Reviewed by Angela S. for TeensReadToo.com

Casey McCloy moved from a small town into the city, and she's starting to enjoy her new life and friends.

She's gaining popularity among people she meets and climbing the rickety social ladder quickly, much to the dislike of her nemesis, Madison McAllister. Casey could soon be just as popular, now that the two are in their own reality show called De-Luxe.

But reality is not always what it seems...

Madison is sick and tired of being second tier. She's second to her mother, who is more interested in her young and gorgeous boyfriend. She's second to Drew, who is dating Casey (though they're on-and-off and never really stable). And she is second to Casey, who has become more popular and is considered the new "IT" girl of the Upper East Side.

How can her life be so out of control? The reality show was supposed to catapult Madison to stardom - not Casey!

With lots (and lots) of drama, SIMPLY IRRESISTIBLE is a great addition to its predecessors in the ELITE series. It's fun, fabulous, and oh-so-scandalous! ( )

Small-town girl turned Big Apple beauty, Casey McCloy is really beginning to enjoy the high life in her high-rise. She's climbing the social ladder, to the dismay of her neighbor and rival, Madison Macallister. And Casey could end up as popular as Madison now that the two are set to star in their own reality show, "De-Luxe." But reality TV can be so unreal . . .

Madison loves the attention, but having every bit of her life caught on tape is often less than glamorous. Yet fame comes at a price-and she's willing to pay. Meanwhile, now that Casey and her almost-boyfriend Drew Van Allen are currently more off than on, she's beginning to wonder if everything in her life is just an illusion-and how much longer the illusion can last.

I'm not sure what's happening with this series, but I don't like it much. When I first started this series (a year ago tomorrow!) I really enjoyed it. Casey was cool and normal and the other girls weren't bad. And I didn't hate the second one either. Maybe I'm more judgmental then I was then but I really didn't like this one.

To me, the Elite series is like Gossip Girl's older sister. It's not quite as wild and slutty, but it (mostly) has a plot. Sadly, this plot is slowly approaching completely boring and straying from the originality it started with. Madison would be the Blair, Casey is the Serena, and Drew is a lot like Josh (from Geek Charming) but wealthier and more obsessed with girls.

Sophie was my favorite character. She's not as shallow as the others and doesn't try to create drama. She's really going through something tough in her life rather then a whole bunch of "my parents suck and no one loves me" that we get from all the other characters. (Except Drew, who is a man-whore too.) She was my favorite to read about from the beginning and I think she has the most depth out of all of them.

Along with the shallow characters and boring "plot," the writing was enough to make me want to stop reading it. Half the words in this book were adjectives. (No, I didn't count. I'm guessing.)
For example, the second sentence of the book is: Her legs, encased in dark-washed skinny jeans so tight they appeared painted on, looked even longer and more stem-like due to the stretchy denim that hugged every morsel of flesh from her nonexistent waist to her delicate ankles.
What is this? Is Jennifer Banash Charles Dickens reincarnated into a new, uber-girly form? My theory is that the excessive use of adjectives is just to emphasize the wealth and expensive clothing. I really hope that people, even ones like Madison, don't seriously put that much thought into every aspect of every outfit. Though, I do like that when we get Drew's perspective, there are no obscure brand names mentioned, or barely any. Just Puma, which I also love. He still describes it, but we get color names instead of brand names.

But don't worry, there was at least one glimpse of normal human emotion! Madison is worried about how she didn't know what she wants to do after school. I was surprised to get that much that I had to mark it with a sticky note.

Also, I have heard that this book is meant to be a trilogy. And, by the way this one ended, I think they're going to continue it. Because:
1. It's kinda a cliffhanger, but just barely.
2. The plot didn't have a climax. It was all rising action.
3. One of the character's life is going to change drastically, and they can't possibly cut it off there.
Truthfully, with this ending, I want more. Which leaves me confused. I disliked it, yet I want to read more. But it's not a just finished Hunger Games now I want Catching Fire want, so it's good.

So, I do still stick by the "Elite is Gossip Girl with plot and personality" thing. Sure, the plot and personalities aren't great, but they're still there! And I know that some people really do like these books. I don't understand it, but hey, most people don't like Swedish Fish dipped in Peanut Butter (yum!) either. Having read the first Gossip Girl book, I know that I don't like this kind of book (I'm not just judging it blindly). It's just not my style. I may have disliked it (as shown above) but that doesn't mean everyone will.

Also, I didn't hate it. Nope, I hate cheese and sour skittles. I disliked this book. I've read worse and I might even read this book again at some point. And I'll give it to my friends to read, because (sadly) they love this kind of crap. But, again, I didn't hate it. ( )