The Fowlers of Sweet Valley

[stellanova]

I am about half-way through my recap of the final part of the Rivalries mini-series, the ominously titled A Kiss Before Dying, but daniellafromage's excellent Wakefields of Sweet Valley has inspired me to repost the recap of The Fowlers of Sweet Valley, which I posted on my own LJ a year or two ago.

Comments

[loubeelou]

Awesome recap :)

But... Isabelle and Jacques got married and had sex before Isabelle ended up with Charles. There's something vaguely incestuous about their grandchildren (George and Grace) getting married and having sex. I'm not entirely sure about where the incestuousness actually fits in, but I'm sure there's something dodgy about that? :)

[roseability_]

It's all technically legal, just creepy as hell. Nobody is related by blood.

[comava]

Really? Because if George is a descendant of Isabelle and Jacques, and Grace is descended from Isabelle and Charles aren't they distantly related? Or did Isabelle only have the one child with Jacques? Which would be sort of odd because this book mainly went down the maternal line so you'd think Grace and Isabelle would have some connection. Am I thinking about this too much?

[stellanova]

No, Lila didn't have any children with Charles - it was a secret marriage and they only had sex once without any secret babies as a result!

[whataboutjen]

that famed SVH novel 'Don't Go Home with John' (by the way, when I lived with my friend John, that book was displayed on our mantlepiece adorned with a post-it above the title, on which John had written "There is no reason that anyone would ever say or even think..." which was pretty funny. Anyway!).

I lolled.

[stellanova]

Heh, so did I when I came into my then sitting room and saw the mantlepiece display for the first time!

[_ocelott_]

Man, these writers try way to hard to draw parallels and tie everything all in together. Family trees are not neat and tidy. And I concur, the book would have been much more interesting if Lili had become a prostitute.

[stellanova]

It really is the obvious career progression. And I think the most laboured parallel is the Bruce Patman-esque character who just happens to be called Bruce in the Wakefields of Sweet Valley...

[daniellafromage]

This is FABULOUS. You've inspired me to read the book myself! Great recap!

[crazycatlady]

Cinderella, Lili's daughter, was named Celeste and she fell in love with Lord Fopsalot under a pear tree, I believe.

I <3 the Fowlers.