Love, Lies and Texas Dips

by Susan McBride

Now that her dream of becoming a deb is finally coming true, Laura's confidence is at an all-time high. But when she dares to mess with Jo Lynn's football star boyfriend, Dillon, Laura finds herself... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385735200
• ISBN13: 9780385735209
• Release Date: June 2009
• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.2" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

A fantastic installment to a fun, scandalous series!

I still love these Debs! I finished this book pretty quickly for me, but I just really enjoy reading about these four girls and their lives. McBride does such a wonderful job making the plot compelling and making sure those pages keep getting turned. I absolutely cannot wait for the third book. My only complaint is that it felt like the ending was way too abrupt, like there should have been more there but it got cut off or something. But either way, this is still a great book and a fun addition to the overall series. I'm excited to see what will happen next, mainly with Dillon and if you've read these books, you can probably tell why I'm so interested, lol.

The Debs: Love, Lies, and Texas Dips

Laura, Mac, Ginger, and Jo Lynn are finally in. Now they have to figure out how to stay in. Or in Jo Lynn's case how to get some one else kicked out. Jo Lynn refuses to allow Laura any peace of mind and does everything she can to kick her out. She will stop at nothing to get what she wants and nothing is off limits. Laura, Mac, and Ginger have many other things to worry about other than just Jo Lynn. Laura has to try and fix things with Avery, Mac realizes she might have feelings for her best guy friend, and Ginger once again picked the wrong guy for her. Will things ever settle down for the Three Amigas? Will Jo Lynn finally give up her grudge against Laura Bell or will she finally succeed in getting Laura kicked out of the Glass Slipper Club? The second installment of The Debs trilogy was even better than the first. Susan McBride has brought back the wonderful characters from the first book and has even begun to develop some of the more background characters. The Debs: Love, Lies, and Texas Dips was a wonderful read, full of drama, romance, and even a little bit of mystery. Susan McBride definitely left me guessing as to why Avery is at Jo Lynn's beck and call and why Dillon hasn't been paying that much attention to Jo Lynn lately. You begin to find out a little more about that in this book but it won't be fully clear till March 2010 when the third and final book is released. Overall, the second Debs book was a wonderfully written follow-up to the first and I am so eager for the third installment. If you are looking for a fun read full of romance, deception, and drama pick up a copy of The Debs: Love, Lies and Texas Dips!

Courtesy of Teens Read Too

Well, they did it. Laura, Mac, Ginger, and (unfortunately) Jo Lynn were four of the handpicked girls to become Rosebud Debutantes of The Glass Slipper Club. But the only thing harder than getting into the GSC is staying in it... Laura's dream is finally on its way to becoming true! Or at least that's what she thought at first, until an awfully nasty lie was spread around about her by who she can only assume was Jo Lynn or one of her followers. She just seems to keep getting herself into more and more trouble by talking to Dillon and Avery - and Jo Lynn just won't have it anymore. Will this heinous lie get Laura kicked out of the GSC for good? Mackenzie aka Mac still isn't psyched about becoming a Rosebud. Now that she actually is one, she keeps referring back to her late mother's letters for inspiration and guidance. She especially needs the extra guidance now after realizing how shallow girls can really be, what with the whole Laura and Jo Lynn stuff going on. To top it all off, the new girl in town, Cindy Chow, has her eyes on Mac's oldest pal, Alex, who has always been there for her. Now that he's spending time with Cindy, Mac may be starting to feel a little bit jealous. But will she ever be able to confront Alex about how she thinks she may feel? Ginger, having finally put what happened with the college boy behind her, is ready to move on to bigger and better things, like of course being a Rosebud, social activism, and fine art. But when her grandmother wants her to sit for a portrait in her gown by the son of a local artist, she realizes that she already knows the guy. And what she remembers isn't good at all. Why, oh why, must she always attract the bad guys? But wait, is he really as bad as Ginger remembers him to be? All Jo Lynn wants to do is take down Laura once and for all. After finding Laura's number in Dillon's phone, she has just had it. According to Jo Lynn, the girl has to go down. There is no way that Laura is taking Dillon from her, and she sure as heck is not getting back with Avery yet again. She just has to think of the perfect rumor that will get her kicked out of the GSC and ruin her reputation for good. This is the second book in THE DEBS series, and I have to say that it is amazing! It's even better than the first. In THE DEBS you're introduced to Laura, Mac, Ginger, and Jo Lynn, but this book goes much deeper into their relationships and, of course, there's scandal. Each chapter draws you more into the story, and each chapter is told by one of the four main characters, so you get a different point of view in each. It's pretty easy to sympathize with Laura, Mac, and Ginger. And Jo Lynn is just a girl you love to hate. She is the perfect bad girl in this story and, despite her witchiness, I love her character. I'd recommend this to anyone who has read THE DEBS, of course, and for anyone who likes to read about teen girls, relationships, and scandal. I bet if you pick up this book you won't be sorry. Reviewed by:

