TV show writers can't help themselves. Are the books decent? I need some easy reading. Being up all night with new baby.
If you can separate them from the TV show, you'd probably like them. I loved them as a teen, and probably would now, too, if I'm being honest. They're just really, really different from the show. The names are the same, of course. And a couple storylines from the first and second season came from the books but the characters are REALLY different.
ETA adhdfashion Blair, Chuck and Nate are all better in the TV show. Serena, Jenny and Vanessa were much better in the books. Vanessa was a badass filmmaker with a shaved head and steeltoe boots in the books. Jenny was a chubby artist that was much sweeter. Chuck was gay with a pet monkey but still had an obsession with scarves. Serena had so much less of a victim complex in the books too.
Now I want to read the books again, lol.
Exciting! I am going to order them. Gossip girl alternate universe.