Has more heart than I
expected.
Fiction – YA – Chick Lit
Age Level: 12 and up Grade: 7 and
up
340 pages
Publication Date: July 3rd 2012
When Lexington Larrabee drunkenly crashes her new car into a convenience
store days before her 18 birthday she expects it to be swept under the rug by
her business mogul father’s team with the usual ease. Sure being the daughter of an ever absent
billionaire has its downside, like him missing her high school graduation, but
these kinds of things are the perks of being a heiress right? Everything seems par for the course until
Lexi shows up at the lawyers office to receive her ticket to freedom, a trust
fund worth twenty-five-million-dollars.
Her father has added a few new stipulations. Lexi, will be expected to work a new job
every week for the next year, 52 to be exact.
With a college intern to babysit her, Lexi, will have to learn what it
means to work for the first time in her life or give up everything.
Jessica Brody has very expression writing style with excellent imagery
and wonderful flow. This storyline idea
while not exactly the most original was well executed, with elements of fun and
heart. I liked how Brody introduced us
to Lexi and set about illuminating her inner and outer struggles. Lexi is a real piece of work; intelligent,
childish, spoiled but neglected and damaged.
One great example of Brody’s talent is in the way she manages to keep
Lexi from becoming completely repulsive and then her excellent job of
transforming Lexi in a believable way.
ISBN 0374323038
(ISBN13: 9780374323035)
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