Friends with Benefits: A Nannies Novel [Paperback]

Melody Mayer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 9, 2006

Poor girls.

Lydia is not used to working for her money. But having money? She’s used to that—and lots of it. Now that she’s in La-La Land, Lydia will do whatever it takes to maintain the L.A. lifestyle she was born to have. If it means she has to tell a few little lies to get there, well, a Hollywood girl’s gotta do what a Hollywood girl’s gotta do, right?

Rich Boys.

Being with Jonathan is playing with fuego. Everything about him spells trouble for Esme, from his trendy hybrid car to his expensive clothes to his so-called ex, Mackenzie. What’s worse is it seems that he wants to keep Esme hidden away, a secret. Doesn’t a guy who likes you want to show you off? Unless you’re just being used.

Richer Girls.

Anyone who’s anyone will be at Fab, the exclusive party that wraps up L.A.’s fashion week. That’s why Platinum—neurotic music superstar and Kiley’s new boss—is desperate to snag an invite. Kiley has the unlikely power to make it happen . . . or say good-bye to her California summer.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Grade 9 Up–In The Nannies (Delacorte, 2005), readers met Kylie, Lydia, and Esme, three unlikely allies who work as nannies in California. In this episode, Platinum's TV show has been canceled, but the rock star wants Kylie to stay on and help with her kids. Platinum's personal life is a mess–she is addicted to drugs and alcohol. Esme is having a relationship with her boss's stepson, while still balancing her relationship with her boyfriend, a paramedic in the barrio back home. Lydia, a perpetual borrower of her aunt's things, is in hot water with her aunt's partner, Anya. Amid all of these crossing plot lines, which are crazy enough to generate interest yet too glossed over to sustain it, each girl has to deal with some form of turmoil. Mayer drops some serious names and brands, which gives a hip tone to the text at the beginning. However, as the barrage continues, it becomes tedious.–Emily Garrett, Naaman Forest High School, Garland, TX
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About the Author

Raised in Bel Air, Melody Mayer is the eldest daughter of a fourth-generation Hollywood family and has outlasted countless nannies.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 14 and up
  
• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Delacorte Press / Random House; 1st edition (May 9, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0385732848
• ISBN-13: 978-0385732840
• Product Dimensions: 5.2 x 0.8 x 8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,442,686 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Nannies: Friends with Benefits, May 29, 2006

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This review is from: The Nannies: Friends with Benefits (Library Binding)

Just like the first book in the series, Friends with Benefits is filled with the same cliches found in The Clique, Gossip Girl, and The It Girl. Girls shop and go to parties, meet boys, have a misunderstanding, then get back together with said boys. However, I was still greatly entertained by the second novel, and read it in a couple hours. I highly recommend it, but read the first book first!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The nannies, May 23, 2006

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Nicki "NICKI" (Wausau, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Friends with Benefits: A Nannies Novel (Paperback)

This book was awesome! its was just as good as the first one, probably better. Theres a lot more action and a lot more problems. Platinum gets even crazier causing a whole lot of trouble at just the wrong time. Will Esme end up with Junior? or Jonathen? and what happens to Junior that makes Esme second guess Johnathen? Ready for the juicy details...read the nannies friends with benefits and find out. Youll be hooked!

2.0 out of 5 stars This is light light light reading, December 31, 2011

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L. Cabrera (Bellingham, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Nannies: Friends with Benefits (Kindle Edition)

I stumbled upon this series and thought the first book was ok. I decided to check out the second book to see what became of these girls. The second book insults my intelligence and I felt like I should be paid to read it. The entire book goes by and hardly anything takes place.

I'm a fan of light reading as much as the next girl but this book literally had zero substance. I can't believe someone actually published this.

Worse yet, and I'm surprised no one has mentioned this - at the end of the book, Esme mentions feeling that tingle and that she's got a cold sore coming on. Ten minutes later she's making out with her boyfriend. I don't expect books and celebrities to educate kids but anyone who knows anything knows what she'd be in the perfect position to infect her boyfriend with her lip herpes if she's about to get a cold sore and she's kissing him. What a stupid thing to put in a book.