Downstairs, Upstairs

Rating:
Summary: Cool Series
Review: I really like this Elizabeth series. I read the regular Sweet Valley High for a long time, then the spin offs Senior Year and Sweet Valley Junior High. I started reading this series and now I am hooked. In one day I bought #3,4,5,6. I'm pretty sure that this is #4.

The story revolves around Elizabeth Wakefield who moved to London after a big fight with her twin sister Jessica and her parents. Elizabeths hopes of attending the University of London on the full scholarship were dashed when she learned that she had not responded to the deadline on time. By chance Elizabeth is hired as a scullery maid for the Earl of Pennington and falls
in love with his son Max. But Max is getting married to the horrible Lavinia in two months, and as a royal he would never be allowed to date a commoner, Elizabeth. The books just follow each other as this storyline keeps going.

Really entertaining books for light reading, I recommend them to girls ages 13-16.

Rating:
Summary: A Good Book
Review: I was very tolerant of these series, but they are really getting kind of boring. It was great that Max and Liz had their small moment together, but overall this book, these series really, is just not realistic, with all the "aristocrats" and all. But it makes for listless reading if you feel like reading. Well, I'm still looking forward to the next book.

Rating:
Summary: Downstairs, Upstairs
Review: Max makes his move in this installment of the series...but will it lead anywhere? Vanessa continues on her quest, but is unsuccessful...Lavinia parades her wedding dress & extraordinary veil, to Liz's dismay, and everyone awakes the next day to find the veil slashed and ruined! Elizabeth is accused, but will someone save her before she is deported? The superficial sister Sarah has her sights set on another dog, classmate William. The book moves slower than previous books.

Rating:
Summary: Downstairs, Upstairs
Review: Max makes his move in this installment of the series...but will it lead anywhere? Vanessa continues on her quest, but is unsuccessful...Lavinia parades her wedding dress & extraordinary veil, to Liz's dismay, and everyone awakes the next day to find the veil slashed and ruined! Elizabeth is accused, but will someone save her before she is deported? The superficial sister Sarah has her sights set on another dog, classmate William. The book moves slower than previous books.

Rating:
Summary: GOOD, but a bit slow
Review: Ok, first of all I would like to say that this book was just a bit like the others so far. Where Vanessa is still continuing looking for proof that she is actually the earl's daughter, while Elizabeth & Max still has eyes for eachother never wanting to look away from one another, and Sarah who is still having little puppy loves, though she is no longing with Nick whom she found out what his REAL personality realy is like. She now has eyes on William,a boy that also attends her school. The only realy big event that happened in here was where Max could no longer take it and had the biggest urge to kiss Elizabeth. She knew it was wrong herself to wanna do the same, but in the end she gave in. They had the most passionate, dreamy kiss. But it cut short when they heard an angry voice coming near which was Lavinia's, the fincee of Max. So this was a good book but just a bit slow. Hopefully it will speed up a bit.

Rating:
Summary: Easy read
Review: This book is a fast read. It is enjoyable, but superficially so. Max finally succumbs and kisses Elizabeth. However Sarah, the spoiled brat, hates Elizabeth for spying on her and conspires with that annoying twit Victoria, against Liz. Liz is forced to spy by the Lord. (She is only the scullery maid with no other home or connections.) I like James Leer and Vanessa. They interact finally and that was the best part of the novel. Max is torn between the traditional conflict: duty and desire. Max is getting annoying. Make up your mind already!! While his desire is whetted by the kiss, duty still overrides and he is still going to marry Lavinia, who is shown even more to be a big, big , witch. (please think of the other rhyming and alliterative word.) These books are like I said, easy and fast, and superficially enjoyable.