Sisterhood Everlasting

Author: Ann Brashares
Genre: Fiction
Publisher: Random House Publishing, 2012
Pages: 384
Rating: Do Not Recommend

Synopsis: On the cusp of turning thirty, Tibby, Lena, Carmen, and Bridget are now living separate lives, out on their own. Yet despite having jobs and men that they love, each knows that something is missing: the closeness that once sustained them. Carmen is a successful actress in New York, engaged to be married, but misses her friends. Lena finds solace in her art, teaching in Rhode Island, but still thinks of Kostos and the road she didn’t take. Bridget lives with her longtime boyfriend, Eric, in San Francisco, and though a part of her wants to settle down, a bigger part can’t seem to shed her old restlessness. Then Tibby reaches out to bridge the distance, sending the others plane tickets for a reunion that they all breathlessly await. And indeed, it will change their lives forever—but in ways that none of them could ever have expected.

Review: To follow up a series that was as successful as the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, one had better make sure there is substance, character growth, and an interesting plot. Brashares knew avid fans of the Sisterhood would descend upon this book, and exploited that fact. She gave us fluff. Very disappointing.