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Sunset Island #2
Sunset Kiss
Working as au pairs for the summer on a resort island, Emma and Sam worry that Carrie's new personality will get her fired when the young woman decides to shed her squeaky clean image and win the boy of her dreams
214 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 1991
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Cherie Bennett
135 books154 followersA popular novelist, playwright, and newspaper columnist, Cherie moves effortlessly from genre to genre, writing powerful and entertaining work, whether in literary hardcover teen fiction, mass market paperback fiction, for the stage, film and television, and for her nationally-syndicated teen advice column.
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November 27, 2019
The second book in the Sunset Island book series by Cherie Bennett, Sunset Kiss (Sunset Island, #2), is a great sequel to the first book in the series, Sunset Island (Sunset Island, #1). Unlike the first book, Sunset Kiss features Carrie Alden's point of view of being an au pair and working for a celebrity. When Carrie Alden decides to shed her responsible personality and be like other young adults, she finds out quickly that being a wild child isn't all it's cracked up to be.
What I love about this book in this series is that it actually teaches a lesson . . . being a responsible person and that there could be dire consequences if you aren't responsible. The lessons are that you should never leave the children you're watching alone at the house and to drink responsibly. There is even a secondary lesson . . . be yourself! If you want more details, you'll have to read the book!
The first time I read this book series made me want to be an au pair, and I wished that I had friends like Carrie, Emma, and Sam. Although, Sam is my least favorite character of the three and Emma was my favorite character. I remember not being able to wait to get my hands on these books and read the next installment. I was always surprised at how things turned out. Reading it as an adult, it was a lot more predictable but still very enjoyable. It actually made me nostalgic rereading Sunset Kiss.
I definitely would recommend this book to tweens and teens between the ages of eleven and eighteen. In my opinion, much of the subject matter is still very relevant today. My rating is four out of five stars.
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What I love about this book in this series is that it actually teaches a lesson . . . being a responsible person and that there could be dire consequences if you aren't responsible. The lessons are that you should never leave the children you're watching alone at the house and to drink responsibly. There is even a secondary lesson . . . be yourself! If you want more details, you'll have to read the book!
The first time I read this book series made me want to be an au pair, and I wished that I had friends like Carrie, Emma, and Sam. Although, Sam is my least favorite character of the three and Emma was my favorite character. I remember not being able to wait to get my hands on these books and read the next installment. I was always surprised at how things turned out. Reading it as an adult, it was a lot more predictable but still very enjoyable. It actually made me nostalgic rereading Sunset Kiss.
I definitely would recommend this book to tweens and teens between the ages of eleven and eighteen. In my opinion, much of the subject matter is still very relevant today. My rating is four out of five stars.
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February 14, 2011
The first Sunset Island book focuses on poor little rich girl Emma. In Sunset Kiss we move on to curvy, sensible, shutterbug Carrie. She's trying to change herself to attract a boy. See also Babysitter's Club #50 Dawn's Big Date. Classic sitcom situation. She's gonna make a complete ass of herself before realising that the guy likes her for who she is. Duh! Carrie has obviously been too busy taking photos and cultivating her much-lauded rack to watch television. It's a pretty stressful read. Carrie does so many things, some of them illegal and yet does not get fired! Oops, spoiler alert. I still enjoyed the book though. I love the stupid, stupid world of Sunset Island.
December 19, 2022
I like these characters and love the nostalgia of this series, though I practically forgot how normalized the 18 yr old debauchery/delinquency was in the early 90s-- seeing how much I absolutely loved underage bar hopping and partying in my late teens myself, I suspect these books had a greater impact on my ideas of what post high school life would be like than I ever considered at the time. That said, totally appalled at some of the choices Carrie makes in this book as an au pair. As a parent, I would have fired her ass. At any rate- having fun with these books! 3 stars.
July 6, 2023
I fell in love with these books in High School. I would absolutely read them over and over. Being out of Print makes it hard as life was lived and books are gone.
I wish they would reprint them into digital. I would be all over that!
Definitely an Awesome series, that I would Absolutely read again!
I wish they would reprint them into digital. I would be all over that!
Definitely an Awesome series, that I would Absolutely read again!
September 26, 2021
The normally responsible Carrie goes a bit wild when she tries to keep up with hot musician Billy, her behaviour becomes completely out of character as she tries to become the kind of girl she thinks he wants to be with
October 17, 2021
These are terrible and I love them.
December 30, 2009
Slightly better than the storyline in book1, but maybe I wouldn't have seen right through the plot if I read it when I were twelve.
April 17, 2012
A typical love story, with a typical ending. The girl gets the guy. Year 10.
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