Back in the day, I remember really enjoying Avalon High but I'm not thrilled with it now. Mostly, it's dull, and it takes such a long time for the characters to figure out what's going on. The plot's lacking given that it's supposed to be a play on King Arthur. The characters are pretty flat, so, even though I can appreciate that Jennifer's not a mean girl, I don't actually care about any of these relationship. Worst of all, it seems like the worst in bad diversity (though he could just be white...

Another light, fun read by Meg Cabot. I liked the whole King Arthur twist to the high school romance. I only wish the characters said, "OMG!" a lot less.

Mehhhhhh. I would have liked this WAY more if I had read it when I first discovered Meg Cabot. Oh well

I wasn't that impressed. I get frustrated with books that try extremely hard to prove they are hip and modern. While dealing with subject matter from Arthurian legend, I had hoped this would be an interesting retelling while holding the charm of the original stories. Not so much. That's pretty much all I can say about it.

I might have liked it 5 years ago, but at this point of my YA journey, I've completely outgrown Meg Cabot's books.

New girl in town, Elaine ‘Ellie’ Harrison is astonished. Senior Class President/ Star-Quarterback/ genuinely nice guy A. Will Wagner seems to like spending time with her...a tall, athletic, self-proclaimed nerd who whiles away her days floating about by herself in the family pool. This is more than a bit surprising because Will is handsome, popular and also happens to be dating the beautiful cheerleader, Jennifer Gold.Little does Ellie know that when Will says something along the lines of "I fee...

3.75 starswell of course I really liked this 'cause I'm King Arthur Trash™ ;) mayyybbeee a little anticlimactic in the end, tho.

Avalon High has been collecting dust on my TBR since December 2016. Yikes! So it's safe to say that it was about damn time that I dove into this. Now I've had a like/dislike adventure when ever I dive into a book written by Meg Cabot. Which, yes, it definitely made me super hesitant to dive into this book but since it ended up working for so many of the challenges I'm in.. WELL, I figure why the hell not?! So I'm pretty sure there's a Disney movie roaming throughout the world that is about this

Note: if you know nothing about this book and want to continue knowing nothing about this book until you read it, this review has SPOILERS. I don't know how to talk about it without them, but also don't want to hide the whole review because of them. You've been warned.Review: This was an instance when I saw the movie long before reading the book. Back when Disney Channel put out the adaptation for this book, I liked it a lot up till the end when the big twist seemed (to me) to come out of nowhe...

Oh, that was so much fun! I loved the parallels in the story to King Arthur's tale!This is definitely one of my favorite Meg Cabot books.Elaine's character is similar to Meg's other female characters, but significantly more intelligent and extremely less annoying. I cannot tell you what a relief that was.She wasn't like hanging around waiting for the answers to present themselves to her and/or being so blind to the obvious truth.No. Elaine figured it out almost immediate once presented with the

I LOVED this book! It was awesome:D

Thanks to Albie for picking this for me to read! Now I know it was just okay and I can get it out of my house! Alas, I think my enjoyment of this book was severely hampered by my recent viewing of the Disney made-for-TV movie based on the book. There were lots of changes in the movie (including the name of the MAIN CHARACTER) that were frustrating and a lot of the plot was different as well. After Insatiable and this, I'm kind of disheartened about Meg Cabot's books--I always enjoyed her adult b...

in a sentence: ellie (new girl at new school, thanks to her professor parents on sabbatical) meets will, the potential reincarnation of king arthur (and serious hottie). let the fun begin!this was seriously one of the most fun, enjoyable, and sweet stories i have ever heard. i listened to it in the car, and i found myself laughing out loud, smiling, and sometimes even gasping while listening! ellie, the main character and narrator, was very relatable, and you felt as if you were her best friend

Wow, so many people think that this book was terrible. Come on, what did you think it was going to be, total in-depth dissection? I personally enjoyed it. It was laid-back whilst still being exciting.The only two things I dislike about that novel are that, one, for a supposedly practical person, etc, Ellie thinks too much about seeing Will when she's only just met him. Then again, it's part of the plot, so I don't know what I'm going on about that for. I don't know. I guess Cabot should have dra...

[NOTE: Spoilers ahead]When Elaine and her family move to a new town, her parents, who are both medieval researchers, are on their sabbaticals and are looking forward to researching the legend of King Arthur. Elaine is looking forward to meeting new people and perhaps even reinventing herself. But neither of Elaine's goals turn out exactly right. When Elaine meets handsome and popular Will, they both feel like they already know each other. People she hardly knows, such as Will's half-brother Marc...

Reviewed by Me for TeensReadToo.comYou don't have to know and enjoy the legend of King Arthur to fully appreciate AVALON HIGH, but it probably helps. Meg Cabot has taken the legend of Arthur and the main people in his lives--Merlin, the magician and guardian of young Arthur; the Lady of the Lake, who gave Arthur his magical sword, Excalibur; Guinevere, Arthur's wife and Queen; his most esteemed knight, Sir Lancelot; Mordred, Arthur's half-brother; and the elusive Elaine of Astolat, the Lady of S...

ok this one convinced me to continue with the meg cabot reread

The nostalgia was real with this one! I liked it just as much as I did as a teenager, but I've gotta say, Ellie is a typical teen girl written in the early 2000s. So focused on not being like other girls, not being the type of girl to date a certain type of boy and all of that garbage. Her shitty attitude with all of that is the only thing I never liked about this book. I'm a ho for the rest of it though 😂

Okay. I admit it. I'm a sucker for any variation of the Arthurian legend and this was a fun, modern spin on the story you think you know. Ellie Harrison has just moved from St. Paul, Minnesota to Annapolis, Maryland and is going to spend her junior year attending Avalon High, while her parents do a year of sabbatical research in the area. (They are, of course, both medievalists.) A few days before school starts, Ellie catches the eye of a handsome senior while running in a nearby park. It isn't

King Arthur as high school DRAMA OMG. Quite a bit better than the adult Cabot I’ve read, actually, and there was at least one nice twist. Still the mental equivalent of candy floss, though. And not even, like, awesome maple candy floss from the Addison County Fair, to pick a very specific and increasingly ridiculous analogy. I think there need to be superheroes or buddy-cops to reach that level. At least for me.I think maybe 1 1/2 sentences of this review were actually on-topic. I win!