Reviewed by Beverly J. Rowe, MyShelf.Com
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Gossip Girl is an exciting young adult novel of the world of the privileged and elite young women who have it all. It's risqué, sassy, upbeat, stylish, chic, classy and will definitely hold the interest of older teens. An anonymous narrator, "Gossip Girl", tells the story. These girls live in Upper New York, have their own bedrooms, bathrooms, phone lines, and bank accounts. Their parents are the trendy, social upper class.

The high-stakes intrigue played out among these girls is fascinating. It is well written in today's teen vernacular, with intense feeling, and a plot that will keep you reading.

The book also presents some behavior as the norm and as acceptable that parents might find objectionable. The teens in the story smoke, drink liquor, and indulge in promiscuous sexual relationships throughout the book, and it seems to meet with their parents' approval, or at least they do not seem to disapprove, nor offer any criticism, even when these behaviors are in the presence of the parents.