You're Invited (mix)

This was such a fun read and the perfect way to start the summer! YOU"RE INVITED is about four best friends who start a party planning business and the adventures/obstacles that they face. It's a mix of The Babysitter's Club (yay!) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (love!) and full of a ton of heart!I loved the personalities of each of the girls. Usually when I read a book with multiple narrations, I find one that I really love and may speed through the others to get back to that character. That wasn't the case here. Each of the girls' chapters were unique and I wanted to know what was happening with each of them. I felt like I was really in the head of a "tween," but as an adult, I could still sympathize and remember feeling the same way.The setting for the book was great! It was a place that I would love to go on vacation! And I loved reading about each of the theme parties the girls planned...they are so creative!This is a great read for a tween this summer and I'm looking forward to the next book in the series. Yay!!!!

Such a fun book! All four of these main characters are super likeable and realistic. The girls of RSVP navigate middle school as they juggle life and a party planning business, all while learning valuable life lessons and having fun!

Great summer reading for girls

I can tell by all 10 of the reviews, this book is absolutely incredible!!! ten 5 star reviews (according to me) means you have no choice but to read this amazing book!!! (true fact) so listen and read the book!!! in the story line, there are 4 great BFF's!!!! violet (likes to be called Vi) who loves all sports all and always wears comfortable running shorts, some sort of jersey/t-shirt, and a long tight ponytail. she playes every sport she can. For her daily clothes schedule, there is a big surprize for her in the end of the book. Rebecca (Becca, as she is usually called) is boy crazy, only because she secrectly loves to write love songs, that she soo does. she realizes that she has much more friendship real LOVE with her caring friends than any another cute boy in the world. Sadie. thinks her life is ruined when her own mom actually FIRES her!! but her friends all helping, come up with a plan so sadies mom will see that she is not just a 12 year old girl trying to be like sadie's mom. she is trying to help out and secrectly just wants attention. after sadie's dad dies, sadies mom got a full time job……… and sadie thinks that she like completely forgot that she had TWO KIDS!!!!! poor little sister of sadies too. sadie does her best to be kind to her little sister. Lauren (Lo) (soooo weird nickname) is sooo focused on school and almost isnt in RSVP (the friends club) but her crazy grandma confinces her too. every party has a litttle problem, so Lo Lo to the rescuse!!each friend very different, but perfect for RSVP!!(R rebecca) (S sadie) (V Violet/Vi) (P Phoebe (laurens middle name) an also stands for Perfect which is what this book is!!!!!!

Received this ARC from the author in exchange of an honest review.4.5 stars.Wow, this book was fantastic fun, it was adorable, cute and I loved that we had some realistic stuff going on as well.We have 4 POVs, 4 characters, 4 friends. Violet (or Vi, as she prefers being called), Lauren (or Lo/Lolo), Sadie (Sades) and Becca (Bec/Beccs) are great friends and after a disastrous wedding party where Sadie gets fired by her mom, they decide to make their own party planning business. To show Sadie's mom that Sadie can really handle herself and that she is awesome with planning. I loved this, instead of whining or complaining, these girls decided to do a party and then after that get in the business! Well, not all of them are enthusiastic at first. At least one of them needs motivation (and constant spam of texts) to get to join. And my oh my, they were great at it. I was expected some failure (after all these are 12-year olds), but they did everything perfectly, though of course, it didn't always go right (dogs are just a bad idea), but they made sure it turned all great and that no one had too much bother with it.Each of our 4 girls has a skill or is good at something. Vi loves cooking and is absolutely wonderful in it (I see a good future for her) and she loves sports (swimming/volleyball/etc.), Becca is the artistic one (singing/playing guitar/songwriting/make-up/clothes), Lauren is the brains of the group (even though they apparently SATs are still far away she is studying like crazy) and then we Sadie who is awesome at planning and organizing and making sure everything is perfect. I really loved that all the girls had this, it made them come more alive to me and it made me cheer for them when they needed cheering.Normally I am not a big fan of multiple POVs, a lot of times a lot of POVs means confusion (especially when characters are written pretty much the same), but I must say, I never had that problem with this book. Actually I loved seeing everything happen from the different girls. How each of them saw their town, how they looked at their friends, how they tried their best.I was kind of angry with Sadie's mom. I can imagine she is busy, but couldn't she at least make some time to be there for her girl? To care for her kids? Of course, I didn't expect SPOILER that to happen near the end. That was a nice twist! It made me rethink what I thought of the mom, though I am still angry at her. She could have at least shown her face once (and not just hide or have someone check the parties, since we never really find out if she was really checking them or if she just listened to the word go around about her daughter's planning business). I just wanted to say "It's ok." to Sadie multiple times throughout the book. SPOILER ENDNext to the mom, I didn't like that Linney girl. Dear Lord, that girl is mean and rude. I disliked her from the start when we just met her, I just had a bad feeling about her and I was right. Bleh, at mean girls!I loved the party invites and also the recipes at the beginning of Vi's chapters. I will be sure to try them out, because I am kind of curious about them now.We also have a bit of romance, but only a little bit. Most of the book is about the party planning, the summer that flies by and about their various families. As I said in the beginning, we don't only have adorable stuff going on. We also have realistic stuff going on. For instance Vi and her dad who aren't rich, and who gets bullied by a girl about it (and also the fact that she doesn't care about fashion), then we have Sadie who lost her Dad and who has a mom who is totally overkill on working. Lauren who wants to prove herself, since her brothers are horrendous at school. All this added with all the fun made me love the book so much.Oh, and my ARC had annotations, which gave more insight in the story or made me laugh (for instance when the whole wedding went wrong in the beginning and a Bridesmaid went over the railing? The annotations there was: Always a sign of a successful wedding. It made me laugh so hard, all that happened + the annotation!). I hope the author might consider adding them in the real book as well. I am sure people would love it. :)All in all, I would recommend this book to everyone! It is a terrifically fun book with a lot of things happening that everyone will love.Review first posted at http://twirlingbookprincess.com/

I like to read books that my kids are reading, because it gives us an opportunity to talk about the plot, characters, and their thoughts on the story. Both my 12-year-old daughter and I loved this book! The multiple POV's worked beautifully because all the voices were distinct. Each character had their own unique personalities. The story was fast-paced and authentic. As we discussed the book, my daughter told me that having a party planning business is exactly something she and her friends would love to do. The book (and the characters) were filled with humor and heart, and both my daughter and I are anxiously awaiting the sequel!

Outdated. Was expecting some party planning ideas. Kids storybook

This is such an adorable read. It's one of those friendship stories I would have INHALED at that age. It's funny and addictive -- I cannot wait for the next one in the series.