Oof. Not good. 0060731788 I loved this series when I was a pre-teen I think next time I go to my parent's house I should grab my old favorites and reread them! 0060731788 This book has absolutely no character development and is quite shallow. However, I found it juicy and entertaining.....but not compelling enough to read the other books in the series. It was kinda like reading a gossip magazine: no substance but addicting and interesting. I also found the sudden shift in POV/narration confusing. 0060731788 I really hate cam urgh 0060731788 Life as a teen nanny has never been more challenging.
Sixteen-year old Adrienne Lewis is eight-year old Emma Warner's nanny. Emma, known to be an evil supergenuis, is the youngest of the snobby Warner family, but she is the most tolerable. Adrienne has to deal with the ever-demanding Mrs. Warner; the creepy Graydon, who lurks around, waiting to hit on Adrienne; the wild, two-faced Cameron, and finally, the luxurious life of East New York, which she vicariously lives through Cameron. Cameron is known to be a user, but not to Adrienne and her best friend, Liz. Hmm, curious, isn't it?
This book is so much like other famous works out there, like Gossip Girl; The Devil Wears Prada-- The Luxe, maybe--works that involve ambitious or clueless middle-class people getting tangled up in high class society, and the results are not...pretty. This book is just another one of those cliches, but it was a sort-of good cliche. It's not, like most of the books I've been reading lately, great; it was a fast and light read that I breezed through for a couple of hours to kill time.
I really, really, really hate it when middle-class girls involve themselves in Upper Class society and then end up having these makeovers and acting exactly like the she-devil herself. Adrienne is like that. And Liz surprised me stupendously. I figured because Cameron goes to her school, she knows exactly the kind of girl she is; yet, she falls into Cam's web of lies. It really annoys me, but right now, this isn't about me, so scratch that: It really annoys me
Where were we?
Right. The characters. Despite their naiveté, Adrienne and Liz are pretty decent characters. Cam, though, gave me the impression that I hope I never would meet someone like her.
Yes, yes, I didn't like the characters much, but if you think about it, you don't want to read about the same type of character your whole life. New is cool. So Adrienne and Liz were those kind of girls; I could impersonate a goth chic tomorrow to keep myself flexible.
So bottom line: the author gave these characters the right personalities, even though I don't like these kind of characters much, but like I said, this isn't about me.
The tone of the story is a mixture of Lauren Conrad's L.A. Candy and those sappy kid books (take The Grimm Sisters as a very good example). This is one of the reasons why I gave the book 3 stars.
So, I recommend this book for those who are not looking for a serious read, and looking for a time killer.
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Sixteen-year-old Adrienne Lewis is in charge of eight-year-old Emma Warner, the youngest member of the snooty Warner family. Emma is an evil genius who has gotten all five previous nannies fired -- and she's the good news. Because then there's Emma's half brother, Graydon, who goes to college -- yet always seems to be lurking around waiting to hit on Adrienne. But worst of all is Emma's beautiful seventeen-year-old half sister, Cameron, whose reputation as a wild girl, a liar, and a user is known to everyone . . . everyone, that is, except Adrienne. Confessions of a Teen Nanny (Confessions of a Teen Nanny, 1)
Wow, I can almost not believe this book was edited and published by a leading publishing house.
Confessions of a Teen Nanny is really easy to sum up: shallow girls, party, make-up, party, hair, party, kissing, party, clothes shopping, party, makeover, party, hormonal boys, party, underage drinking, party, more underage drinking, party, nude poolside party, drug abuse, party, boy drama, party, party, and...oh yes, party.
And then there were also several inconsistencies and unlikely scenarios, plus the real biggie where an eight-year-old is soundly asleep while a whopper of a party is raging outside her bedroom door. The book should have been more accurately titled, Nannies Needing Nannies, because these atrociously forgettable characters spent an entire novel living it up and fighting about boys, and very little of what they were getting paid to do.
Let me put it this way: if you’re expecting another Nanny Diaries, you’re going to be severely disappointed. At least it is a short and quick read, for which you’ll be thankful you haven’t wasted a lot of time on.
0060731788 Lord, do I feel bad about giving a one star, but really the book was not good at all. I hated pretty much all of the characters, there was not a single redeemable character in this book. The book was a mix of Devil Wears Prada and Nanny Diaries, but not well crafted like those stories. So yeah, not good at all. 0060731788 Adrienne Lewis is a sixteen year old who goes to a public high school and grew up in an average house. Cameron Warner is a seventeen year old who goes to a very posh high school, lives in a high apartment on the upper east side, rich and oh did i mention, gets everything she wants? so you're probably thinking, how do these two relate to each other? well Adrienna is introduced to a babysitting job by her best friend and she is soon hired by Mrs. Cameron. She realizes the pay is high, there's not much to do and she was being friends with Cameron; a high society princess. Not there yet!. Emma, the sister that Adrienne was suppose to be babysitting has a reputation for being a brat and a super genius at getting rid of nannies she dislikes but somehow she and Adrienne become friends. Cameron becomes friends with Adrienne but Cameron is also known for something that everyone knows... everyone except for Adrienne and that will come to haunt Adrienne soon.
i thought this was a really good book because you could see how the lives of these two girls from two totally different worlds meet and I thought that Victoria Ashton did a good job with not going overboard with the rich life so that it seemed really hard to believe but still believable.
i recommend this book to Tori because i saw her reading books that are similar to these 0060731788 I've been spying this book for a long time. I once wanted to order it but it was never in stock. Coming from an older book, I'm not really surprised. I forgot about it over the years, and when I went to the library and found it, I was thrilled.
I think that if you enjoyed Mean Girls or any chick-lit movie, then you're sure to adore this book. I've read many chick-lits in my life, and this was probably one that was very below-average comparing to the high-class awesome ones like Beach Lane by Melissa de la Cruz. If you don't have anything to read, then this might be your quick summer pick, but other than that, I don't say reading this is mandatory or convincing.
This incorporates Adrienne Lewis, who is looking for a job. Her friend Liz immediately recommends nannying for the Warners' daughter, Emma, who is a prodigy. Emma's gotten all five previous nannies fired. Emma has a half brother named Graydon who likes to hit on Adrienne, and another half sister named Cameron who's a total wild chick. They immediately turn into friends, but there's still secrets that Adrienne hasn't figured out yet that can ruin everything.
Thankfully this book was short. Other than that, I would've let this go. The characters in this book were very whiny and bitchy. They were the main flaw and are why I'd recommend to let go of this book. It overall was okay, but they basically just ruined it. Both Cameron and Adrienne got on my nerves. (Although Adrienne was supposed to be the innocent goody-two-shoes.) Emma was a cute character, but everyone was spoiled and total drama-queens.
The romance? Don't get me started. It was cheesy, predictable and incorporated no sparks whatsoever. I obviously knew that Cameron would end up to do something behind Adrienne's back, and bam! It happened. ._.
The plot was okay. That's probably the thing that kept me reading. Although this whole book was a little cheesy, I felt in the mood for a chick-lit summery read, and this was probably it. I've been reading many dystopia fantasy reads lately, so this gave me a mini-break. The book was fast-paced, but as we got to the ending, I was disappointed. It was very, very cheesy.
Overall, I'm glad I stayed with this book. I've been wanting to read it for ages, and now that I finally did, I realized that there are better contemporary-romances out there. Many, many better ones. 0060731788 I just read this yesterday right in the library (mainly because I forgot my library card) and I was disappointed. There was New York, Fashion, The Upper East side, and a private school, but it just wasn't Gossip Girl, Confessions of a Shopaholic, or the Au Pairs. 0060731788
