A Kiss Before Dying

This book is an excellent conclusion to the Rivalries mini-series. The plot is a "West Side Story" type thing, but with a touch of originality. I love the reality of it - the guys' macho attitudes when they're as a group etc. This book made me cry, it's written so well. The plot is believable and written with such conviction that it is all quite moving. One of the best SVH books ever.

One of my favorites, it's the kind of book that leaves you crying through out the story but smiling at the end, the author makes the characters seem very real that you can't help but feel their loss and cry their tears. Jessica and Christian would've been great together, that is, if the author hadn't gone a killed the poor guy, but i guess that's what makes SweetValley books special, they don't always have a happy ending which makes it seem more like real life. If i could give it a ten thumbs-up i would. Definitely deserves 5 stars.

This book is sooo sad because Jessica is in love with a guy from Palisade high and because there is a war between SVH and PH no one understood that this was a real love, no matter of war between schools. It's just like Romeo and Juliett. I cried in the end of the book, when Christian's mother came to see Jessica and when Jess won the surf competition and told everybody that she won it for Christian Gorman. I really loved that book.

I thought it was a really sad book because Jess is in love with Christain Gorman who's from Palaside but Jess already has a boyfriend Ken Matthews and there is a war between the two schools because they keep beating Sweet Valley Gladiators by cheating.It was not only a really sad but this book made me cry because Christain dies at the end because he's trying to stop the fight between Sweet Valley and Palasides.

I really enjoyed this book. It was suspensful and very powerful. It had a strong message against violence and gangs and this book was so sad. I loved it.