So Close by Emma McLaughlin & Nicola Kraus
FINALLY - This book has been a long time coming. I, like so many others, fell in love with The Nanny Diaries. Naturally, I would read the follow up books that the authors churned out, only to find that the magic of The Nanny Diaries was gone. I tried, and tried, again, but each book left me more disappointed than the last. I did buy TND's sequel, but I have been too afraid to read it and find out that it steals some of the original shine. I don't know why I continued to try - but I am finally happy that I did.
Amanda Luker grew up in a trailer park with a less-than-stellar mother who always looked for a man to save her. Amanda found that she was also looking for a way out as well. As luck would have it, Amanda meets a politician named Tom Davis and his wife Lindsay. Having just lost her job, due to a wealthy man and his friends, Pax Westerbrook, upon meeting the Davis', Amanda hustles her way into volunteering and works her way up into the world of politics and the lives of Tom and Lindsay.
As I was reading this, I kept thinking "what's the story here? It can't just be look at me work my way up the ladder. Isn't there always a conflict of some kind?" I finally found that conflict towards the end of the book. It's quite the buildup for such a large explosion, as politics do.
In addition to Amanda's job prowess, we also are a party to Amanda's on-again, off-again interest in Pax. and her family that keeps her tied to the trailer park she wanted out of - her mom, who had 2 more kids that she had to raise herself when all she wanted to do was go looking for love, her brother and sister, and her grandmother.
I enjoyed this book - I liked watching Amanda rise in the ranks behind a political campaign or 3, while her family dynamics always kept me guessing. Every time I thought I knew what her family would do next, they would surprise me. The weakest part of the story was Pax's, but it all comes together and makes more sense towards the end for the big blowout!
To the fans of TND - give this one a try. I can see some of that same magic back again!
I received this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Amanda Luker grew up in a trailer park with a less-than-stellar mother who always looked for a man to save her. Amanda found that she was also looking for a way out as well. As luck would have it, Amanda meets a politician named Tom Davis and his wife Lindsay. Having just lost her job, due to a wealthy man and his friends, Pax Westerbrook, upon meeting the Davis', Amanda hustles her way into volunteering and works her way up into the world of politics and the lives of Tom and Lindsay.
As I was reading this, I kept thinking "what's the story here? It can't just be look at me work my way up the ladder. Isn't there always a conflict of some kind?" I finally found that conflict towards the end of the book. It's quite the buildup for such a large explosion, as politics do.
In addition to Amanda's job prowess, we also are a party to Amanda's on-again, off-again interest in Pax. and her family that keeps her tied to the trailer park she wanted out of - her mom, who had 2 more kids that she had to raise herself when all she wanted to do was go looking for love, her brother and sister, and her grandmother.
I enjoyed this book - I liked watching Amanda rise in the ranks behind a political campaign or 3, while her family dynamics always kept me guessing. Every time I thought I knew what her family would do next, they would surprise me. The weakest part of the story was Pax's, but it all comes together and makes more sense towards the end for the big blowout!
To the fans of TND - give this one a try. I can see some of that same magic back again!
I received this e-book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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