Sweet Little Lies by Lauren Conrad

Ok, so in the review that I wrote for Lauren Conrad’s L.A. Candy, I warned readers that there would be a cliffhanger ending. Of course I had to get Sweet Little Lies from the library to see how the story would continue. When we left off, Jane’s love life was in shambles and her friendship with Scarlett was on the rocks. To make matters worse, we knew that Madison was up to no good.

The story picks up there with more of exactly what you would expect, Scarlett reads books that Conrad herself has probably never heard of, Jane uses her bad judgment and naivety to get herself into bad situations and Madison schemes for ways to try to get attention. I’m expecting the next book to contain more information about Madison’s dark past that is hinted at.

It is a little bit worrisome to think that Jane Roberts is frequently referred to as being the most relatable of the four girls on the L.A. Candy series, not because I don’t think she is closest to representing the typical 20 year old American girl, but because I think she might actually be. Sweet Little Lies offers some really fantastic examples of how a relationship can be abusive without a woman actually being beaten. I guess I just think that it is unfortunate that women keep putting themselves in these situations to the extent that it becomes the experience of the “average” girl.

Luckily, readers won’t be left with and ending quite as suspenseful as the first book in the series, although Conrad hints at future story lines, I won’t be losing any sleep over these loose ends.