Love Times Three (River Heights #1) [Paperback]

Carolyn Keene (Author)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Holy teen supersleuth! The famous Nancy Drew makes a cameo appearance in this new River Heights series set in Nancy's hometown, but the focus is on high-school society and young love. Nikki Masters is entering junior year with a stiff upper lip--that summer she had been accused of murder until Nancy cleared her name ( Nancy Drew Files #39 ), and she knows the gossip at River Heights High will be bad. Nikki is soon able to put that trouble behind her, however, when she meets handsome newcomer Tim Cooper. But Brittany Tate, River Heights's "vixen," has a chip on her shoulder about Nikki and a passel of schemes to make Tim her own. Series fans will find no surprises here: characterization is black and white, and an open ending allows for continuation. Nevertheless, smooth writing, tasteful packaging and a wholesome, soap-opera approach to the plot make this an agreeable offering. Ages 11-up.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Simon Pulse; 1st edition (September 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0671677594
• ISBN-13: 978-0671677596
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,893,559 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carolyn Keene and Franklin W. Dixon are the pseudonyms under which many ghostwriters penned the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys series, respectively. Both series were created by Edward Stratemeyer, founder of the Stratemeyer Syndicate book packaging firm, in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Stratemeyer's daughter, Harriet, and syndicate writer Mildred Wirt Benson were the two people primarily responsible for bringing the iconic character of Nancy Drew to life in the minds and hearts of millions of readers around the world.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A prime example of early 90's teen fiction, January 5, 2001

A Kid's Review

This review is from: Love Times Three (River Heights #1) (Paperback)

I read this book when it first came out. (We are talking 10 years ago, despite the pre-set age thing on this review). Young adult fiction then was a lot different than it is now. Sure it's more than a little shallow but that's what made it so great! It was cheesy and a little ditzy. These girls were all about what they wore, who they wanted to date, and how they were going to make it through the school year. I loved the characters of this book. They were easy, stereotypical and one-dimensional. I know I sound sick but that what was I liked, but it is what I liked BACK THEN. It reminds me of early SVH books and all the fun silliness it used to be. Sure there are probably a hell of lot more interesting and intelligent stories out there to tell, but once upon a time, all this shallowness was at one point the most important stuff in the world. Plus the scheming that Britany did was a trip!

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Shallow Barbie-Doll Crap, November 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Love Times Three (River Heights #1) (Paperback)

There is not even a tiny speck of genuine emotion in this novel. It's all about a bunch of rich and beautiful spoiled teenaged girls competing for the affections of some guy they couldn't really care less about. It is vapid in the extreme and promotes extremely shallow values. Other people with less than supermodel bodies and millionaire bank accounts exist, too, and have much more interesting stories to be told. I find it creepy how the voice of regular people is supressed in favor of idealized cut-outs. I'm not surprised this comes from the creator of the Nancy Drew series, but at least Nancy Drew was doing something useful and interesting with that whole mystery-solving thing.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book For Young Adult, February 25, 2000

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This review is from: Love Times Three (River Heights #1) (Paperback)

It is a book I like very much. For one reason, the auther tells a story about love between the young males and young females. The characters in the book are so vivid and familiar. It brought my memory to the years when I was a teenage. For the other, the language used in the book is so ggod, especially the teenage English. I like the book.