Jessica Darling's It List: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Popularity, Prettiness & Perfection

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Bridget starts off as a nice girl but that quickly changes once she realizes how pretty she is and how she can use it to her advantage. Enter older sister Bethany and her "It List," meant to help Jessica uphold "The Darling Domination of Popularity. If you know a young reader entering middle school, think about how fun it will be to get her started on Jessica Darling now and gradually introduce her to the other books as she grows older. Yet as Jessica's sister confides in her a huge secret to do with school, Jess realises she maybe doesn't have it as bad as she thinks.

This book takes you back to the seventh grade year of Jessica Darling and introduces you to all of the major players in the original series. I completely understood Jessica’s need to impress her older sibling and find ways to have her interested in her life in any way she could (even if it meant telling a little lie. There are some scenes that had me sitting there laughing out loud and my husband staring at me like I was off my rocker. I just felt like her (Jessica) vocabulary was limiting and almost elementary like, even though she was 12 or 13.

and can we not forget that this shit doesn't happen in middle school like the hell, we didn't have no such thing as quads and the cheer team is just dumb as hell. Part of this is explained in an early conversation between Jessica and Bethany where her older sister points out that popular people are too busy being popular to keep a journal – ironic given that’s exactly what Jessica ends up doing. Change country: -Select- Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cyprus Czech Republic Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Democratic Republic of the Congo Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji Finland French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guernsey Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iraq Israel Jamaica Japan Jersey Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Croatia Republic of the Congo Reunion Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Vincent and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands South Africa South Korea Sri Lanka Suriname Svalbard and Jan Mayen Swaziland Sweden Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda United Arab Emirates United Kingdom Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam Virgin Islands (U. And maybe just maybe, some parents out there are Jessica Darling fans and have children that are old enough to be introduced to the series themselves. Also like that her best friend Brittney has one of those overnight transitions where she becomes beautiful and popular but for the most part, she really doesn’t let that change her too much (she does end up with a boyfriend at the very end and her relationship with Jessica clearly changes but none of that is depicted as bad.

While this book didn’t completely wow me like the first book in this series, it was still a solid read and I continue reading the next book in this series. Despite being given very bad advice, Jessica discovers that being true to her own values is the best path to follow. I'm envious of all the young girls who will get a chance to grow up with Jessica from the beginning, but I hope they fall in love with the series the way I did. The worst part about the nastiness Manda and Sara and Dori and Bridget were spreading about each other?The middle school years especially are a time of transition where friendships come and go, and many BFFs are actually trying to climb on top of one another up the social ladder.

Jessica at twelve is not afraid to try new things, and she doesn't really realize yet that she might be an odd duck when it comes to her smarts and her ideas.It was so good to see a humorous Jessica that is not so cynical and jaded by all the years, as you see by the end of book 5. For those of you who have not read the Sloppy Firsts/Jessica Darling series, I urge you to do so immediately, and for those of you who have already read the SF/JD series, you will understand my pure, unadulterated, utter, blissful, mondo joy at reading this book and re-entering the head of Miss Jessica Notso Darling. The IT List instructions from her sister, Bethany, and an epic slumber party may help Jessica secure her spot in the cool clique, but does she even want it? And I wasn't expecting anything of Sloppy Firsts or Second Helpings calibre, I was happy with what it was. A sweet start to what is definitely going to be a hilarious and authentic series, Jessica Darling’s IT List is one that I am sure people of all ages will be able to love.