Sweet Valley Saga II Magna Edition: The Wakefield Legacy: The Untold Story (Part One)

[daniellafromage]

Here we go! The sequel to The Wakefields of Sweet Valley is sadly not as awesome as that book, and I spent much of my time reading this letting out gloomy sighs. I mean, I loved the last book. But this is like...you know when Rachel started dating Russ on Friends and everyone but her could see that Russ was just an even dorkier version of Ross, but

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[gingersnaps15]

Great recap! Love all the references, and I totally lol'ed.

[daniellafromage]

Thanks - I'm glad you liked it. :)

[schmandalous]

"vigilantes of love" is totes going to be in my next icon post.

[daniellafromage]

Ooh, you're making more? I can't wait!

[esc_key]

1. Wuthering Heights was published in 1847. By 1866, Emily Bronte was definitely more than "someone". If nothing else, she'd be known as literary superstar Charlotte Bronte's sister, thanks to Gaskell's popular 1857 biography.
2. Bronte lived on the other side of Yorkshire, nowhere near Wakefield - much more than "a few miles".
3. And the reference is so gratuitous, anyway, given that it was published almost twenty years before this book begins. If anything, they'd be chatting about the new Wilkie Collins.
4. Wuthering Heights sucks. Sorry, dudes. It had to be said. I'm a Jane Eyre girl.
Aha. I love this entire aside. It's like my English major crack. Go team Jane!

James gets angry and crashes his horse into a stone wall. He's thrown from the horse and dies instantly. Quick, check his punch-cup for traces of vodka!
OMG. That's too much. I'm dying laughing. I'm also pretty sure horses don't just crash into stone walls because the rider is angry. They're sort of sentient unlike cars driven by magical vodka drinkers.

Theodore buys a

[daniellafromage]

Oh, man, your knowledge of Buffy trivia has pwned mine! You have sunk my battleship!

And it's amazing how some things really don't change. So many of my reactions in the above post (wanting to marry the German chick and be a wealthy aristocrat, hoping that Sarah lies about her marriage) were reactions I remember having when I was nine as well. I guess we're all just stuck in permanent childhood limbo when it comes to Sweet Valley!

[anonymous]

Things I know about Cleveland: 1) There's a Hellmouth situated there; 2) That's everything I know about Cleveland.
Everyone loves this line. And so do I. Daniellafromage, I love you!

[dirtywingsgirl]

Cough. That was me. It seems I forgot to sign in.

[daniellafromage]

You flirt! :P

[loubeelou]

Wicked recap. Not enough of Swedish Alice though. :) Stupid book.

The complete personality change of Theodore is such crap. So is all the lies Sarah tells, even though she's rather cool. I didn't know San Francisco was so far from San Diego. Why didn't they go to L.A. even? Silly wallies.

Dancing Wind, quite rightly, is all, "Dude, EVERYone in Minnesota is Swedish," but Theodore is all, "Stop saying words."
I wish Swedish Alice and Theodore HAD met up again, so they could be all awkward. "heeeeeeey..." "uh, hi...bork." "so, how's teh sex?" *tumbleweed*

[daniellafromage]

It's so stupid! Sarah and Edward must have travelled for an entire day to do something they could have done, like, two towns over.

Maybe they wanted to spend their honeymoon celebrating the San Francisco Pride festival? :P

[loubeelou]

But you couldn't have them actually get married! :O Edward MUST die! Spouses always die in these books! I can't think of any couples that live till a happy old age until you get to Ned and Alice's folks. It's so lame.

I so hope they actually had the Pride Festival in 1906. How cool would that have been!?