Initiation

Initiation is the thirteenth book in the (on the?) AMAZING Canterwood Crest series written by author Jessica Burkhart, and AMAZING author. I commented on her post, but I only posted what I liked. Here is the "what I liked" part of my Initiation review, if anyone's interested.
It took me two hours, 49 minutes, and twenty-three seconds to read Initiation. (Stopwatch.)
What I liked about Initiation was the drama about Lauren's secret, and the very vivid descriptions of all the characters' clothes, appearance, and personality. Lauren seems like a sweet person. I enjoyed reading about how Lauren tackled the workload at Canterwood while still having enough time to bond with Khloe, Lexa, Jill, Clare, and Riley. I won't say anything about all the girls' personalities, but please read my blog post about it.
And now, my aforementioned blog post about Initiation.
I don't like Lauren Towers.
At all.
Weeeellllll, maybe a little bit. For example, we both LOVELOVELOVELOVE tea (part of the reason why I made my name Chamomile for the blog....) and my fave color is sky blue too. (Rhyme not intended.) But I LOVED Sasha. I nearly cried when she wouldn't be the narrator anymore. I told myself that Lauren would be just as awesome.
She wasn't.
She has a mean streak. And an attitude. I don't know if anyone agrees with me-only one of my friends does-but Lauren is definitely MEAN, in my book.
It started with Chosen, the super special book that announced the arrival of Lauren Towers.
She was SUCH a snob towards Charlotte. I was actually SO mad at Lauren (and so obsessed with Canterwood Crest) that I wrote SEVEN fan fictions on Chosen. SEVEN. That's a LOT. Because I was really THAT mad at Lauren, an imaginary character! Which, yeah, does indicate the Jessica Burkhart (Ms. Burkhart?) is a very talented writer.
And Lauren was REALLY mean to Riley. Yeah, Riley wasn't very nice either. But Lauren was just so...unfair.
Again, I loved the drama, the descriptions, and the cliffhanger at the end was SO interesting and I am literally counting the days till Popular comes out.
In the end, love the book, LOVELOVE the book, actually, and don't like the narrator. I won't say I hate Lauren, because I don't. I don't dislike her so bad. I agree with her on some things-like the fact that it was ENTIRELY her fault that Riley had to tell the girls at the sleepover about Toby. I agree that Riley was not supposed to be int he skybox during her audition, but SHE was watching Riley's audition, so who is Lauren to talk?
I don't like Lauren, but my friends love her.
It's a good book, whether you like Lauren or not.
I really suggest you read it.
Initiation by Jessica Burkhart.
The post was for a contest that authorJessica Burkhart (Ms. Burkhart? I don't know!) is running.
Read about the contest at http://jessicaburkhart.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html
Question of the Day: I've asked it twice already. I don't know author Jessica Burkhart, so I only felt comfortable slapping an "author" in front of her name. What is the proper way to address her?