amusing young adult satire

In spite of their doubts about gaining admission into the Glass Slipper Club (see THE DEBS) Laura Delacroix Bell, Michelle "Mac" Mackenzie, Ginger Fore and Jo-Lynn Bidwill are selected Rosebud Debutantes. However gaining a foot into the door does not also mean remaining a member of the GSC; each of the new debs will learn this the hard way. A big woman with a big pride, Laura is euphoric, but her high turns nightmarish when false rumors about her spread as wide as Texas that could lead to her dismissal from the GSC even if it is a lie. Mac remains in doubt about being a Rosebud as she only joined to honor her late mother; she fears her GSC gig may cost her the friendship of Alex who is dating newcomer Cindy Chow. Ginger looks forward to Rosebud, environmental activism, and the arts, but while sitting for a portrait, she is attracted to the artist who she knew as a bad boy. Jo Lynn wants to kick the trash out of GSC, which means Laura, but seeing her number in Dillon's list angers her further as she starts the rumor. The second THE DEBS Texas teen tale is an amusing young adult satirical look at high society's superficiality through the still somewhat fearful fearsome foursome. Although Jo Lynn is over the top of Guadalupe Peak as an obsessed villainess, LOVE, LIES, AND TEXAS DIPS is an amusing yet poignant look at teenage upper crust society through four fully developed young women struggling with personal issues that money can't resolve. Harriet Klausner

Enchanting Review: Love, Lies and Texas Dips

LOVE, LIES AND TEXAS DIPS SUSAN McBRIDE Contemporary YA Delacorte Press ISBN# 978-0-385-73520-9 304 Pages $9.99 Trade--Available June 9, 2009 Rating: 5 Enchantments LOVE, LIES AND TEXAS DIPS is the perfect sequel to `The Debs'. Jo-Lynn is both as plotting, manipulative and as calculating and bitchy as always. Laura is still her main target, and she can't figure out how anyone would want to pick Laura over her, especially anyone male. The only thing that'll make her life perfect is casting Laura out of The Debs and if her loser friends go right out the door with her. Fortunately for Laura, she isn't the intimated easily type, and neither are Mac and Ginger, her two best friends. In fact, they all hate Jo-Lynn just about as much as she hates them and they aren't about to let her get rid of them at all. I think Jo-Lynn is the ultimate--perhaps perfect, YA villain. Seriously. Calculating, manipulative and scheming to a T, she'll stop at absolutely nothing to get what she wants most--to get rid of Laura. Including sending sweets Laura's way to sabotage the Deb and spreading some particular heinous gossip about her. What I really enjoyed in LOVE, LIES AND TEXAS DIPS, is the storyline revolving around Ginger and the portrait her grandmother wants painted of her. Some of my favorite scenes in the book from here, including when Ginger meets Kent for the first time, the grandson of the artist who painted her grandmother's portrait and the one who is going to paint hers. `The Debs' series has quickly become one of my favorite YA series and LOVE, LIES AND TEXAS DIPS just shows why. Great characters, great story and a great voice combine to make this a totally entertaining read. With an ending guaranteed to leave readers demanding the next in the series asap, LOVE, LIES AND TEXAS DIPS is a great second book in the series. Susan McBride is the author of The Debutante Drop-out adult mystery series. She grew up in the heart of Texan Deb country, but now lives with her husband in Missouri. Visit her online at www.susanmcbride.com Lisa Enchanting Reviews February 2009