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Rating: really liked it
5☆ An Endearing, Gripping, Complusive Read I Couldn't Put Down!!
Wow oh wow what a book! It was somewhat eerie and a lil chilling, completely endearing, emotional, Poignant and Heartwarming.
A beautiful read of friendship, dealing with grief, heartache, starting over, learning to accept and move on, learning to love, trust and respect.
I absolutely adored this gorgeous book I devoured it in one day I couldn't put it down.
Mallory is down on her luck after she was framed for stealing an expensive dress at a high end department store.
It's here she meets the troublesome Colt family.
Brendan the Dad, Meela 8years old and Kason 10years old & Golidlocks the loveable loyal dog.
Brendan is a single parent after he lost his wife in a tragic accident.
He is barely holding on, as he tries and fails to bring up his unruly children.
So without much deliberation he hires a Nanny.
In walks Mallory. She needs a job. Never expecting the job to be for Brendan and his wild children. But she feels compelled to take on the challenge!.... and boy is it a challange.
Plenty of mishaps and drama, as she battles to gain their trust and respect.
Kason is a shy, embarrassed young boy who is being bullied both physically and mentally at school. He holds deep emotional scars from a secret he is keeping.
Meela is cheeky, a lil bit of a brat at times, but she craves a women's love.
She seems to warm to Mallory fairly quickly.
Brendan is deeply flawed. He's angry, deep rooted emotions, takes his anger out on the kids, has no patience, compartmentalize his emotions.
What he needs is help, support and a lil bit of warmth... but is Mallory the one to melt his ice heart.
Mallory is also deeply flawed. It gets very very briefly mentioned she had an awful upbringing (I wish we would of had more of her back story) but she has patience of a saint, as the kids seriously test her.
There is so many layers to this story.
It's deeply compelling and addictive. There is an air of unease and mystery surrounding the house and family. I loved the lil twists and secrets. It kept me hooked till the early hours.
The pace flows along perfectly.
The characters are well written, multi layered and deeply flawed. At first I didn't particularly like Brendan and his family but as the story unfolds the pieces slot together it all makes sense why they act the way they do. I was able to warm to them.
Don't be fooled by the Title, there is so much more to this gripping and compulsive read. It's so hard to sum up just how good this book is.
I wasn't sure what to expect when I read the blurb but it was so much better.
There is mystery, grief, bullying, mild violence, irritating family members, secrets, lies, drama, romance, sabotage, sibling rivalry, mishaps, definitely mayhem, friendships, it was beautiful to see the children come out of their shell and shine. All these individual layers coming together to make a fantastic read.
This is my first book by Misty Mount and it certainly won't be my last.
Would I recommend reading this book..........without a doubt....100% .....YES!!
Thank you to Shannon at Shanannigans for this copy which I reviewed honestly and voluntarily.
My Review is also on my Blog Website :-
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Rating: really liked it
The Nanny Song is a sweetly romantic story about finding yourself and finding your family. Mallory, a bright young woman estranged from her abusive family, doesn’t have much going for her except her job as a sales clerk and the steady friendship of her childhood friend, Rashelle. When Mallory is unfairly accused of stealing an expensive designer dress and loses her job, she takes a position as a part time nanny for a family still mourning the accidental death of the mother. The characters are well developed (especially Mallory and the children), and the story had some surprises and moments of originality that kept me engaged from beginning to end (shades of Jane Eyre and a cringe-worthy villain who really cranked up the suspense). The ending was a little too swift and tidy for me. All in all, an enjoyable read – three and a half stars, rounded to four.
Rating: really liked it
you will love to hate those children!
Mallory is a strong independent woman with a checkered past. But when she gets accused of theft and fired she must seek employment elsewhere. She does so as a nanny and housekeeper for the Colt family. Brendan Colt's wife has died and he does his best to take care of his two children Meela and Kason. But this family holds a secret and are not all they seem. Can Mallory unlock the mystery behind this seemingly normal family?
A tale of mystery, romance and healing this book was very cleverly written. The story seems to repeat itself several times and stays on one scene for what seems to be too much time which makes it a little harder to read. However the story is a very interesting tale and the author keeps you guessing until the end.
I. HATE. THOSE. KIDS. Ugh, they were such little brats! But I have to give the author props because anyone who can pull that kind of emotion out of me is obviously a very talented writer indeed. So thumbs-up 👍🏻Misty Mount, well done👏🏻. I would definitely recommend this book for a casual read.
Rating: really liked it
it started over a dress
Its an interesting story of a missing dress, a mystery in the attic, and one woman's commitment to a family that could conceivably be committed. sometimes humorous, sometimes dark. its a more honest than not appraisal of the human spirit. well worth the read :)
Rating: really liked it
If you’ve read my reviews, you know I love a good mystery. That’s why the synopsis of Tbe Nanny Song intrigued me. This was quite the rollercoaster of a story, with a lot happening.
