Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl #1)

Reader reviewed by boobookitten

OK, so it is filled with the lives of teenagers who live their lives as if they were in their early to mid 20s with wild and crazy abandon.  True!  With that aside, it is juicy, well written and non-violent.  The characters, whether you like them or not have been deeply developed.  I am 40.  In my day, the juicy books that my parents may not have wanted me to read were sneakily read anyway.  Period.  As was a lot of my own underage drinking, smoking, sex and other stuff.  If you look at me now though, you'd never guess that.  I went through that stuff and turned out ok.

Parents- you might want to read them.  Not to forbid them- good luck!  But to know what your kids will read, and frankly because they were deliciously addicting!  I loved them.  And since I know what's in them, I can talk to my daughter about the stuff inside.  I found myself remembering the corresponding people at my high school and identifying me (a cross of Vanessa and Jenny) as well.  I give the entire Gossip Girl series a 5 star thumbs up!

Reader reviewed by Agustina Gonzalez

Cruel. Hot. Jealousy. Betrayal. And anonymous. Are the words to explain this book. Gossip Girl is a guilty pressure. Every page informs a dangerous and yet fun side of the Upper East Side.

There is Blair Waldorf, the poor little rich snobby girl that only has one thing in her mind, to have sex with her boyfriend, Nate Archibald. But they are interrupted by the arrival of Serena van der Woodsen, Blairs long-time best friend who left one year ago to attend boarding school. Blair is not very thrilled to see her, not wanting to give up her spotlight as being the IT" girl. Later she finds out that Serena and Nate had sex before Serena left.

Serena being ignore from her friends joins the school plays and meets Dan Humphrey, the lovesick boy, has been crushing on Serena his pre-teen. Vanessa Abrams, best friend of Dan and secretly has a crush one Dan, too. And Jenny Humphrey, Dans younger sister.

Through the book an anonymous blogger, known as Gossip Girl blogs delicious gossip about these teenagers. The book contains some fictional, yet reality.

Reader reviewed by chrisite

this is the most scandoulous book ive ever read.i love blair shes my favorite.so the main characters are blair serena and nate.blair and serena are former best friends.serena always was the upper popular girl but then she did something really bad and left manhattan with out telling anyone.therefore blair is left to be in command with her boyfriend nate.but blair doesnt know that nate was with serena and that her best friend betryaed her.but then serena comes back,blairs threatned and nate leaves her for serena...

Reader reviewed by emmynoodle

Gossip Girl is a story of two girls that were friends and are slowly becoming rivals. When one of the girls tries to take the others man-it turns nasty! Blair is madly in love with Nate and Nate feels the same way about Blair! Who will get the man and win it all, and maybe get some revenge? Read Gossip Girl and find out!!

Reader reviewed by Desiree Mobley

This book is the very first Gossip Girl in the series and i tell you these books are amazing!!!

Reader reviewed by Alyssa

After hearing excellent reviews on the Gossip Girl Book Series I decided to pick it up and see for myself what all the gossip was about. The book and the remainder of books in the series that I have already read have been all I expected and more. The books concentrate on the lives of a group of teens living the life on the Upper East Side of New York City. They shop at the finest stores, go to the most incredible parties and attend the most expensive schools. But there lives arent all that easy, they are faced with most of the challenges that regular teens in high schools everywhere face, getting into the best colleges, looking good, relationships, drinking, drugs and there home lives.
The first book in the series starts off with Serena, one of the groups friends returning from a boarding school that she had been attending for the past year. Blair the it girl, after Serena was gone, is very upset about the return of her best friend and begins to spread vicious rumors around the school along with her boyfriend Nate. I wont tell you all about it youll have to read about the gossip in the book. The story is told by an anonymous Gossip Girl that posts some rumors in a column every now and again. This book along with the others in the series are anything but boring, as they focus on these rich kids living the incredible life the action is extremely suspenseful. This series is surprisingly unlike any book I have read on this subject. It gets inside the kids lives and shows the things that you may not expect from this bunch of kids, but youll need to read it to find out what all the gossip is about.

Reader reviewed by Emily TT

If you're into mindlessly fun and juicy teen novels welcome to paradise. If you're into un-superficial novels do not pick up this book. Repeat do not pick up this book.
If you love gossip, hookups, betrayal, lies and secrets in books pick up this book.
In a way, the mysterious Gossip Girl has biting wit. In a way.
The plot is that Serena, Blair's former best friend comes back from boarding school. All her former friends are acting a tad icy to her.
But Serena did something very bad with Blair's stoner boyfriend Nate (kind of a wimp) in 10th grade. And when Blair finds out, well she really doesn't like Serena.
Juicy.
Read the books and watch the show,
Emily TT

Reader reviewed by Kate

The Clique books used to be what I would read for this sort of thing--- but I really felt like I outgrew them. So I picked up Gossip Girl. Wow-- what an improvement! The quality of writing is much better, and I am very addicted to them!! There are scandals, heartbreak,and of course, gossip :) All these ingredients are put together for a very exciting and light read. It's definitely not very thought-provoking or life-changing material, but it is surely fun and entertaining. I love the series!

Reader reviewed by Lauren

Gossip Girl is about the lives of six people who go to the same private school. Blair is a B***h who gets what she wants-most of the time. She is mad whan serene comes back- Serane is her ex best friend. Serane is back after a sudden leave to go to barding schol. Nate is Blair's boyfriend who has a majoior secret he is hiding form Blair. Dan is the guy no one knows. He is friend's with Vanesse who is an espiring flim dircter. Then there's Jenny - Dan's sister- who is know for her dd boobes. This a book you so should read 'cause -one word- gossip!

Reader reviewed by Mary

This book was amazing! It was such a dirty, guilty book to read it almost made me feel bad for loving it so much. Almost. Also it made me feel better about the way I live my life & how I wouldn't do half the things that these people my age are doing. It's crazy! I think that anyone wishing to get out of their own life should read this book. like I said before... this book was amazing! READ IT!