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Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies : A Librarian’s Perspective Review

Pitched as The Devil Wears Prada for teens, Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies is just that. You have a smart-but-homely girl who travels from her small California town to New York City. There, she encounters high fashion, doggie proms, and elite social clubs. It’s too bad her coveted summer internship is based on her lying in her application essay.

AUTHOR: Laura Stampler
SERIES: none (though a sequel could work)
PUBLISHER: SimonPulse
PUBLICATION DATE: July 19, 2016
ISBN: 9781481459891
PAGES: 320
SOURCE: NetGalley
GENRE: romance, humor, rom-com
SETTING: Castalia, California and New York City
GIVE IT TO: upper-MS girls

SUMMARY OF LITTLE BLACK DRESSES, LITTLE WHITE LIES

Seventeen-year old Harper Anderson has watched her popular bestie, Kristina, go out on lots of dates. Athletic and popular, Kristina has always overshadowed Harper when it comes to boys.

But now, Harper has won a competitive summer internship at a teen fashion magazine in New York City. Harper is to be the magazine’s new dating blogger, even though it’s Kristina, not Harper, who actually has all the dates. Harper is going to have to figure out how to date–quickly–if she expects people to believe her dating stories.

REVIEW OF LITTLE BLACK DRESSES, LITTLE WHITE LIES

This book is so cute! I read it quickly and enjoyed it all the way through. Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies is well-paced, and Harper is a (mostly) likeable main character. I loved her snarky voice, and her dating blog posts were hilarious. I also liked all the New York City references, and though I have only been to NYC once, I’m sure all the New York locations in the book are real places. I can tell the author knows the NYC social scene well.

I booktalked Little Black Dresses, Little White Lies with a class today, and already, three students asked me if I would be getting the book for the library. Definitely! It’s not life-changing or something I will remember clearly in a few weeks, but it was fun and and well-written.

THEMES: friendship, dating, honesty, plagiarism, fashion, estranged relationship with divorced parent

THE BOTTOM LINE: A fun romp through New York City high society. A perfect teen companion to The Devil Wears Prada.

STATUS IN MY LIBRARY: I plan to buy it for the library when it comes out this summer.

RATING BREAKDOWN

  • Overall: 4/5
  • Creativity: 4/5
  • Characters: 4/5
  • Engrossing: 4/5
  • Writing: 5/5
  • Appeal to teens: 5/5
  • Appropriate length to tell the story: 5/5

MATURE CONTENT

  • Language: medium; includes a few F-bombs, shits, and others
  • Sexuality: medium; kissing, “making out,” “hooking up”–no sex happens
  • Violence: mild; internet trolling and cyberbullying
  • Drugs/Alcohol: medium; teens have fake IDs and drink alcohol in bars and at parties

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