally in. Now they have to figure out how to stay in. Or in Jo Lynn's case how to get some one else kicked out. Jo Lynn refuses to allow Laura any peace of mind and does everything she can to kick her out. She will stop at nothing to get what she wants and nothing is off limits.
Laura, Mac, and Ginger have many other things to worry about other than just Jo Lynn. Laura has to try and fix things with Avery, Mac realizes she might have feelings for her best guy friend, and Ginger once again picked the wrong guy for her.
Will things ever settle down for the Three Amigas? Will Jo Lynn finally give up her grudge against Laura Bell or will she finally succeed in getting Laura kicked out of the Glass Slipper Club?
The second installment of The Debs trilogy was even better than the first. Susan McBride has brought back the wonderful characters from the first book and has even begun to develop some of the more background characters.
The Debs: Love, Lies, and Texas Dips was a wonderful read, full of drama, romance, and even a little bit of mystery. Susan McBride definitely left me guessing as to why Avery is at Jo Lynn's beck and call and why Dillon hasn't been paying that much attention to Jo Lynn lately. You begin to find out a little more about that in this book but it won't be fully clear till March 2010 when the third and final book is released.
Overall, the second Debs book was a wonderfully written follow-up to the first and I am so eager for the third installment. If you are looking for a fun read full of romance, deception, and drama pick up a copy of The Debs: Love, Lies and Texas Dips!
Laura, Mac, and Ginger have many other things to worry about other than just Jo Lynn. Laura has to try and fix things with Avery, Mac realizes she might have feelings for her best guy friend, and Ginger once again picked the wrong guy for her.
Will things ever settle down for the Three Amigas? Will Jo Lynn finally give up her grudge against Laura Bell or will she finally succeed in getting Laura kicked out of the Glass Slipper Club?
The second installment of The Debs trilogy was even better than the first. Susan McBride has brought back the wonderful characters from the first book and has even begun to develop some of the more background characters.
The Debs: Love, Lies, and Texas Dips was a wonderful read, full of drama, romance, and even a little bit of mystery. Susan McBride definitely left me guessing as to why Avery is at Jo Lynn's beck and call and why Dillon hasn't been paying that much attention to Jo Lynn lately. You begin to find out a little more about that in this book but it won't be fully clear till March 2010 when the third and final book is released.
Overall, the second Debs book was a wonderfully written follow-up to the first and I am so eager for the third installment. If you are looking for a fun read full of romance, deception, and drama pick up a copy of The Debs: Love, Lies and Texas Dips!
June 12, 2009
The second installment is definitely a lot more juicier! A piece of deb-a-licious anyone? I know, lame... Love, Lies and Texas Dips was a step up from the first novel and I devoured the Debs... so you know L,L&TD must be good!
The Deb-web gets even more tangled! I seriously don’t know how Jo Lynn finds the time to make Laura’s life a living hell, I mean I know it’s only fiction, but my gosh! The girl needs to get a hobby or something. I really hope she gets what’s coming to her, because she is plain E.V.I.L! I have no soft spot for the girl at all. McBride’s characters are right on, awesomely developed. Expertly depicted.
The writing is fantastic as well, I sat down to read this one and the next think I knew I was finished. I was completely engrossed. It was fast and it was fun! A perfect summer read! Can’t wait to read the next Debs installment!
The Deb-web gets even more tangled! I seriously don’t know how Jo Lynn finds the time to make Laura’s life a living hell, I mean I know it’s only fiction, but my gosh! The girl needs to get a hobby or something. I really hope she gets what’s coming to her, because she is plain E.V.I.L! I have no soft spot for the girl at all. McBride’s characters are right on, awesomely developed. Expertly depicted.
The writing is fantastic as well, I sat down to read this one and the next think I knew I was finished. I was completely engrossed. It was fast and it was fun! A perfect summer read! Can’t wait to read the next Debs installment!
December 14, 2014
Darn!!!! There is a third one and I HAVE to read it......
July 21, 2017
This is the second book in the series. Mac, the reluctant debutante is realizing she has feelings for her best friend, Alex. Unfortunately, she is a little too late as he starts to date the new girl and new debutante, Cindy Chow, who she likes, despite the situation. She tries to stay comforted by her mom’s letters, but is slipping into a bad place emotionally. In contrast, her friend Laura is dealing with a nasty and embarrassing rumor that threatens to push her out of the club, one instigated by her arch rival, Jo Lynn. Jo Lynn is convinced that Laura is making a move on her boyfriend, a suspicion increased when she finds her number in his phone. Ginger is making amends with her grandmother by having a formal portrait painted, but she finds that the artist is someone from her past and this causes trauma leading to a fashion disaster. The group continues with their training, including the dreaded “Texas Dip” curtsy. This was an improvement over the first book, but unfortunately, the third book is in publishing limbo, so the actual debut of the Glass Slippers may never occur.
August 26, 2009
the book Love, Lies, and Texas Dips it comes from four girls Point Of View, Jo Lynn, Laura, Mac, and Ginger. Laura a size 14 girl who has gotten into the Debs has everything she ever dreamed, but when Laura gets caught in a mess that was misunderstood that led to a Myspace scandal she could be saying bye bye to being a Deb forever, Mac a bookworm and Lauras bestfriend has her own problems with a new girl flirting with her guy best friend she shouldnt feel jealous or threatened, so why does she? Ginger who is Mac and Lauras bestfriend who has the secret crush she had on a college student behind her is focusing on the things that truly matter to her: staying in the Debs, hanging out with her friends and art but when she has to sit in for a lengendary artist grandson she realizes she knows things about him and there not pretty things. Jo Lynn who hates Laura with a burning passion will do anything to take the debutank down but when she sees Lauras number in her boyfriend Dillons phone she will do anything to find out the truth.
