Sunset Island 1

This book is a classic from my high school years. I read Sunset Kiss first and I was sucked in from the start. This book is the one that started it all, and I high recommmend it if you like the sweet romance sort of book. The writing is superb, and Cherie Bennett has a been a great inspiration for my own writing.

Along with two of her new friends (Samantha "Sam" Bridges and Carolyn "Carrie" Alden), eighteen-year-old Emma Cresswell has been hired as an au pair on Sunset Island, a tiny island off the coast of Maine where the rich and famous like to vacation. Emma is excited about her new job, and not just because it?s her first one. This her big chance to create a "normal" life for herself. Having been born into wealth, Emma would never have to work a day in her life, but she doesn?t feel comfortable with that kind of lifestyle anymore. By coming to Sunset Island, she hopes she can shed her ice princess image and become a typical middle-class girl. Yet that?s easier said than done. Her secret barely survives a week when one event after another threatens to expose her--a girl on the island (Lorell Courtland) recognizes Emma as part of the "in" crowd, and then, her mother?s promiscuous artist boyfriend (Austin Payne) shows up at the island unannounced. How long before Emma?s big secret is exposed? And if her friends and boyfriend (Kurt Ackerman) find out, will they still be supportive--or will they turn their backs on her?"Sunset Island" is the first book in this series, followed by a couple dozen other Sunset... books, including a spin-off series called Club Sunset Island. If you?re a fan of Francine Pascal?s Sweet Valley High series, then you?ll probably enjoy this series. In my opinion, they?re a little better than SVH. Recommended for 12+ year-old girls.

I really enjoyed this book, I wasn't sure at first if I wouldlike it but it was really good. I like the fact that it deals witholder teenage girls, because it is hard to find books for olderteenagers. I enjoyed the book so much that I read the whole series and I enjoyed each and everyone one of them.

I didn't like this book. Reason? It that this just isn't good. It's boring! This book reminds me of Francine Pascal's Sweet Valley Books (they're better than this!) and I think you should read them!

I have already read the first few series of the book and I couldn't put it down. The characters are teenagers like myself doing the kind of stuff that I like to do one day. The book is great and it makes you feel like you are in the book. I am definately bying the rest of the series and I suggest others do too.