Well, this didn't last long (me liking Reed). Missy is right, Reed is a terrible friend. Plus, Josh is as annoying as ever. And a cheater who broke up with Reed because she cheated. Irony. Ivy is to good for this.

These books are my guilty pleasure.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the last two books of this series but now that the Billings girls are back at Easton, it is getting interesting again. I even liked Reed a little in this book. Of course, as per usual, she still makes really poor decisions but i liked where the story line went this time and I am interested to what will happen next

There are apparently 515 days until graduation. That's about 10 more books. I think I need to stop reading this series now...

All I can say is OMG!!!!! Reed brings back a Billings Society with the help of Ivy. Only 11 members can be chosen and ends up leaving out 4 of the original Billings girls. Sawyer has a crush on Reed. Graham hates Josh. Josh and Reed realize they still love each other and get back together. Every Hathaway man pretty much hates her by the end of the book. At the end at one of the Billings Society meeting Noelle disappers and Reed is going to have to save her!!!! Dun Dun Dunnnnnn!!!!

I really wanted a Reed and Sawyer pairing :(

Billings House may be gone, but the girls aren't giving up. Somebody leaves a mysterious handbook to a secret society in Reed's room, so she bands together with Ivy to reform an ancient Easton club: the Billings Literary Society (BLS). Unfortunately following the rules of this book means some people are left out, so Reed ends up dividing Billings rather than reuniting it. The BLS further turns to shit when Noelle is kidnapped at one of their meetings, and the kidnappers plan to put Reed through hell to get her back. And in more superficial news, along the way Reed gets back together with Josh and we learn he had ties to the late Jen Hathaway.

I personally love the idea of ancient secret societies, so I was really intrigued by the BLS. On the surface the BLS appears quite innocent and dedicated to advancing the lives of women, but I'm hoping that Reed will discover some sinister secrets about them! After all, what good is a secret society if they don't hold secrets that could rewrite history and bring the world to its knees? Given that Reed spent the last book dying on a deserted island, nothing is too far-fetched, so I'm holding out hope that the BLS conducted ritual sacrifice or secretly controls half the world's oil.

I'm also really excited by Noelle's kidnapping! I never saw it coming, and for something so last minute it was executed really well. It has all the elements I could hope for - Noelle was mysteriously smuggled out of the chapel without anybody noticing, the kidnappers are tormenting Reed via text message (which I hope is along the lines of A in Pretty Little Liars), and for once it's not Reed's life at risk! The author must have figured us readers were getting sick of the constant attempts on Reed's life, so she gave us something juicier.

I can't wait to start speculating on the identities of Noelle's kidnappers in the next book. The girls immediately assumed it was Missy and the other rejected BLS potentials, and I definitely think Missy has a bigger role to play here. Noelle hinted that Missy's family would disapprove of the secret society, which makes me think they're major enemies of the BLS. I also wonder if the kidnappers are members of the BLS themselves - Noelle wasn't taking the society seriously and had been smacktalking it just before, so they could've kidnapped her to teach her a lesson. I really have nothing to go on though, so these are just wild guesses!

Although it wasn't nearly as exciting as the kidnapping, finding out about Josh's ties to Jen Hathaway has left me with a few burning questions. When Sawyer mentioned that she'd killed herself out of the blue without leaving a note, I immediately thought back to Cheyenne and wondered if she'd been murdered. The circumstances are quite different, but I think there's something sinister at hand here. Jen is also quite similar to Reed in looks and personality, and how big a coincidence is it that she dated 2/3 of Reed's boyfriends?! I'm guessing that Jen was murdered, and that person will be out for Reed's blood soon. I don't know enough to suspect anybody though.

Overall: If you liked Tom Dolby's [b:Secret Society|6392512|Secret Society (Secret Society, #1)|Tom Dolby|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1243652791s/6392512.jpg|6580987] and you were a fan of the Pretty Little Liars series, you'll love Scandal. We have 3 mysteries going on here, and for once they're not all pointing to Reed being murdered! Before reading [b:Paradise Lost|3997399|Paradise Lost (Private, #9)|Kate Brian|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256165245s/3997399.jpg|4043504] and [b:Suspicion|5995900|Suspicion (Private, #10)|Kate Brian|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255629100s/5995900.jpg|6170127] I was getting sick of the Easton murder mysteries, but now I feel invigorated and can't wait to see how the girls solve this problem within the confines of the school gates.