Forever in Blue

The Fourth Summer of the Sisterhood

By: Ann Brashares

Narrated by: Angela Goethals

With unraveled embroidery and fraying hems, the Traveling Pants are back for one last, glorious summer.

Lena: Immerses herself in her painting and an intoxicating summer fling, fearing that the moment she forgets about Kostos will be the moment she sees him again.

Carmen: Falls under the spell of a sophisticated college friend for whom a theatrical role means everything and the heritage of the Pants means nothing.

Bridget: Joins a dig for an ancient city on the coast of Turkey and discovers that her archaeology professor is available in every way except one.
Tibby: Leaves behind someone she loves, wrongly believing he will stay where she has left him.

Join Ann Brashares' beloved sisterhood once again in a dazzling, fearless novel. It's a summer that will forever change the lives of Lena, Carmen, Bee, and Tibby, here and now, past and future, together and apart.

It's in the jeans: listen to all of our titles in the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series.©2007 Ann Brashares (P)2007 Random House, Inc. Listening Library, an imprint of the Random House Audio Publishing Group

LOVE this series

Angela Goethals did a fantastic job reading these books, if only she would have read the second one also! I just love these books and with the third and fourth books its as close to a movie as we will ever get and that is great when you can listen to it.

Great Book.

Where does Forever in Blue rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I prefer Audio Books and all the "Traveling Pants" books are Awesome.

What other book might you compare Forever in Blue to and why?

Any one of the four in this series is Great.

What about Angela Goethals’s performance did you like?

She does a Awesome job. Love her voice.

A Fine Conclusion

For those who enjoyed the previous Traveling Pants books, this is an excellent conclusion for the series. The girls who have been introduced previously are now in their college years. Issues that were appropriately of the high school calliber have grown with the main characters. This causes a dilemna for libraries/parents, as the original content is acceptable for older middle school, while this final volume really is more high school appropriate. That being said, Brashares does a terrific job of character developement and keeping all characters separate and distinct. This is a very good "Teen Issues" book and will leave readers of the series with a sense of completion and hope for the young women that they have come to know.

Guess I got tired of jeans

This seemed a weaker book than the previous 3. I didn't like any of the far reaching scenarios and I especially got sick of weak men. For four books, the fathers were weak or barely existent, boyfriends were meak in actions and during arguments or discussions, husbands were just "there". I like a strong woman in a story, but I hate it when the writer makes the men ... same word ... weak. If the plots had been decent, I might have overlooked the non-character men.

Racy

This book took it to a new level. It was very realistic, but I had to have a talk with my 15-year-old daughter before I let her read it. It opened a good discussion, but this book might be a bit much for some girls due to the depiction of budding sexuality. Especially Lena's story line. It was very entertsining, and a good wrap-up to the series. I hope Ms. Cabot brings these characters back after college.

Disappointing

I really enjoyed the previous books in this series - but was not impressed with this one at ALL. I did not like many of the storylines and felt that most of the girls "growing up" experiences were NOT the types of things I would like my teen or young-adult reading about.