The Second Summer of the Sisterhood (Sisterhood of Traveling Pants, Book 2)

Much to my surprise, this was every bit as good as the first one. The interweaving of the girls' mothers as a parallel Sisterhood was very effectively done, and never more so than when the Traveling Pants almost blurred the distinction between the two groups (I won't say more so as to keep from spoiling a very good scene). Bridget's rediscovery of her mother and reconstruction of herself is the best and most emotionally powerful of the story threads, although all are generally well-done.

The only place I think Brashares tends to miss is when she reaches for bold emotions. All of her intended sharp notes - and Tibby gets more than her fair share - tend to come off flat. It's in the small, soft-touch, life-affirming moments that Brashares is at her best, and I think it's interesting to see that Bailey is still her strongest character, even in a book where she doesn't (can't) make an actual appearance.

The real howler of the book, though, is the resolution of Lena's story. To avoid spoilers I won't say much more, but the entire thing descends into a mess by the end. It's both forced and deeply unsatisfactory, which is an unfortunate blemish on an otherwise terrific book.

I was so excited when this came out but a bit disappointed with the ending. I can't wait to read the 3rd book!

After the fantastic first appearance of this book, (The first summer of the sisterhood) this book was a bit of a letdown. The only character really interesting to read about was Bridget, and some of the action between Kostos and Lena is a little too mature for the young teen. I reccomend the first of the books, but the others are not nearly as good.

I loved this book. It had all the charm of the first book, but really fleshes out the characters further.

I loved this book. I read the Original Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (after I saw the movie, which I loved)and decided I need to read all of them. I highly recommend this book as well as the previous one. You will love reading about these four girls who basically have been together since they were all in their mother's wombs and have grown into very different teenage girls. The relationship they have with one another is so wonderful and special. I can't wait till I read the rest of them, which I just ordered.