I wasn't really liking this one (book 11) when I realized it is "created by" Ccily von Ziegesar. I think this is not the same thing as "by" because before even realizing that I could note a difference in style and tone. And I'm no prude but they're dropping f-bombs in this book like everyone on Manhattan's upper east side is a truck driver. But I finished it because this is (I am led to believe) the last of the series and if we want more we've got to pick up the Carlyles. But I think I'm done...my little guilty pleasure run with the Gossip Girls was fun while it lasted!