User blog comment:Gryffinpuffz/The Loyalty of Apricott Persimmon/@comment-4786757-20180924005358/@comment-35562984-20180924024934

Yea I agree that Becca and Olivia shouldn't be there. Actually Olivia wasn't really an antagonist in my opinion, I don't know how to explain it but with her everyone is a competition. Like during the Apple pie contest, she was willing to work with the MC immediately to sabotage Madeleine. I don't remember her making someone cry unlike Madeleine with Hana and Penelope.

Becca did a Zoe-ish move in Book 2 where she helps MC with getting dirt on Sebastian. Then in book 3 things slightly escalated but the pace how it reached that point was good.

Britney was mind controlled to be nice to Lily but I believe she was especially mean to Lily because of their past which she probably didn't want anyone to know, that's why she always pushes her away.

Victoria was a diva but it was obviously a way of her becoming defensive at anyone who is a threat to her career. I think that small team building that Marcus made them do helped changed her perspective a little. That was his whole purpose after all.

Apricott however is still a very young, naive, spoiled girl, her wanting something in exchange of something kind of fits the bill (≧∇≦*)