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. ( )