It Girl Bk. 8: Adored
by Cecily von Ziegesar

    ADORED by Cecily von Ziegesar
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  6/1/09
    Publisher:  Poppy
    Reviewed by:  Jaglvr
    Rating:  5 Stars


    I have to admit, the IT GIRL series is one of those guilty pleasures that I have.  I can’t help myself when I know
    another release is forthcoming.  So, I eagerly sat myself down the other night when I had ADORED, the eighth
    installment in the series, in my hands.

    The crew has returned from Thanksgiving break and has to buckle down to get ready for finals.  As with all the
    books in the series, ADORED only covers a couple of weeks in the lives of the gang at Waverly.  All the players
    are back, and they’ve all got drama going on.

    Callie is recently single, after having broken things off with Easy in INFAMOUS.  She’s on the prowl for a new
    beau, but it seems that the pickings are slim at Waverly.  Everything changes when she spies an unknown hottie in
    the cafeteria.

    Tinsley is back together with Julian, thanks to Yvonne Stidder’s party in New York City.  But now Tinsley has
    nagging thoughts that Julian may have lost his virginity already.  He’s only a freshman!  And all Tinsley can do is
    picture Julian with…Jenny!

    Jenny has become a small celebrity on campus.  A group of freshman girls are filming her for a documentary for their
    class.  The freshmen want to see how someone in the “in” crowd lives.  But having a camera in her face at all hours
    is turning into a nightmare.

    Brett is spreading herself too thin.  After the senior prefect goes missing in action, the faculty comes to Brett and
    “asks” her to spearhead the Secret Santa program.  And then, as if that wasn’t enough, she gets suckered into
    organizing the Holiday Ball.  How is she going to fit in studying for finals on top of those responsibilities?

    And, as always, Heath Ferro is up to his old tricks.  He’s taken the Secret Santa and turned it into a Secret Satan
    event.  The campus has gone crazy with dirty and sexy gifts rather than the old traditional ones.  And let’s just say
    that when a cop turns up in a classroom, emotions are going to boil over!  {I laughed out loud at the crazy presents
    poor Brandon Buchanan receives!}

    ADORED does not disappoint in all the craziness, mayhem, and hi-jinx that we have come to love.  There was
    definitely some laugh-out-loud moments with this installment! With some of the content in this one, the age 15 and
    up notation on the back of the cover is a good guide.