Sweet Valley University
Sweet Valley University is part of the Sweet Valley High young adult book series created by Francine Pascal. The series featured twins Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield starting college. Unlike any of the other spin-offs, SVU covered two years of the twins' lives, their freshman and sophomore years in college.
Recurring characters
New Characters
- Tom Watts—Elizabeth's steady boyfriend
- Sam Burgess—Elizabeth's housemate/love interest. While on a cross country road trip, Jessica, believing Sam is disingenuous and unfaithful, tricks him into kissing her to prove to Elizabeth that Sam is not the one for her. Elizabeth, upset at Jessica for stealing her boyfriend, vows to never forgive her sister and immediately flees to London. This arc begins the Elizabeth series.
- Mike McAllery—Jessica's boyfriend and ex-husband
- Nick Fox—Jessica's boyfriend, an undercover cop that ends up leaving Jessica and going into the witness protection program.
- Neil Martin—Lives with the twins and Sam. A close friend of Elizabeth and Jessica, and one of the few homosexual characters in the series.
- Gin-Yung Suh—Todd's girlfriend, whom he meets aboard the SS Homecoming Queen. Gin-Yung is an avid sports enthusiast and sports writer. She later passes away from a brain tumor in the book One Last Kiss.
- Isabella Ricci—A popular sorority girl, girlfriend of Danny Wyatt, and one of Jessica's closest friends. She develops amnesia after a drug overdose.
- Danny Wyatt—Tom Watts' roommate/close friend and confidant, and Isabella's crush-turned-boyfriend.
- Nina Harper—Elizabeth's first close friend at SVU, they initially bond because they're both very studious. Nina is the playful girlfriend to Bryan Nelson.
- Bryan Nelson—Nina Harper's boyfriend, and head of the Black Student Union at SVU. Bryan is often overly serious about life, which causes him to get into fights with girlfriend Nina and be annoyed by class clown Winston Egbert.
- James Montgomery—Jessica's boyfriend, a popular football player who attempted to rape Jessica while they were on a date. After discovering James' shady history, Elizabeth saved Jessica from the attempted rape and encouraged Jessica to bring further a case against James.
- Louis Miles—a professor that Jessica dated which committed suicide to save Jessica's life from his crazy ex wife.
- Lauren Hill—Begins dating Todd immediately after he dumps Elizabeth for refusing to sleep with him. But dumped Todd eventually.
- Mark Gathers—Todd's roommate, and Alex Rollins' boyfriend for a short while. When he becomes embroiled in the SVU basketball scandal, he leaves the school.
- Scott Sinclair—a reporter for the Sweet Valley Gazette. Tries to manipulate Elizabeth into dating him when she and Tom are broken up.
- Dana Upshaw—a musician who dated Todd and Tom
- Noah Pearson—A quiet, mild mannered Psychology major, Noah begins dating the alcohol-addicted Alex Rollins when they meet on a counselling hotline.
- Denise Waters—A beautiful Theta who is close friends with Isabella and Jessica. Winston Egbert pines over Denise for several books before they finally get together.
- William White—a psychotic racist who fell madly in love with Elizabeth, before trying to murder her and friends. This character is reportedly modeled after Bill White, Commander of the American National Socialist Workers Party and former spokesman for the National Socialist Movement.
- Allison Quinn—Jessica's rival at the Theta Alpha Theta sorority, tries to get Jessica kicked out of Theta for lack of commitment and because she disapproves of Jessica's relationship with Michael McAllery and sees Jessica as a "status" threat.
Thrillers
Secret Love Diaries
- Elizabeth
- Jessica
- Sam
- Chloe
See also
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