The Lip Gloss Chronicles Bk. 2:
Splitsville
by Shelia M. Goss

    SPLITSVILLE by Shelia M. Goss
    Category:  Contemporary
    Age Recommendation:  Grades 9+
    Release Date:  10/1/09
    Publisher:  Urban Books
    Reviewed by:  Jaglvr
    Rating:  4 Stars


    SPLITSVILLE is Volume 2 in THE LIP GLOSS CHRONICLES.  In the first book, the reader gets a glimpse
    inside the life of Britney.  For SPLITSVILLE, the reader now gets to know more about Jasmine, Britney’s friend
    from THE ULTIMATE TEST, and the girl who DJ Johnson was bothering.

    Jasmine’s life is out of control these days.  She’s practically failing geometry, so she engages Cecil as her tutor.  DJ
    is still on her case at school.  She interacted with TallandFly on the Internet and now he won’t stop texting and
    calling her.  And last, but certainly not least, her parents are constantly fighting and it looks like they’re headed for
    divorce.

    Thankfully, Jasmine has her friends.  They insist on accompanying her to the mall to meet the boy from the Internet.  
    They stand by her side when DJ gets in her face again.  They tell her she’s being too tough on Cecil, her tutor, who
    obviously has a crush on her.  And they help her out when she gets her parents to agree to go on a new reality show
    that offers marriage counseling,  Situation Number Nine.

    As the reader can imagine, with all of these things going on, something is bound to happen.  But I’m not one to give
    away such exciting plot twists.  You’ll just have to pick up SPLITSVILLE for yourself and find out what happens to
    Jasmine!

    This second installment of the series continues the story of Jasmine, Britney, and Sierra nicely.  It’s easy to pick up
    from where the first novel left off.  And if you’re discovering THE LIP GLOSS CHRONICLES for the first time,
    you’ll easily figure out all of the characters.  It was also nice to see a different point of view in this novel as
    compared to THE ULTIMATE TEST.   

    To continue the story…Volume 3 of the series, PAPER THIN, was released in February 2010.