I think this wrapped the series in a great way and it was a fun ride ( )

*Great* way to end the series!!!! LOVED IT ( )

This time it was Carmen's story that didn't ring true for me. It is hard to imagine her withdrawing herself from her friends and becoming so depressed. I was disappointed Win was left out from the picture. Tibby and Brian's relationship was tragic but not overdone. The scene at Tibby's parents' party seemed very real. I also thought that Lena and Bridget's stories were believable and had good endings.I wish they were making four movies instead of having the sequel tackle the fourth book. Leaving out what happened in the second and third books will hurt the story a bit. ( )

Lena, Bridget, Carmen and Tibby are back for one last summer — and it’s a hot, confusing and rollicking one at that. Separated once more by distance and, really, their own new dilemmas, these four best friends from Maryland begin to rely so heavily on their beloved Traveling Pants — a pair of jeans that mysteriously fits each of the girls’ unique figures like a glove — to keep their friendships alive. Of course, this turns out to be a mistake. Like all relationships that aren’t given attention and love, even the unbreakable bonds of the sisterhood begin to fray.

Lena stays in Providence, Rhode Island to continue painting classes — and meets a fellow classmate who teaches her quite a bit about what it is to let go; Bee signs up for a dig in Turkey, where she spends all day in the dirt — and thinks about who really misses us when we’re gone; Carmen and her bossy, arrogant “friend” Julia attend a theater camp, where Carmen realizes true friends aren’t the ones bringing you scones that may or may not be laced with a laxative or something!; and Tibby fights her own demons in New York City, holding on to Brian while simultaneously letting him go.

In Forever In Blue, each of the girls realizes something serious about themselves this summer — usually a lesson in loving yourself, and letting someone else love you, too. Each of the unique plotlines fitted together nicely but still remained separate, and I loved how linked they all were to each other — even if just in their similar thoughts. Bee was already confident enough to fill up an entire room with her self-assured attitude, each of the other girls looked to her for guidance and inspiration, though she was halfway around the world. Carmen needed to see her friends as the individual, rock-solid circle of love that they were to become confident enough to perform a difficult task. And both Tibby and Carmen had to learn that when you leave something — or someone — behind, you can’t expect them to freeze like a statute, waiting through summers and falls and winters for you to return.

Really, this book is about friendship — which everyone knows. It’s about friends as family and, slowly, family as friends. The Traveling Pants were the bond that kept the girls close to one another when they were far away, and the Pants will never lose their magic — but it’s later up to the four friends to decide how to stay together with or without the jeans. And they do — of course they do. The final chapters of the book were like a really great song for me — they lifted me up, made me feel jubilant and alive, and then safely deposited me back on earth when it was all over. That final scene is stellar. ( )

This book is filled with adventure and romance about four bestfriends journeys.Lena,Carmen, Bridget and Tibby all fit in a magical pair jeans, and they travelled around from girl to girl all around the world. It keeps you wanting to read more. At the end all the girls ended up in Greece together searching for their magical jeans that Lena's sister lost. At the end they realised it wasn't the pants that was magical it was there friendship. I thought this was a very great and touching ending. ( )