Teens getting involved with an older, married person is such an overused trope and it's especially frustrating with it isn't used for anything. I was so irritated with Bridget's choices that seemed to stem from nothing more than boredom. BUT, I thought this book contained soooo many overdone tropes. I maybe connected with each character the most this time around. I feel as though the writing has grown a lot since the first book. Ages 12-up.I did really enjoy the depth to the characters in this one. The series' legion followers will eagerly follow each gal through her summer of ups and downs and will again be heartened by the teens' rock-solid friendship. There is just passing mention of "the Pants" and their special powers until novel's end, when the jeans, through a rather unlikely set of circumstances, disappear in Greece an event that bands the four friends together in a countrywide search. Brashares credibly recounts the emotional turmoil surrounding the girls' love, peer and family tribulations.
And Tibby, in the most poignant story line, becomes reclusive while taking film classes at NYU, and breaks up with her devoted boyfriend, Brian, after their first sexual encounter results in a pregnancy scare. On an archeological dig in Turkey, Bridget finds herself attracted to a professor (who's married). Enrolled in a summer painting class at Rhode Island School of Design, Lena falls for a fellow student and also receives a surprise visit (his specialty) from Kostos, her former Greek beau. Carmen is attending a summer theater program in Vermont, where she unexpectedly lands a plum role and must contend with her roommate's attempts to sabotage her performance. Fans rejoin the foursome just after their freshman year in college. Carmen, Lena, Bridget and Tibby may not be forever in blue jeans, but they do share the Traveling Pants for at least one more summer.
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