Blair

Of the large and complicated cast of characters, the centerpiece is beautiful, strong-willed, and ambitious Blair Waldorf, whose shares a last name with a long-established, very high-end hotel chain. Blair is in her last year at the Constance Billiard School for Girls and, over the course of the narrative, is driven to ensure not only that she has a great social and romantic life (which seems to be her priority) and to flaunt expensive, name brand possessions (which seems to be almost as much of a priority). She is also driven, perhaps for the first time in her life, to actively take responsibility for her future - after failing to gain admission to Yale University (her father's alma mater), which she thought was a given, she finds herself faced with the challenge of actually having to earn it. She is also challenged when her ex-boyfriend, Nate becomes involved...