In this third part in the Dirt Diaries series, Rachel is off on holiday, to the house of her dad in Orlando, Florida. She expects a relaxing time, with her feet in the swimming pool or on the beach, and most of all a trip to Disney World. But when she has arrived, everything goes different. Her dad has a new girlfriend, Ellie, who decides that Rachel can help at the cafe of the vacation resort, as they are short staffed. hat’s when Rachel kinda sorta adopts a new identity to impress the cool, older girls who work there. Ava is everything Rachel wishes she could be. But when the girls ask “Ava” to help add juicy resort gossip to their file, Rachel’s not sure what to do…especially when one of the entries is a secret about Ellie.

Just as the previous two books in this series, The Gossip File is a fast paced and fun written story.Rachel gets herself in trouble again when she tries to get Ellie away from her dad. Her dad seems to have more time for Ellie than he ever did for Rachel, and Rachel wants to turn thing around for the better. Ofcourse her dad is not happy when he finds this out. And the boss of the cafe is not happy when wannabe-cook Rachel tries to get more customers to the always almost empty cafe by trying out some of her recipes. Because seriously who wants a cookie that tastes like garlic? In the end though, everything fall in two place. Rachel also tries to learn more about her Korean heritage from her dad, something he never talks about. If you are in again for a lot of fun after the first two books, and want to see (or read) Rachel's quirky character again, this just the book for you. Recommended!!