Toppsta - Childrens Books – Reviews

Do you have a passion for fashion? Do you go bonkers for bags? Crazy in love with clothes? If your answer to all questions is YES, then this YA fashionista fiction, now also a major TV series, is for YOU! 

It's 1984 and we're in the suburbs. Doesn't sound so glamorous, does it? But hang on, because our protagonist Carrie ALWAYS finds her way to the bling! It's not too long before she begins an internship in Manhattan, New York, and that's where her never-ending love story with fashion begins ... while she navigates senior year of high school and her first love.  

Get to know Carrie before her Sex and the City era: fans of the global adult series will get to find out how Carrie steps into life in Manhattan, finds her writing voice, her family background, and the relationships, friendships and experiences that shape her into the Carrie Bradshaw we have learned to love over the years. 

Carrie's life will speak to all the small-town girls that know they just want more: the big city life! And in Summer and the City, we get to find out how Carrie met Samantha and Miranda, her forever friends that will carry her through adulthood's many tumultuous relationships (does Big ring a bell, anyone?).  

These books are all about moving on from childhood, first experiences, love, discovering who you are and, of course, fashion by the brilliant bestselling author and creator of Sex and the City, Candace Bushnell. 

If you'd like to read more romance and fashion YA, definitely check out Girl Online, Geek Girl or Far From Perfect! If you'd like to dip your toes into more romance, take a look at these romance books for teens! And if you love a good trend, take a look at the best BookTok books you absolutely MUST read!

All The Carrie Diaries books in order:

Book 1: The Carrie Diaries (2010)
Book 2: Summer and the City (2011)