We start off a little slow as we learn how Mallory came to be without a job, the unriliness of the children, etc. It wasn’t too slow, just slower paced as we learned our characters and locations. As the book goes on, our really picks up the pace. the mystery in this book had me readingintoo late hours.
The Nanny Song was a good read. The ending was slightly rushed, but nevertheless, I enjoyed it. I’d recommend checking this one out!
Rating: really liked it
I too had a hard time reading about these characters. They were all so...flawed and at times seriously unlikeable. They were so well drawn that I felt a lot of discomfort in the beginning - like watching someone have a meltdown in a restaurant or something. I felt bad for Mallory, having to deal with those challenging children, and I felt embarrassed for the whole Colt family that the fallout from their failure to deal with their grief was on such public display. And even Mallory did some things that had me shaking my head, wanting to shake her - especially when she'd drift off into la la land at the most inopportune moments.
That being said, reading about realistic - and flawed - characters gives me a look at a world I don't normally see, and makes me appreciate what I have in my life: No kids, no drama. There is definitely a place for that in fiction.
The further I got into the story, the more I was drawn in, and I actually stayed up pretty late a few nights, reading more than I had intended. I had to see what was going to happen next - how would Mallory deal with the next crisis, and would she get caught snooping around her employer's house? And most importantly, would any of them grow out of their poor behaviors? (Spoiler - they do! Which makes it totally worth all the cringe-inducing moments.)
I found the story arc believable, the characterizations solid, and the character growth timed to perfection. The characters - with the possible exception of the mother - were totally redeemed in my opinion. Their poor behavior lasted no longer (nor shorter) than necessary to be believable and compelling, and there was just cause for every turn and bump in their interrelationships. (Any faster and it would have been too easy. Any longer, and a sane person would have given up.)
So why not 5 stars? Well, the ending was quite abrupt. We weren't given a real sense of what the future would really hold for everyone. I did like the building relationship between Mallory and Brendan, but I questioned (view spoiler)
[ them declaring their love for each other in that moment - I could definitely see it building toward that end, but I didn't quite think she had enough to go on to love him. Of course he would love her, but since he was a jerk for most of the book, I'd prefer to see her waiting to see that he was really mending his ways. (hide spoiler)] I also had a bit of trouble with...not their age difference, per se, but the way Mallory is so often described as a "girl." It just made it hard to see her as a potential love interest for Brendan when so often it felt like she and Meela were being described as though they were sisters. And finally there were a few style choices that I found jarring. Not really errors, just small things that jarred me out of the story a few times. And since 5 stars here means "Amazing," I'll have to leave it at 4. Maybe 4.5
As for content, this is a sweet, clean story. Probably PG, but only for some references when Mallory and Rashelle are talking to each other. There's no swearing, no hanky-panky, and no major violence - although there are references to a rough childhood for Mallory, a couple run-ins with the schoolyard bully, and some speculation as to what really happened to Brendan's wife. Don't take that to mean the story is dull, though. There are a couple exciting scenes, and plenty of drama.
All in all, I recommend The Nanny Song as a fine clean read.
Rating: really liked it
I was fully gripped by this tale that starts out with a bang in the form of a kid's meltdown in a department store while her father desperately tries to figure out how to handle it. Lots of humor there with him reaching into a rack of clothes and fishing around for ankles as a sales clerk looks on.
The story starts out pretty light and humorous, which I was fully enjoying. Then it begins to slip into darker territory. Now I was intrigued. What was up with all the dark secrets swirling around the Colt family? And the nanny had a few dark secrets of her own. How would it all turn out? The book definitely kept my attention and kept me turning the pages.
Lots of great suspense, and really well drawn characters. Even though some were pretty unlikeable, that made them all the more real and interesting. A great read.
Rating: really liked it
While the author richly developed some great characters, this book was just flat for me! It was more in my OCD to finish it than leave it DNF. When you fall in love with the characters and hate the antagonists- you’ve earned at least a couple of stars from me! Always one star for adding a dog to the plot! Just wished it had more excitement and a better ending! 👨👧👦🤦🏼♀️🐾🎹🎼
Rating: really liked it
This was my first time reading a book by Misty and I have to say that it was a sweet read. I loved the humor, the characters and the energy. The daily things that a Nanny does is mundane but fun. It was a treat reading about the spunky kids and the father. I loved the friendships and the flirting.
A good read next to a burning fireplace, in a cold winter’s night, or a sunny afternoon.
