One of the downfalls of having such a large cast of characters is that you can't fit them all into a single update so you always risk alienating those who are focused on a favorite character. Some of the characters have been really underserved by the story even if you are on their path. The merit of this strategy is that you are kind of throwing everything at a wall and some girl is going to end up being someone's favorite girl. The drawback is like I said you end up spreading yourself too thin. You start to wonder if the time and energy spent on Charli throughout the trip could have been used to have another Lauren Scene, Penelope Scene, or God forbid an Emily scene. In fact, most if not all of the problems that Charlie caused could have easily been caused by Emily. He was, in essence, just a jealous girlfriend spreading gossip. Maybe she would be more interesting as a character if she was both a love interest and an antagonist. But these are just my observations, not implacable criticisms. You are never going to be able to please everyone, after all, and it could be said it is foolish to try. I think that the Europe trip, taken as a whole, was very good to Aubrey, Riley, Nora, and Chloe (on one particular path). That left a lot of other girls looking up at the bottom of the bus. So it will be interesting to see where the focus is once the gang gets back to school.
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