LOVED!!!

Lexington Larrabee is living life as a socialite; going to clubs, shopping, traveling, crashing expensive cars, drinking and causing scenes, planning vacations, and waiting on her $25 million trust fund to kick in. But her bad behavior may have just went too far. She's just landed in daddy's doghouse, and it's not a place you want to be. Now in order to get her trust fund and freedom from the Larrabee media empire, she's going to have to work 52 low paying jobs in 52 weeks or risk being completely cut off!!

If that's not bad enough, daddy's hired a brown nosing, intern, babysitter to keep tabs on her. So Lexi decides that she's got to suck it up and show everyone who expects her to fall on her face that she's more than just a pampered princess... but these jobs are hard for someone who hasn't worked a day in her life and wasn't planning to!!

My Thoughts:
I can't believe this is my first Jessica Brody book. Well I assure you it won't be my last! I flew through this book because it was so entertaining. Lexi isn't exactly a character that you fall in love with right away. She's sort of bratty and definitely spoiled.... but she has this really funny/snarky voice that even if you don't agree with what she's saying, it's like a friend is telling it to you. She's funny and like a fish out of water, but I couldn't help giving her credit for trying.

You find out pretty early on in the book that Lexi's relationship with her father is less than ideal. He's always sending his employees to stand in for him in important fatherly moments and when he is around it's usually a part of a publicity thing. They don't talk and never really have. That alone made me feel bad for Lexi and had me understanding exactly why she was the way she was. I actually expected someone raised in her situation to be worse. I could see a real person with real feelings inside of her bursting to get out and it made me sad for her.

I wasn't 100% sold on the romantic relationship just because I felt it was a little obvious from the get-go. (And I don't like guys with sticks up their you-know-whats even if they do change in the end.)

Overall: So cute, funny, witty, adorable!! A definite must-read for anyone who wants a break from the darker, emotional stuff that a lot of YA books are. It is a truly entertaining read and I totally recommend! And wouldn't this be the cutest movie?? It's like Billy Madison met Nicole Richie!

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I really liked this one. It was less fluffy than I expected, and a pretty entertaining read. Party girl Lexi is given an ultimatum by her father: work a different low-paying job every week for a year in order to receive her trust fund.

This was an easy read but one that also really sucked me in. I went from hating Lexi to rooting for her over the course of the book. ( )

Surprisingly enough, I enjoyed this story. I thought there's be too much drama and stupid actions by the storyteller, but Lexi was a very interesting and resourceful young lady. ( )

I'll admit that at first I was a little worried about whether or not I'd like this book. A spoiled socialite who is trying to earn her multi-million dollar trust fund? I had a vivid image of Paris Hilton in my head, and let's just say it wasn't working for me. Let me tell you though, I proven so wrong. I loved 52 Reasons to Hate My Father. Absolutely loved it! There's so much more to this story than you think. By the end, I was teary eyed, and smiling like an idiot. Oh yes friends, it's that good.

Lexington Larabee starts off as your typical privileged girl. One whose only goals in life are shopping, partying, and being on the front page of as many magazines as possible. Needless to say, it's tough to instantly fall in love with her. However it isn't long before the reader begins to slowly find out the rest of Lexi's story. Her absent father, her need to fill a family void with as many material things as she can. Little bits of Lexi are laid out as the story progresses, and it's perfectly done. I'll be the first to admit that about halfway through I was totally in love with this girl!

What's even more fun are the jobs that Jessica Brody sets out for Lexi to complete. Each one comes with its own set of trials and tribulations, and Lexi's sarcastic wit totally made my day! Imagine you're a girl who has never had to clean in your life. Now imagine you're thrown into the job of being a maid. Sound like a recipe for disaster? You'd be right! I loved watching Lexi stumble through the way the "other half" lives, and come out a better person on the other side. Favorite part? Hands down, her video logs. Too cute!

I could go on and on about this book. The sweet romance that isn't too over the top. All of the side characters who totally have their own wonderful personalities and, bless their hearts, love Lexi for who she is. There are a million reasons that I could give you to read 52 Reasons to Hate My Father. However I'm just going to give you one. It's adorable. Lexis's story is equal parts hilarious and heartfelt. This is a fun, light read that will make you smile. At the end of the day, isn't that all that matters? Loved this one! I know you will too. ( )

The cover, the description, even the blurb from Meg Cobot all lead you to believe this will be a nice and fluffy book. It's not. It's actually quite intense. If you ask me, that is.

"Do you really want to know what it was like growing up here? ... I'll tell you. It was learning to play pool from the butler and soccer from the gardener and poker from the chauffeur. Because there was never anybody else around to entertain you. It was coming home from school and showing off your artwork to the maid. It was spending Christmases with the nanny and birthdays with whatever girl was hired to dress up as a Disney Princess and knock on your door with an armful of presents... [It was lying] in bed at night, counting the number of words [your father] said to you on his latest phone call from Japan, and then celebrating quietly to yourself when it was a whopping three more than the last time."

I feel that quote pretty much encompasses all the feels. ( )