Nanny Returns by Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus
After marrying the "Harvard Hottie" (see book 1) and living abroad with him for the last 10 years Nanny is back in NYC. She dreads crossing paths with the X family - her former employers. Which should be easy since she is plenty busy consulting for an exclusive private school - full of faculty and families just like the Xs - and trying to renovate an old brownstone while her husband is working out of town. But when Grayson, now 16, shows up at her door she is sucked back in to the lives of Mr & Mrs. X, Grayson and his little brother, getting way in over her head.
Let's just say I my expectations were fairly low, and I'm still disappointed. I found it difficult to believe she lived all over the world, appears to have married a sensible guy, and upon her return we find her experiences have taught her nothing and she responds much like her younger self in most situations. She is consulting for a prep school, with a board full of ridiculousness - exactly the type of people she is trying to avoid, but cannot because they are paying her $300 an hour. And she dreaded running into Grayson, but becomes involved in his life to the point of making me uncomfortable. Her observations of the uber-wealthy are both funny and sad, the way that shallowness can be first amusing then pathetic. Even though I was frustrated that Nan hadn't quite grown up, her inner musings were familiar and consistent with her character from the first book.
With reading time at a premium, I can't recommend this one. Although I don't blame you for being curious, especially if you read the first book. I have The Nanny Diaries (no.1) to give away to the first person who asks.
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