Frenemies Bk. 2: Faketastic
by Alexa Young

    FAKETASTIC by Alexa Young
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 6+
    Release Date:  1/6/09
    Publisher:  HarperTeen
    Reviewed by:  Jaglvr
    Rating:  5 Stars


    When we left Halley and Avalon, they were back to being BFFs.  

    Now that they are best friends again, Halley and Avalon are back to confiding in each other and making awesome
    plans.  They have taken Style Snarks and created their own web page, now that they have been disqualified from the
    school’s web contest.

    Soon, Avalon comes to Halley asking for help.  The cheerleading squad wants to compete in a regional competition.  
    The only problem is that they need twenty girls on the team - the squad currently only has ten girls.  The solution is to
    convince the gymnastics team to merge with the cheerleaders.  Avalon needs Halley to help convince the gymnasts to
    join the squad.  Begrudgingly, Halley does, and the two groups become one.  But Brianna, the captain of the squad, is
    floundering and unable to bring the two together.

    The two girls hatch a plot to get Avalon voted as the new captain.  They will act like frenemies again, with Halley
    undermining everything that Brianna suggests.  And then, when the time is right, Halley will nominate Avalon as the
    new captain.

    In return for Halley’s help, Avalon will reroute Sofee’s attention away from Wade so that Halley and Wade can get
    some alone time to ignite the sparks that have been flying between the two of them.

    The plan starts to go so well that soon Avalon and Halley can’t tell what’s real and what’s pretend.  It seems like the
    two are on a collision course to becoming frenemies again.

    FAKETASTIC was a much snarkier read than FRENEMIES.  The two girls have such an evil friendship going, it’s
    certainly true that you should keep your friends close, but your enemies even closer!!

    Ms. Young leaves the reader hanging and wanting more, waiting for the next installment, GLAMNESIA, coming in
    July 2009.