Week 16 Reviews: Golden, Platinum

From Goodreads:

When Lissy James moves from California to Oklahoma, she finds herself in the middle of a teenage nightmare: a social scene to rival a Hollywood movie. And if understanding the hierarchy of the Goldens vs. the Nons isn't hard enough, Lissy's ever growing Aura Vision is getting harder and harder to hide, and if she's not careful, she's going to become a Non faster than you can say "freak."

But it's becoming clear that Emory High has a few secrets of its own. Around the halls, the term "special powers" goes way beyond one's ability to attract the opposite sex, and there may be something more evil than the A-crowd lurking in the classrooms. Lissy can see a lot more than the average girl, but she's about to learn the hard way that things aren't always as they appear and you can't always judge a girl by her lip gloss.

From Goodreads:

LILAH KNOWS THE rules better than anyone, but between her newfound visions, an absolutely fatal attraction to a boy who isn't real, and the threat of a supernatural enemy with a sting deadlier than any Queen Bee, it's going to take everything she has to stay on top at Emory. And to prove once and for all that - highlights and high heels aside - those who make the rules are the only ones who can break them.

My Review:
I loved reading these book! Of course I did, I love all of Jennifer Lynn Barnes' writing. And these were the last two full length books that I had to read before I fully caught up with what's been currently published. Which is a little sad, but I had a really great time reading them!

This world with this family who have these various gifts, that their ancestor once had all of them, was so interesting to read! I really enjoyed LIbby's story, who can see the personalities of people, basically their auras. And the person who has the worst, and dealing with that as well as this school's popularity contest. Golden had a lot going on and I loved it!

Then Platinum was Lilah's story. I didn't read the synopsis going in, so I thought it was going to be Libby again, but I'm glad that we got both of their stories! With Lilah, her gift is seeing the past, seeing this pattern of this boy killing the It girl's It Boyfriend, when Lilah is the current It Girl? Yeah, it was just as good! 

One thing that makes me sad, is that there was potentially going to be a 3rd book, which is mentioned on her Q&A page here (which I had to search for, I knew I read it!) That it was going to delve into the romances more, which was my one thing about these books that there wasn't a resolution to the romance. Alas! 

These were so fantastic to read, and I can't wait to read more by Jennifer Lynn Barnes! 

Author: Jennifer Lynn Barnes 
Series: Golden #1, 2
Read: April 16th, 16th, 2023
Source: Bought 
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really great, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2023 Books, and Golden is a DAC Book and Platinum is a End of Series 2023 Book! 
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Published: January 1st 2006, January 1st 2007

Golden:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Platinum:

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars