Review: First Place (Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley Twins Vol 8) by Nicole Andelfinger and Knack Whittle

Those wacky Wakefield twins are back in another fun graphic novel adventure. This time around, their spoiled and wealthy classmate Lila Fowler has just been gifted an absolutely beautiful horse named Thunder. Except that Lila isn't actually terribly interested in horses or their upkeep. Enter Elizabeth who adores Thunder from the moment she sees him. And she would do anything just to spend time with him. Including pretending to be friends with snooty Lila and doing far more than her fair share of work down at the stables. Meanwhile, Jessica knows that Elizabeth is obsessed. But she cannot help but feel jealous at all of the time that Lila and Elizabeth are spending together. Lila is supposed to be Jessica's friend ... isn't she?

I enjoy reading the books in this series just to see how they translate to graphic novel format. In particular I was interested in the subplot between Steven Wakefield and Ted. However, just as I never really liked the original version of this one, I found the graphic novel version was a bit lacking. Lila is a bit too spoiled and never really learns anything from her experiences, and the otherwise sensible and saintly Elizabeth Wakefield acts just a little bit too much out of character even by Sweet Valley standards.

Recommended to diehard Sweet Valley Fans. 

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