What do You think about Dangerous Love (1984)?
Source: I own this book. Title: Dangerous Love Series: Sweet Valley High #6 Author: Kate William & Francine Pascal Overall Rating: 4 starsWell, smack me in the face and call me hot clam special. Basically, Todd gets a motorbike. Liz and Jess' cousin Rexy died on a motorbike. They don't get on them. But other girls gets on Todd's. Liz gets jealous. She gets on. She ends up in a coma. The morals of this story stood as:*Listen to your parents*Don't be a jealous girlfriend*Your english teacher will always be around for a DMC (deep meaningful chat)This is definitely the second best book in the whole series, 138 was always my personal favourite.
—Connie
Alice and Ned Wakefield let their daughters get away with almost anything, but they have one firm household rule: no motorcycles. Apparently the twins' cousin died young in a motorbike accident, and their parents would prefer that they didn't follow in his footsteps. It's one of the few rules that Jess is happy to keep, so obviously it's up to Liz to break it. And, of course it's Todd's fault. Todd's wanted a motorbike forever, and finally he manages to trade in his car for a magnificent new hog. Instead of telling Todd before he does this that she's never going to be able to ride with him, Liz chooses to keep her cousin's tragic, untimely death a secret, instead lying about coming down with a cold and getting super jealous about other girls riding with Todd instead. Wearing her pink helmet, damnit! Eventually she decides to tell the truth, and the two of them exchange jealousies until everything comes to a climax, (view spoiler)[Todd sells his bike, and Liz decides that it won't matter if she rides with Todd JUST THIS ONCE, given that he's selling the bike and that's a bigger safety feature than wearing a helmet. Who needs helmets anyway? Liz, apparently, going by the coma she ends up in following their inevitable crash. (hide spoiler)]
—Tara Calaby
Sometimes you just need to re-read some classic Sweet Valley. Short of the first book and book #7, it's hard to find anything more classic than The Time Todd Nearly Killed Liz.Upon re-reading it for the four-billionth time, I am once more struck by the incredibly stupid logic paraded around when the Wakefields throw Todd Wilkins out of the waiting area and Mr. Collins tries to assure Todd it wasn't his fault.I know the 80's were a different time, but yeah. Yeah it was. Saturday night, after midnight, and dude not only lets his girlfriend who isn't allowed on said bike to ride, but does so without giving up his helmet. Stubborn or not, dude, sometimes you just say no and you go in and take the taxi offered by the adult on premises. Really.Sooooooo... no. I don't think the knowledge that he was selling his bike negates the accident.That aside, good lord do I love crazy jealous Liz and Todd.
—Marian
