In September 2006, Madonna announced plans to launch a sequel to the story, titled The English Roses: Too Good to be True. David Sexton from the London Evening Standard criticized Madonna's determination to write down the story, together with making the character of Binah a ravishing trying lady, since he believed that in actuality "the kids who undergo wounding rejection from their friends are not the beautiful, the intelligent and the sporty, but the ugly, the dull and the awkward". In the identical article, creator Francesca Simon felt the book "has no characters, no story and there is no tension, which is a problem." Both criticized Fulvimari's illustrations with Rosen describing them as "odious photos". A reviewer for Publishers Weekly compared Fulvimari's illustrations to the photographs in Vogue while saying the story was preaching in nature. The story continues with the women encountering their first romantic crush and the reader again learns a useful lesson.
