Cassidy Calloway

Morgan Abbott is trying to make her way through high school, unscathed. Of course, her mother being President of the United States is making that a little bit harder. While political ambition seems to run in the family--to an extent!--with Morgan running for class president, so do the troubles that come with being President. Morgan's nemesis/opponent Brittany is painting Morgan as a 'better than you' girl who shouldn't be President because she has all the perks of being First Daughter.

Soon, though, the Presidential limo that takes Morgan to school and her boyfriend who's pushing her to go further, sexually, than she wants to aren't her only problems. With less than stellar grades, Morgan's only reprieve is with drama and the school play but soon even that's threatened. When the tabloids begin to pick up on her wacky behavior--finally ignoring her mother's request to leave Morgan alone, her life is in upheaval.

Morgan even gets a new secret service agent to protect her. Only this agent is all business, barely older than Morgan herself . . . and kind of cute if Morgan's willing to admit it. Which she's not, thank you!

This is the super cute story of a girl who doesn't become a super poised, genius incapable of making mistakes/all the right decisions just because her mother is the President. I really do love Morgan. And that she's not perfect.

Her family is really endearing, too. It's easy to see how much they love each other and I loved that they were still incorporated into the story as a family even though they were the First Family. The politics and the family were both included and both very strong when it came to her relationship with her mother (and her father).

The secondary characters, including Agent Max Jackson, her boyfriend Konner, and her best friend Hannah all added a lot to the story and were a lot of fun and well developed.

The political parts of the story were well written and seemed to have been very well thought out if not researched and didn't seem like they were put in as filler or to make the story work but were really part of the story.

I loved having Max/Agent Jackson as part of the story. It was a unique twist to have a young secret service agent protecting Morgan but also one that was still professional.

There were a few times I would have liked to see a little bit more progression in a certain relationship. Sometimes it seemed like something was happening not quite suddenly, but also not not suddenly. That's really the only negative I have, though and I really look forward to reading the sequel Secrets of a First Daughterwhich is out on the 14th (and my review should be up a few days before that).

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In this sequel to Confessions of a First Daughter, Cassidy Calloway brings back Morgan (Secret Service code name 'Tornado') Abbott, Secret Agent Max Jackson, Morgan's best friend Hannah and the rest of the characters.

With Brittany Whittaker no longer the class President (after stealing Morgan's platform for the speech only to jump on the President, Morgan's mom, during a press conference, sure she was Morgan and be forced out by the school for fear or humiliation and scandal) Morgan is now the class President and she has her boyfriend in her former secret service agent Max Jackson--even if they have to keep their relationship secret.

Things should be going well for her, right? Except she's still clumsy as ever, still has grades that might not even get her out of high school (and two genius parents so every one expects more from her), everyone's on her about where the President's Daughter is going to go to college, Brittany's still causing havoc, and she has to keep things with Max secret.

Add in a Presidential trip to London with Morgan and her usual knack for attracting disaster coming too, to the mix and you have quite a tale.


Secrets of a First Daughter was (like Confessions) another fun, quirky cute and quick read by Cassidy Calloway. Morgan is a really well developed character that has to deal with the typical end of high school things everyone has to deal with (grades, college applications, growing up) but with the increased pressure of being the daughter of the President of the United States and with the press following her around. Though she has stress from things none of the rest of us would have to deal with, she still stays very easy to relate to and it's very enjoyable to read about her.

Her best friend Hannah--who has more of a storyline with a male character from the first book in this story--is a great addition to the novel and works well with Morgan but also adds a quite a bit to the plot, too. I'm really glad that Max was back in this book and continued to have some story of his own and wasn't just the agent that used to protect Morgan/now dated her. He's a really interesting guy and I kind of wished things were longer so that there could be more of him.

I loved the plot of this book (which I can't share too much of or it would be super spoilery). I did like though that it still involved enough politics to make it logical but also involved Morgan's teenage life and friends and school in a way that made it all great for a YA book. It was very well balanced and woven together.

I do agree with reviews written that readers who liked Meg Cabot's All-American Girl books will like these books--but I also think you'll like these if you didn't like those. I never quite liked that book's main character, but I love Morgan. I hope that Cassidy Calloway writes some more even if t's not about Morgan and co.




9/10

(thank you to the publisher for the book)
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Reviewed by Jennifer Rummel for TeensReadToo.com

Morgan, aka the Tornado, hates having her private life made public just because her mother's the President of the United States. She hates how she has to hide her boyfriend from the world. She hates not being able to spend quality time with him. She hates sneaking around and stealing kisses.

Morgan also hates Brittany, who seems to pop up at the worst possible moments. Brittany knows about Morgan and Max and, more importantly, she has a photo of them kissing. Now, she's blackmailing Morgan and expects the first daughter to bow to her every whim.

Morgan isn't happy dealing with Brittany, but neither does she want her forbidden romance splashed across the newspapers and tabloids. Thankfully, her mother must go to London. Morgan and her BFF will be tagging along. Unfortunately, they discover Brittany will be joining her father on the trip, as well.

Will the three girls provoke an international incident, or will they learn to make peace with each other?

SECRETS OF A FIRST DAUGHTER picks up soon after the first book in the series, CONFESSIONS OF A FIRST DAUGHTER, left off. Morgan tackles blackmail, planning for her future, traveling to a foreign country, and a forbidden romance. She might be a chaos magnet, but she sure makes chaos look fun.… (más)

This book was really cute and a fast read. I really liked Morgan's character. Even though she is the presidents daughter she doesn't have a lot of friends in school and isn't treated like royalty. She has one best friend, Hannah. And a boyfriend, Konner who only likes her because of who she is, that Morgan doesn't realize until later in the book. But then Morgan gets a new secret serviceman, Max to watch her but, she doesn't plan on falling head over heels in love with him. The end of the book was very cute and I was happy with the ending.
I also liked that the president was female. How many books do you read where the president is a woman? I just think that is the neatest story and I haven't heard of it before I read this book.
I also thought the authors description on the back of the book was funny and cute and thought I would share it with you;

"Cassidy Calloway wanted to be president of the United States when she grew up but decided to write about it instead. She lives in New Jersey with her fat cat named Kennedy."

Isn't that funny that she wrote a book about a female president and that she has a cat named Kennedy? I thought it was cute. :)… (más)