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Playing the Player Paperback – September 11, 2015

by Lisa Brown Roberts (Author)
4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 681 ratings
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Trina Clemons needed the money. Why else would she—the most organized, prepared student in school—spend the summer as a nanny and partner with the biggest slacker ever? Now she's ready to tackle nannyhood with her big binder of research and schedules. Just don't ask her about the secret job of “fixing” the bad habits of a certain high school player... Slade Edmunds prefers easy hook-ups, and Trina is definitely not his type. She's all structure and rules, while Slade wants to just have fun. Fortunately, Trina has no idea about the bet Slade made with his best friend that he can totally get her to unwind by the end of summer... Then the weirdest thing happens. There's chemistry. A lot of it. But nothing gets between a boy and a girl like a big, fat secret...
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    12 - 17 years
  2. Print length
    316 pages
  3. Language
    English
  4. Dimensions
    5 x 0.79 x 8 inches
  5. Publication date
    September 11, 2015
  6. ISBN-10
    1943892563
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1943892563
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"I loved the characters, loved the conflict, and was very satisfied with the romance. The author did a fantastic job making me love her people." -Shannon (aka The Tale Temptress)

"You will laugh, you will sigh and you will swoon. *Playing the Player* will play with your emotions... and you will love every moment of it because Slade and Trina are worth it." - Paula M. of Her Bookish Thoughts

"I think Lisa Brown Roberts did a fantastic job keeping these high schoolers true to themselves and true to actual high school students in *Playing the Player*. That does not mean that they were perfect. Not by a long shot, but they were just like so many high schoolers that I knew growing up." -Michelle from Book Briefs

"I am absolutely and totally in love with the characters; the main ones, the minor ones, the whole story, just everything." - Nicole "For the love of all things adorable, swoony, and chick flick-like, you need to read Playing the Player! It was adorable from the very beginning to the very end."- Katie from Reading Transforms

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Entangled Publishing, LLC (September 11, 2015)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 316 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1943892563
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1943892563
  • Reading age ‏ : ‎ 12 - 17 years
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5 x 0.79 x 8 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars 681 ratings

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Lisa Brown Roberts is the award-winning author of The Bookworm Crush, The Replacement Crush, and more. Her novels feature adorkable teens navigating family, friendship, and first love, and have earned praise from Kirkus Reviews, Publishers Weekly, and the School Library Journal. She lives in Colorado with her family and loves to hear from readers.

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Erica L Chilson
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Stars
Reviewed in the United States on December 20, 2016
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5 Angsty Stars

Young Adult age-range: 13+

Lisa Brown Roberts is a favorite of mine in the young adult genre, finding her teen characters to be realistic role models, and the narrators of Playing the Player are no different. As an adult reading this genre, I believe teens will devour this book, as well as a more mature audience.

Trina is a hard-working, serious girl, who's as equally flawed as she is good. A well-rounded, human character with pain, and hopes and dreams.

Slade is a slacker who has no idea what he wants out of life. He's a down-to-earth, uninspired charmer who can wrap anyone around his finger. But no matter how big of a player he comes off to be, he has a good heart and a conscience.

Trina and Slade create the perfect balance as they get to know one another on the pages of the novel. A bit of a love-hate, push-pull chemistry and tension as they partner in their nanny duties. Both have a secret that will hurt the other's feelings, creating delicious angst that rides along the journey with the characters, both feeling guilty.

As the driving force between the couple, the kids were a hoot, the BFFs were the voices of reason, and the parents were trying their best, even if unconventionally. All around, Playing the Player was a good story, with strong characters, and the budding romance of a sweet crush.

I read the book in one sitting, a few times experiencing a gamut of emotions: heart-clenching, gut-twisting, and barks of sharp laughter at the awkward encounters.

Recommended to fans of the Young Adult genre.
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4.0 out of 5 stars thougts on playing the player
Reviewed in the United States on September 27, 2015
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Trina starts the book as a rather frigid girl who thinks she knows everything. She is schedule oriented never sways from her opinion and schedule. She feels that she is the one teaching Slade. Determined to get him fired so that she can do things her way for Slade will surely be the slacker she knows he is. She only sees one side of things and that is her side.

Slade is so easy going and relaxed you wonder if he is gumby. I think he is like this because of the pressure his parents place on him. He is rebelling against them in his own way trying to show them he is a person and his own person to boot. When his parents threaten him with no allowance unless he gets a job he goes on the interview his mother setup for him for a nanny position. Little did he know his mother was being underhanded.

