Honey Blonde Chica

Reader reviewed by TruBlu93

High school is packed with everything from hate filled drama and frivolous parties between the best and worst of friends. At Villanueva high school, there is no exception to that statement, especially if your name is Evelina Evie Gomez.

Evie Gomez, Dela Dee Dee de LaFuentes, and Raquel Diaz have been best friends since before they can remember. Unfortunately, after the death of Dee Dees beloved mother, Margaret de LaFuentes, Dee Dee and her dad moved back from the sunny hills of California to Mexico, leaving all they once knew behind.

Four years later, without much of a warning, the de LaFuentes move back to resume their once lost life at Rio Estates. But, not all things go back as there were. Dee Dee now has a step mom and goes by her full name, Dela. Raquel and Evie cant believe their eyes. Who is this blonde haired, heel wearing Dela who calls herself their friend? She looks more like a Sangro to them. The Sangros are a group of fun-loving, high-heeled, hair-streaked, girls who go to school with them. They were actually born and raised in Mexico once before and wear it with pride. The Flojos on the other hand, get their name from their laid-back attitudes and branded flip-flops.
Raquel and Dee Dee get into it right away and Evie is caught in the middle. She doesnt know who to side with, her best friend Dela from years ago or her current bestie Raquel. She is so so confused. When she hesitates to back up Raquel, Raquel makes that decision for her and shuts both Evie and Dela from her life. Now, Evie spends her time with Dela and the Sangros, does that make her a traitor to her fellow Flojos?

Evie quickly adapts to the Sangros way of life, but is that what she really wants? She doesnt know what to do anymore, especially after what happened at Natalias birthday party. Evie feels like shes back to square one again, will anything ever work out? Like thats not enough for her to deal with, Alex, one of the Flojos she still talks to, starts giving her mixed emotions then after Natalias party, every for them just seems to go down hill. What precisely is a chica to do?

This is a really great book which teaches you about friendship. The author did a great job with such a story line that Im sure we can all relate to. I would recommend it to everyone 13+ Also, to fans of the Social Climber series by Lauren Mechling and Laura Moser. They definitely share some common qualities.