This is the fourth book of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series. Originally, this was the end to Carmen, Tibby, B, and Lena's story, but there is now a fifth book out in the world. I will be checking it out soon but I'm not sure how to feel about it. These girls' stories wrapped up well for me. Of course I still have questions about each of them, how they are doing, where their lives went and are going--but isn't that how we feel about all stories we only sneak peeks at? Isn't that how we feel about people who have come and gone from our lives? It is only natural to wonder like this, so it seemed natural for their story to end for us but continue mysteriously in the ethereal of future existence. Because of that, I am wary of this fifth book. I am worried of disappointment. I have envisioned where these girls' lives have taken them and I don't want those imaginings ruined.

We shall see. Hoping to start it this weekend. Will keep you all updated.

Happy reading, y'all!

I wish to yell at every girl in the series and what a lame way to end it bro there was no like final ending good feeling closure

“and i thought about the color and i realized what blue it was. it was the soft and changeable, essential blue of a well-worn pair of pants.”

I read the first book in this series when I was 16 or 17 and quite enjoyed it. I also liked Limp Bizkit and glittery boob tubes when I was 16 or 17, so that should have been an indication of the unreliability of my teenage recollections.

Oh my gosh this book was awful. So, so bad. Basically, four upper class teenagers angst over dumb shit. The end.

Pro - Mentally replacing Bridget with Serena van der Woodsen.

Con - Tibby has got to be the most annoying fictional character ever.

I read this one to finish out the series. Knowing who the books are primarily written for, I would strongly recommend that mothers read the book first and then determine if they want their daughters to read it.

The conflicts (for lack of a better word) that the protagonists face in this book are rather mature for a young audience. I would exercise much caution.

I think it could be the catalyst for some important conversations on morality and other coming of age topics, and if used in this context it might be useful for both mother and daughter to read. However, I personally believe premarital and extramarital sex are wrong and I don't like the cavalier attitude towards these in the book.

I'm frankly sick of the media telling girls that it's a right of passage to lose one's virginity and it doesn't matter who the guy is. That will be a discussion I mostly definitely have with my children without ever having them read this book.

In the 4th book we follow Carmen, Bridget, Tibby and Lena to university and observe how they are adjusting to being apart from each other. Besides Bridget everyone else struggles to find friends. It's just the typical way that you sometimes forget how to start friendships when you're friends were always the same people.

In this book I also developed a little hatred for Bridget, for not giving a shit if someone is taken or married. You need two to tango and just because you are not in any committed relationships (or is she?) doesn't mean you can just freely hook up with anyone.

Another bad feeling developed for Tibby as well. She doesn't deserve Brian at all, her reaction was really too much for a 18-19 year old woman. But that's just my upbringing, maybe if you were always the innocent type you would react similarly who knows.

Carmen was my poor baby in this book, she lost herself and had to find herself all alone, without her friends.

It was a nice book, reading how they grow, how they noticed their mistakes and how the pants still mattered but not as much as in the other books. Can't wait for the last book.

4 stars

I enjoyed this fourth book but it seemed to lack the same emotional punch as the first three books. Considering it was “last” when it was written, reading it felt like closure on the series. I haven’t read the next book, so I’m curious as to how everything is in that one.

-Bee is spending the summer on an archaeological dig in Turkey. Sad that Eric seemed to make summer plans without keeping her in his thoughts, she ponders how she feels about him in her life. Bee also spends time at home, wondering how her family fell apart since the death of her mother and how she can put it back together again.

-Carmen is spending the summer at theatre camp. The last year of school she felt like she really lost herself and when she auditions by accident for a play, she discovers a talent she didn’t realize she had. Carmen also learns a lot about friendship and what kind of people you want to keep around in her life.

-Tibby is spending the summer in NYC with her boyfriend Brian stopping by whenever he is able. When something happens between them, Tibby is left shaken to her core and must decide what she wants in the future.

-Lena is attending art school and strikes up a friendship with another artist, who may help her forget Kostos (finally).

I thought this was an excellent addition to the series, it makes sense that a series with four main characters would have four (technically 5) books in it. My favorite parts were reading about Lena with Leo and about Bee and her family. I’m so glad I decided to revisit and reread this series, it was a gift for me.

This might be my favorite in the original series. Each of the girl's went on a fantastic journey and learned so much about themselves. Pants = Love

i don’t even know what to say. i wish i knew how to write books like this. so relatable and happy and sad all at the same time.

This wasn't my favorite the first time I read it and it remained underwhelming this second read through as well. In this 4th installment, the girls are more grown up...you know this because they're all having sex now. Or if you're Bridget you're thinking about having sex with a married man twice your age.

The girls all forgot the lessons they've learned thus far; they're all still with the same guys they've been with...except for Lena who is still struggling with letting go of Kostos. It's been years, people! Move on already.

Poor Carmen gets the biggest character assassination here and it was brutal to see.

I'm glad this series wrapped when it did cause boy was she squeezing the last bits of pulp from this here.

I'm not going to lie.. this book I think almost took me a year to read.. It wasn't that I didn't want to read it though, it was that last summer was distracting, and then I find it almost impossible to read anything when I am back at school for the year. When I picked this back up over spring break.. I will admit I had to reread what I had already read.. but I am glad to say I finally finished it after being home for the summer for about a week! ... okay onto the actual book review. This installment of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants started out a little slow for me.. I don't know if it was because I was in the same state Carmen was in at the beginning of the book.. or what, but I didn't quite get hooked in until about a little under half way through. Then the book I thought picked up in an awesome way. I was very happy with the second half of the book, it embodied all of the reasons why I love the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series... and gave me all les feels... I probably would of been more emotional if I didn't have Sisterhood Everlasting to pick up next. I'm kind of nervous with what the epilogue book will have in store. But anyways.. In conclusion I think the sisters have always said it best, Pants = Love.

So meh!!! For some reason characters from the last book are never brought up like happened to Win? Nor is there any explanation about why we don’t hear about these people. It feels like characters are brought in and taken out to flesh out the main characters and it’s annoying.