It’ s funny because neither really saw the other as anything but thorns. Slade wanted to be her partner as a nanny and she wanted him gone. even when he helped her she thought he was being uncooperative and a bad nanny. She fought him left and right and just treated him beneath her. As she gets to see who he is she begins to like him. The barbs they have are fun and the adventures as nanny’s they go on with the children are a hoot. the little kids they are watching are a scream. They are so cute. It is because of them that Slade and Trina truly get to know each other and see who they really are. Slade at first denies his attraction. thinking it is just because of the bet he has with his friend. but as the summer wears on he begins to see it isn’t. He changes. He becomes more responsible and stops his player ways. He is still fun loving but now he feels things and sees he likes trina.

Things do begin to build and it is a joy to see. These two are so fun and sweet once they get over the hangups. They work well together as well. He is the fun and she is the rational and logical one. He is calm and collected in situations and she helps to enrich the days with educational musings.

When things come to a head in their wonderful peace, I feel Trina overreacted and was a bit hypocritical. What she was doing was a lot worse than Slade’s bet. He was trying to loosen her up and get her to have fun. In the process he fell in love. She was deceiving him in a bigger way and when it came out from her accidentally exposing the secret she had she I don’t think understood the depth of the hurt to Slade. He felt as if she didn’t truly see him. that she saw him as just a job a slacker who couldn’t hack it. They both did some swoonworthy actions to get the other back.

This is a fun loving sweet book about two opposites who come together. they begin to see each other differently as they work together and they change their opinions of one another. Trina changes from being so schedule oriented and thinking she knows all to letting her hair down every once in awhile and having fun. she sees him as a equal. He changes from a player to a fun loving responsible guy who only has eyes for Trina. when together we get a treat for we have fun meet rigid and sparks fly. a book of sweet love and getting to see someone for who they are on the inside and see that change within is good.
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Laura F
5.0 out of 5 stars Sweet, adorable read
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2016
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An amazing YA story!

Trina and Slade are nannying for best friends over the summer. These two couldn't be more opposite. Trina plans everything and carries an organized binder with her everywhere she goes. Slade is the laid back popular guy who's looking for a good time.

These two couldn't stand each other in the beginning of the story. Slade hadn't always been the nicest to Trina over the time they've known each other and Trina doesn't think much of him. Over the course of the summer, Trina and Slade learn from each other and develop a friendship. But can their relationship survive when secrets are revealed?

This was an awesome YA story. The characters were well-developed and I found myself laughing at some of the situations they found themselves in with the kids over the summer. This was my first book by this author but it definitely won't be the last!
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Donna Midgley
3.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 30, 2015
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When i first started reading Playing the Player, i wasn't really keen on it and i thought it was going to be quite boring but my god was i wrong. Even though i didn't like the beginning, it's gets a lot better as their relationship progresses and in the end i was hooked and couldn't put it down. I wasn't sure about Slade because to me, he was really childish but i begun to really like him and i actually found him quite funny and endearing. Trina was uptight most of the time but i liked that Slade could bring out a different side to her. Good Book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in Australia on September 15, 2015
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Excellent story
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Makoto Kobayashi
4.0 out of 5 stars 4,5 Sterne von mir
Reviewed in Germany on December 26, 2016
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Ich fand die Geschichte und ihre Charaktere wirklich gut gelungen. Ich mochte Trina und Slade sehr gerne. Ihre Leben und Ansichten sind unterschiedlich, doch sie finden trotzallem auf eine liebe Art und Weise zueinander. Das einzige, dass ich bemängeln würde, ist, dass Trinas Background-story mir etwas zu stereotyp war. Ich hatte in letzter Zeit zu viele Bücher gelesen, die der weiblichen Hauptfigur einen ähnlichen, wenn nicht sogar exakt gleichen Hintergrund gegeben hatten. Da ich niemanden den Lesespaß vermiesen möchte, lest es selbst.
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4.0 out of 5 stars some of the words were missing, but they were ...
Reviewed in Canada on August 9, 2016
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some of the words were missing, but they were not any words that I could not get the meaning of the story.
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Minelli
4.0 out of 5 stars Trina und Slade
Reviewed in Germany on January 18, 2016
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Also ich breche nicht in Begeisterungsstürme aus, aber das Buch war gut. Es geht viel um Selbstreflektion und Selbsterkenntnis und die Protagonisten machen diesbezüglich riesige Fortschritte.
Die Charaktere sind sympathisch und Slade hat das beste "guilty pleasure" was man haben kann.

Wenn man nicht zu viel erwartet ist das ein wirklich gutes Buch und ich empfehle es gern weiter.
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