For insights and commentary from other readers, be sure to check out the reviews on each book's page. They're still beautiful and rich and savvy no matter what, and they'll always get what they want eventually. She also culled events from the book from the lives of her extremely wealthy friends, as well as her own life as a perpetual gossip. Many of the books focus on characters like Blair, Serena, and Nate, and their tangled web of relationships and adventures around New York City and beyond to places like L. While the core premise and characters remain similar, the show does deviate from the books in various ways to better suit the television format.

Nate smokes large amounts of marijuana and is sent to a rehabilitation center after being caught purchasing the drug during the book series. and it's hard for me to rate this as it objectively should be rated, given that there are things in here that are just plain bad. While the love triangle continues in these books, Nate eventually ends up with one of the two at the end of high school as the three prepare for the new chapters in their life: attending college.The stories of the girls, such as Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen, are told by a blogger by the name of Gossip Girl. Yk the parts you fast forward bc it doesn’t have ur favourite characters in the scene or it’s a completely unnecessary scene u know u don’t have to watch but will acknowledge happened? Anyway, those pages don't really advance the action, but they do give them a chance to drop a few more brand names. But, reading about celebrity-types is one of my guilty pleasures and maybe, just maybe, I’ll read the rest of the books in the series, to see if the TV show matches up. I would never disparage a teenager for reading it, but I might also encourage her to try well written – but still very fun – books like Lola Douglas’ Hollywood Starlet series.

Set in glamorous New York City the narrative takes a voyeuristic look into the troubled, raw and indulgent lives of Upper East Side's finest. The Gossip Girl universe was born in 2002 when the first of the Gossip Girl books was published, and by the end of its run, Cecily von Ziegesar's sizzling young adult series included 13 books. In the show, Vanessa has long black hair that she styles in various way, but in the book, Vanessa is actually bald! Nate's interest in Serena causes conflict between her and her frenemy, Blair, who is also Nate's girlfriend. A slasher parody reworking of the first book of the series, turning Blair and Serena into serial killers.Set in New York the narrative takes a voyeuristic look into the troubled, raw and indulgent lives of Manhattan's super-rich. Plans to depict "Chip" as a Rhythm Gymnast were also cut, due to the overtly feminine nature of the sport. That is, until he lays eyes on Serena, who is now an A-list movie star, and is more confused than ever. Nate is still stuck in a period of indecision as to who he truly loves and by the end of the book and series a series of events plays out that will settle once and for all who is right for each other. I tried to study the Gossip Girl books for clues as to how to win over my new classmates, but as I was neither descended from debutantes nor in possession of a Juicy Couture tracksuit, the Gossip Girl books were as foreign to me as they might have been to anyone reading them in Nebraska.