I think this book is a text-to-text connection because in the book Pretty Little Devils. I think both books have a connection because the group the Pretty Little Devils will do anything to get what they want, Jo Lynn and her crew would sell there souls to the devil if it meant getting rid of Laura and one of the PLD members will do anything and kill anyone to get what they want. Both books show girls doing anything for the guy they want but the diffrence between the books are that the rumor about Laura was started because of a misunderstanding. It's highschool drama and high society problems.
i give this book 5 stars because the drama is awsome and the plots are showing what really happens and what appears to be happening. It's showing Debutantes and that's not really something someone focuses on while zoning in on the drama of normal teenage girls. The drama almost seems like it's from Gossip Girl or the Clique but it's all from Texas. Another reason why I gave it 5 stars is because i can make a movie of it in my head.
I think this book is a text-to-text connection because in the book Pretty Little Devils. I think both books have a connection because the group the Pretty Little Devils will do anything to get what they want, Jo Lynn and her crew would sell there souls to the devil if it meant getting rid of Laura and one of the PLD members will do anything and kill anyone to get what they want. Both books show girls doing anything for the guy they want but the diffrence between the books are that the rumor about Laura was started because of a misunderstanding. It's highschool drama and high society problems.
i give this book 5 stars because the drama is awsome and the plots are showing what really happens and what appears to be happening. It's showing Debutantes and that's not really something someone focuses on while zoning in on the drama of normal teenage girls. The drama almost seems like it's from Gossip Girl or the Clique but it's all from Texas. Another reason why I gave it 5 stars is because i can make a movie of it in my head.
July 6, 2009
As someone who never read the first book of this series, this book was relatively easy to follow and I was able to find quickly where the book was heading. The book was well-written, relatively detailed, and easy to follow. However, the ending was something I did not care for much. It left you knowing nothing of what had happened and left so many things unanswered and/or unknown.
From reading this book, it seems that it is not so much about the girls getting into the GSC rather than trying to find a way to stay in it as they have specific rules they must obide by. Laura does everything she can to stay in the GSC while Jo Lynn Bidwell is bound and determined to make Laura Bell pay for everything she has ever done, specifically by trying to get Laura kicked out of the GSC. A rumor gets spread about Laura, which does tend to get the GSC selection committee review Laura Bell's status in the GSC. Laura thinks she knows who started the rumor, but has no definitive proof of it.
From reading this book, it seems that it is not so much about the girls getting into the GSC rather than trying to find a way to stay in it as they have specific rules they must obide by. Laura does everything she can to stay in the GSC while Jo Lynn Bidwell is bound and determined to make Laura Bell pay for everything she has ever done, specifically by trying to get Laura kicked out of the GSC. A rumor gets spread about Laura, which does tend to get the GSC selection committee review Laura Bell's status in the GSC. Laura thinks she knows who started the rumor, but has no definitive proof of it.
December 30, 2009
This was the second book in The Debs series and I liked it just as much as the first. The characters are still likable. Now that they're all in the Glass Slipper Club, they've got to stay in, despite Jo Lynn's best efforts to get Laura out. I still don't understand Jo Lynn's vendetta against Laura or what she is holding over Avery's head to keep him in line. The rest of the girls were still interesting, though with 4 main characters, I never felt like we were getting enough of anyone's story. I guess that's why there is another book! I really felt like this book was just setting up the next book, which was a little annoying, but it does make me excited for the next one. :)
July 8, 2009
Like the first one of these books, I probably enjoyed this one out of proportion to what it is. But some days, you want an easy read that's not horribly written. Both this series and the Gossip Girl books have the benefit of being about a certain kind of upbringing about which I am completely ignorant, which is fun. But both series also move forward soap-opera slowly: this book covered about 10 days. Anyway, I'll keep reading them as they come out, probably passing them on to Susan and then Elizabeth, if either of you are interested.
June 24, 2009
This second book in the Debs series is much like the first - the girls are interesting, but the plot is very short, and felt very cut-off at the end, much like a cliffhanger at the end of a tv show episode. In fact, it would probably be easier to read these books if you view them as just that - episodes in a larger story arch.
I won this book in one of the Goodreads giveaways, so thanks to the author for my copy. :)
I won this book in one of the Goodreads giveaways, so thanks to the author for my copy. :)
January 2, 2013
I wanted these books to be good I really did. They only get interesting 10 or so pages from the end. The rest is back biting annoying mean girl fluff. There is no story arc completed in the book what so ever, just left on a cliff hanger. Mean girl does mean thing, other girls deal with mean thing, mean thing reaches adults, other girls prepare to met with adults, end of book. No resolutions, incomplete book.
July 30, 2009
This is the second in the series and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Took me back to high school. Also read the first one. Now I have to wait for the third to find out how everything turns out for the Texas debs.
April 27, 2011
This turned out to not be my type of book, so I passed it on to my niece. I had read this author in the past, as she had an adult mystery series, but this was YA romance which doesn't appeal to me. My niece liked it, tho.
October 19, 2010
can you say catty? this series is so funny i love it
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