I must have read this between 2011-2014 and don’t think it was much older than that. It was very cute, maybe around 200 pages but without a ton of content, since the pages (though black and white) where designed to look like chat messages where each girl has their own username. Sometimes you saw a groupchat, other times individual chats, I don’t remember if there was any non-chat narration. I *think* POVs switched somehow. There was boy trouble and friendship struggles. It had a pink sleeve over hardcover and I kind of recall a white blond girl on it, but maybe all the main characters were illustrated on main cover? I think they were pretty racially diverse, too.
What do Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Milla, and Violet all have in common? Other than being named after flowers, practically nothing. Katie-Rose is a film director in training. Yasaman is a computer whiz. Milla is third in command of the A list. And Violet is the new girl in school. They’re fab girls, all of them, but they sure aren’t friends. And if evil queen bee Medusa— ’scuse  What do Katie-Rose, Yasaman, Milla, and Violet all have in common? Other than being named after flowers, practically nothing. Katie-Rose is a film director in training. Yasaman is a computer whiz. Milla is third in command of the A list. And Violet is the new girl in school. They’re fab girls, all of them, but they sure aren’t friends. And if evil queen bee Medusa— ’scuse me, Modessa—has her way, they never will be. But this is the beginning of a new school year, when anything can happen and social worlds can collide . . . Told in Lauren Myracle’s inventive narrative style—here a fresh mix of instant messages, blog posts, screenplay, and straight narrative—Luv Ya Bunches, the first in a four-book series, is a funny, honest depiction of the shifting alliances and rivalries that shape school days, and of the lasting friendships that blossom from the skirmishes. ...more