Graduation is over, and now it’s time for the true games to begin. Summer is finally here. And, as the last summer before everyone goes off to college, it’s destined to be the best one in history. But with so many people on the outs with one another, it may be hard to find the strength to simply stretch out in your new Eres bikini without feeling the burden of just the tiniest amount of guilt. Then again, when you look this amazing, guilt is just a thing of the past.
Since meeting Lord Marcus, Blair Waldorf has been on cloud nine. Not only does he have the most charming British accent, but he makes the gorgeous Nate Archibald look pale in comparison, and, as an added bonus, he has invited Blair to spend the summer abroad with him in England. Blair just knows that this is it. Marcus will propose to her, and the two of them will ride off into the sunset. But Marcus is totally different in England. In fact, if Blair didn’t have her American Express card in tow, she may have actually been lonely as he basically abandoned her to cavort with his horse-faced cousin. It’s enough to make her long for her friends and family in New York.
While Serena van der Woodsen is heartbroken that her frenemy Blair Waldorf is vacationing abroad, she can’t help but be relieved in the wake of her absence, for it gives her more time to concentrate on nailing the role she just landed as Holly in Ken Mogul’s Breakfast At Fred’s - a remake of Breakfast At Tiffany’s. While Serena is being hailed as a young ingenue, she can’t seem to get it right when it comes to being Holly. And the fact that she’s been cast opposite uber-hottie Thaddeus Smith. Serena wants more than anything to do well in the first role of her life, but Thad has a way of making her forget her lines, and fumble in more ways than one.
Nate Archibald has finally written off girls. After botched relationships with both Blair Waldorf and Serena van der Woodsen, he is convinced that this is his summer to be free from females, and to get his head on straight. Besides, he needs to reserve enough energy for fixing up his Coach’s house, so that he can finally receive his diploma. But when he meets a Hamptons townie named Tawny, Nate’s reservations about females are thrown out the window. Suddenly, he can’t think about anything other than hanging with the fake-baked Tawny, and smoking joint after joint. Looks like someone’s summertime resolutions have, once again, been cast to the wind.
After a torrid love affair with one another, Dan Humphrey and Vanessa Abrams are finally back together - but not for long. Working at the Strand, Dan meets a yoga-loving hottie, and finds himself drawn into her wacky world, leaving Vanessa in the dust. And Vanessa, working on Ken Mogul’s new film Breakfast At Fred’s is forced to succumb to harsh criticism that is undeniably undeserved. The only one having fun seems to be little Jenny Humphrey who is completely out of the picture. After receiving her acceptance letter to the exclusive Waverly Academy, Jenny headed off to Amsterdam to spend her summer enjoying the art of the European countryside. Now the only question that remains is whether or not we’ll be seeing this pint-sized Picasso again.
How she does it is unknown, but Cecily von Ziegesar has managed to weave another drama-filled web within the pages of ONLY IN YOUR DREAMS. As always, Blair steals the show, as she shops till she drops in London. While Serena proves that maybe things don’t always come so easy for her as she fumbles with her recently-acquired starring role in Breakfast At Fred’s. Nate’s sudden interest in a starstruck townie seems far-fetched, indicating that he’s on the rebound. While Dan’s sudden loss of interest in Vanessa is surprising - yet should have been expected. And our favorite bald beauty? She’s turned over a new leaf in life, and has taken on one of the strangest jobs known to man. I guess she just needed some sort of escape from Dan’s bizarre new outlook on life. Hollywood invades the Upper East Side, for a summer you’ll never forget!
Erika Sorocco
Freelance Reviewer