Rating: really liked it
The synopsis of The Nanny Song initially intrigued me because I love a good mystery! And I could smell a Nanny/Employer romance from a mile away! When I think back to where this story began, Mallory working at a retail store where she runs into Brendan and his two bratty children for the first time, and then how it ended, there are SO many things that happened! What a whirlwind of a story.
The beginning started off at a leisurely pace in order to build the set-up of how Mallory came to be without a job, how unruly the children (Meela and Kason) were, and Brendan’s flaring temper, but once we're in the thick of it we’re really shown the trials and tribulations the Colt family faces. Mallory has a lot on her plate from the get-go with this family. There were moments in the story that I wished Mallory wasn’t so timid. I wanted her to be more stern with the kids, give some parenting advice to Brendan, and slap that god-awful grandmother across the face! I love to hate villains in books. This grandmother really made my blood boil with all her scheming, and it made me despise her even more when Mallory wouldn’t stand up to her.
I’ll admit, I stayed up late a few nights trying to get closer and closer to finding out what really happened to the children’s mother. The ending however, definitely felt a bit rushed to me. I could pretty much see what was going to happen (see the first sentence of this review), but I didn’t feel the connection enough throughout to make their impending relationship believable.
In summary, The Nanny Song was a nice light-hearted read with a bit of a mystery twist. No violence, no swearing, no X-ratedness (lol), but an enjoyable read about one misfortunate family and the steps they take to become happy again.
*I received this book from the author and Reads & Reels in exchange for an honest review
Rating: really liked it
I was gifted this book by the author, but I already had it on my KU -TBR list.
I thought it was very well written, however it was hard for me to finish, for the simple fact that I really
detest bratty kids, and the brother and sister were really horrid for much of the book. I also could not stand their father! He was totally self-centered, and non-engaged/totally clueless with his children, until the very end, and by then it was far too late to believe that it was possible for this leopard to change his spots!
The grandmother was a psycho-"B", so that left only Mallory[the nanny] and her best friend Rashelle to even like, and the Uncle Jase was only marginally likeable! I don't enjoy reading about detestable characters, and I felt these were pretty much unredeemable, so my personal likes kept me from rating it higher. I also found it very ODD that Mallory who is a twenty-something woman was often referred to as a
girl along with the girl child of the story. That just felt so odd to me.
Other readers would probably not be bothered as much by my personal quirks, and as I said, the book is very well written, and a "clean" read. I would try another by this author.
Rating: really liked it
I love it when an author gets straight into the story with no preamble, which is exactly what Misty Mount does in The Nanny Song. A single dad is struggling when his daughter has a tantrum while shopping, and decides to hire a nanny. The story continues from there.
I thought this was going to be a romance novel but later it showed signs of becoming a supernatural horror. It’s the story of a family and their new nanny, told from from the nanny’s point of view. It’s unassuming with a twist of mystery that sneaks up on the reader. The author uses plenty of detail, making it easy for the reader to envisage each scene. She uses naturalistic language for her characters and playful, entertaining descriptions. I found it a very good read and think it’s pretty accessible for a wide range of readers.
Rating: really liked it
I was drawn to this book by the title and the cover. I enjoyed reading The Nanny Song by Misty Mount. Twenty-two year old, Mallory leaves her job in a department store to act as a nanny for a needy and dysfunctional family. Right from the start, the children, Meela and Kason, prove to be more than a handful for anyone. Thrown into the mix is the mystery surrounding the death of their mother, and of the strange music that is heard at night in the Colt’s home. Surrounded by a cast of great characters, each with their own issues, Mallory grows and develops as she finds love from unlikely sources. The daily grind and obstacles she has to overcome would have many young women running in the opposite direction. But, Mallory has own reasons for staying. A multilayered story covering, bullying, grief, abuse, secrets, friendship and self-growth.
Rating: really liked it
'The Nanny Song' by Misty Mount is one of those great novels that blends a number of different genres to create something completely unique. With elements of thriller, drama, romance, and the supernatural, this novel has plenty of mystery, tension, and a sense of uneasiness that builds and builds as the plot goes on. It is well written and features a compelling an empathetic protagonist in Mallory, who becomes the nanny to the bereaved Colt family after being unfairly fired from her previous job. She bonds quickly with the children, but there is something not quite right in the Colt household, but Mallory could not have imagined the hidden secret and the danger it puts her in. Can Mallory help the Colt family to heal, or is there so much more pain to come for all of them?
Rating: really liked it
This is a great novel for fans who want a modern spin on a Jane Eyre-type novel. Mystery and intrigue surround the family, and the main character is very self-reflective for someone who is only in her early twenties. I did have difficulty connecting with the characters at times--mostly because the main character needed to stand up for herself more. Yet, the plot seemed realistic and kept me intrigued, and that's a win in my book.
