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pickIt‘s the first #SVHCorpse! Tragic Tricia Martin succumbs to leukemia, surrounded by not her own family, but the Wakefields. Her older sister Betsy arrives to the hospital too late to say goodbye & causes quite a scene. Tricia made Steven promise to look after Betsy & she winds up moving into their den, determined to give up her drinking & drugging (& men). Jessica wants her gone & worries that Betsy is falling for Steven. Her scheme almost works!
JenlovesJT47 😅 are you keeping track of how many corpses there are? The list is long and distinguished! 😂 5d
TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I am!! 🤣 I figured a body count would be fun— though, naturally, I will continue to figure out the holiday count too! Technically, this is a two-corpse book since Roger Barrett‘s mom dies at the end, too! 4d
JenlovesJT47 Jess has at least 3 boyfriends die in SVH. No wonder she‘s got issues 😅 4d
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TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Also, they don‘t specify, but I think the Wakefields paid for Tricia‘s funeral since her own dad doesn‘t even go to it… something I don‘t think I would have even noticed reading it the first time around as a kid! 4d
TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I will have to keep a separate count for dead boyfriends! 🤣 4d
JenlovesJT47 How funny, I never thought about that but you‘re probably right! Poor Tricia. I‘ve been doing a mini SV marathon this week and read a bunch of the SVK books yesterday. I‘m surprised how much I enjoy them. The one I read yesterday told what time they were born (Liz at 1:15 and Jess at 1:19 p.m.). Whoever did the kids books paid more attention to details than some of the others. 4d
TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I know what you mean about inconsistencies… Roger‘s father was mentioned earlier as a drunk, but apparently he left sometime between Roger winning the scholarship race and this book… The SVK books are fun though! I am really enjoying these SVH books though! I am trying to go with publication order, so I think the super editions start soon which I always loved! 4d
JenlovesJT47 The super editions are so fun! My favorite one that I had never read when it came out is Falling For Lucas. It is absolutely hysterical 🤣. And yeah, all the inconsistencies, like Lila being a klepto for 2 seconds then it never being mentioned again. And some weird stuff with her dad. I would LOVE to see the so-called Sweet Valley Bible that the ghostwriters used. I think continuity was a bit better in the books that came out in the 90s. 4d
TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Is that the one in NYC? Plus there‘s some weird siblings that are mentioned and then not at all— like Todd having a brother?? So strange! But, spotting these little errors makes the re-reading all the more fun because as a kid, I sure didn‘t notice (well except for when dead people show up again alive in SVU!). And yes! I can‘t believe they have kept that referenced Bible a secret still! 4d
JenlovesJT47 Jessica Takes Manhattan is the one in NYC, Falling For Lucas is at a ski cabin in Colorado. I‘ll have to find my review and tag you. Speaking of extra siblings, I read the SVK book yesterday Ellen Is Home Alone. And she has an older sister named Debbie who I have zero recollection of in the middle school books. They mention her little brother Mark, who I know is in SVT. Maybe I‘m just forgetting! 👵🏻 As a side note, airheaded Ellen is ⬇️ 4d
JenlovesJT47 Absolutely hysterical and I really wish she were in SVH. I just read The Unicorns Go Hawaiian last week (for the first time in 20 years!) and omg, Ellen cracks me up. Has the same ditzy personality in the kids books. 😆 4d
TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Yes!! Ellen‘s sister definitely doesn‘t make it to the SVT series! Though at least her little brother survives! I was sad that Ellen disappeared too— I really grew to like her— she‘s really funny in the Unicorn Club books, too! 4d
JenlovesJT47 Do they ever explain what happened to her? I assume she moved away or was killed by a rogue serial killer 😅 4d
TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 Maybe one of the seven Sweet Valley haunted houses swallowed her up?? Along with Todd‘s little brother! 4d
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