<sod>Structurally and stylistically, The Adventure Girls books are extremely similar to the Beverly Gray series for which Blank is better known.{{cn|date=October 2016}} Each series follows a large cast of central characters through numerous adventures, flowing uninterrupted from one to the next; the Beverly Gray series was termed a "[[soap opera]],"<ref name=Abreu.YL21/> an equally applicable designation for The Adventure Girls books. By the third book The Adventure Girls became the college mystery series that started off the Beverly Gray works, and even though cancelled before the fourth volume was published, the similarities in intended plot are clear: in ''The Adventure Girls on Vacation'' the protagonists were set to begin a cruise on a yacht owned by a wealthy friend, the precise theme of the contemporaneous Beverly Gray books.<ref name=Abreu.YL21/><ref name=Grossman.Lover/><eod>
<sod>Structurally and stylistically, The Adventure Girls books are extremely similar to the Beverly Gray series for which Blank is better known.<ref name=Grossman.YL55/> Each series follows a large cast of central characters through numerous adventures, flowing uninterrupted from one to the next; the Beverly Gray series was termed a "[[soap opera]],"<ref name=Abreu.YL21/> an equally applicable designation for The Adventure Girls books. By the third book The Adventure Girls became the college mystery series that started off the Beverly Gray works, and even though cancelled before the fourth volume was published, the similarities in intended plot are clear: in ''The Adventure Girls on Vacation'' the protagonists were set to begin a cruise on a yacht owned by a wealthy friend, the precise theme of the contemporaneous Beverly Gray books.<ref name=Abreu.YL21/><ref name=Grossman.Lover/><eod>