Confessions of a Teen Nanny
 

Confessions of a Teen Nanny (Confessions of a Teen Nanny)

by Victoria Ashton

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... (read more)

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Overview: Amazon Reviews

LOVES IT!!!!!!
  • Rated 5 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, 2006-09-26
Oh, my God, Adrienne thought. Someone at the party stole Mrs. Warner's jewelry! "


Confessions of a Teen Nanny, first in its series. Makes you never want to work with New York socialites no matter the pay. How is a girl like Adrienne going to handle an eight year old super genius, a teen that only likes to party, and the boss? There are a lot of rules. Adrienne has to adapt quickly; she changes from a nanny into a party planner.
Her friend Liz gets her a job babysitting an eight-year-old super genius. At first she thinks it's a normal baby-sitting job. She soon realizes Emma's big sister Cameron (Cam) doesn't like to play things the easy way. Cam makes her way into Adrienne's life without her noticing. She takes Adrienne's boyfriend, and tricks her into buying things she can't afford. Will Adrienne ever get out of this mess?
I love the way Victoria Ashton portrayed the characters. I really could feel what Adrienne was going through. When Cam started hitting on Brian (her boyfriend). I could feel the way Cam clenched her claws into Adrienne's life. I recommend this book to people whom liked the Clique series, and a little drama in their life. In this book you'll see the good the bad and the outrageously wrong.
Great Book
  • Rated 4 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, 2006-06-13
This was a really good book! I liked the charactors. It wasn't what I expected...it was better. All girls from 11-17 should read it. I also recomend Gossip Girl. They are both really great
Decent, but not great
  • Rated 3 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, 2006-05-27
Confessions of a Teen Nanny revolves around Adrienne Lewis, a sixteen-year-old girl chosen to serve as the nanny for the wealthy Warner family's eight-year-old daughter Emma, a precocious brat. The job pays incredibly well and Adrienne can't believe her luck - until she falls in with Cameron Warner, Emma's seventeen-year-old half-sister, and her crowd of affluent, hard-partying friends. Cameron is manipulative and dishonest, and will go to almost any length to get what she wants.

I thought this book was a decent, quick read. However, I don't think it was great compared to books such as The Au-Pairs or Gossip Girl. The character development is a little weak and I thought that the plot moved so quickly as to make it superficial. I never really felt any emotions towards the characters because it never seemed like the reader got to know any of them. At the end of the book, something happens that should have made the reader feel a little angry and sad; I experienced neither of these emotions, though.

The book is pretty well-written and is definitely a "fun" read. I liked it, for the most part, but just think that the characters could have been a little more fleshed out.
NYC BABY!!!
  • Rated 4 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, 2006-03-25
At first I did not like this book. I absolutely hated it, but I forced myself to read it because that's who I am. Yet the reason I didn't like it was because I was so jealous of everything. This girl makes a dollar a minute babysitting. She's living in New York and basically gets the chance to live the high life. This is really my kind of book. I haven't finished it yet, but I'm almost there and I'm really loving it.
Confessions of an Unhappy Book Reader
  • Rated 2 stars
Reviewed by an Amazon user, 2006-01-29
Finally, a teen book about being a nanny! Is it a cute topic? Yes! Was it well written? No! The problem with this book is that it is pretty short and it still cannot keep the reader's attention. I found that just getting to the next chapter proved to be difficult!

Confessions of a Teen Nanny starts out with Adrienne, the nanny who is in a bind about a party that she just threw and the diamonds that belong to her wealthy employer are missing. Then, the book goes into the past and the reader learns how Adrienne came to be the nanny of this little girl Emma and how her best friend Liz works in the apartment below her. As the book progressives, the reader then learns all about Adrienne and her boyfriend Brian and how Emma's older half-sister Cameron is a bad influence on Adrienne. The book tries to include too many ideas and does not have time to finish them. Also, it was choppy and would go from babysitting Emma to wild drinking parties all in the same chapter! Once again, the topic is good but the book does not carry through. I suggest picking up a different book on the self.
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