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Emily #2
They Wear WHAT Under Their Kilts?
Sixteen-year-old Emily spends her month of work experience on a Scottish sheep farm, complete with wild sheep (who seem determined to do her in), her best friend Holly (who challenges her to a contest to see who can snog the local hottie first), and Ruaraidh the shepherd, AKA the Scottish God of Love who just happens to have eleven fingers.
Kilt-watching, disasterous castle tours, graffiti spraypainted sheep, and tanning lotions gone horribly awry—it’s just another month in the life of Emily.
Emily’s Glossary for People Who Haven’t Been to Scotland
Mrs.Legolas@kiltnet.com
Dru@seattlegrrl.com
Faffing running around doing nothing. In other words, spending a month supposedly doing work experience on a Scottish sheep farm, but really spending days on Kilt Watch at the nearest castle.
Scottish Hottie, also known as Ruaraidh, the subject of much drooling and first prize in the “Who Can Snog Him First” contest.
Mad the British way of saying big smoochy kisses. Will admit it sounds v. smart to say it that way.
very. Using it abbreviated is coolio to the third power.
Bunch of a group of mindless idiots. In Scotland, can also mean sheep. You can take it from me–there is nothing stupider than a sheep, especially when you’re trying to make them take their liver medicine.
uproar, as in “If Holly thinks she can take Ruaraidh from me without causing a stooshie, she’s out of her mind!”
Sheep not an appetizer.
PRAISE FOR KATIE MAXWELL
"Welcome back to the sidesplitting univers of Emily Williams...[This is]a larky addition that won't disappoint teens hooked by the first book." - Booklist
"A complete blast to read." - RT BOOKClub
"Maxwell delivers a character that speaks her mind while making you laugh out loud...Maxwell's novel is a real trip." - Barnes & Noble Review
Kilt-watching, disasterous castle tours, graffiti spraypainted sheep, and tanning lotions gone horribly awry—it’s just another month in the life of Emily.
Emily’s Glossary for People Who Haven’t Been to Scotland
Mrs.Legolas@kiltnet.com
Dru@seattlegrrl.com
Faffing running around doing nothing. In other words, spending a month supposedly doing work experience on a Scottish sheep farm, but really spending days on Kilt Watch at the nearest castle.
Scottish Hottie, also known as Ruaraidh, the subject of much drooling and first prize in the “Who Can Snog Him First” contest.
Mad the British way of saying big smoochy kisses. Will admit it sounds v. smart to say it that way.
very. Using it abbreviated is coolio to the third power.
Bunch of a group of mindless idiots. In Scotland, can also mean sheep. You can take it from me–there is nothing stupider than a sheep, especially when you’re trying to make them take their liver medicine.
uproar, as in “If Holly thinks she can take Ruaraidh from me without causing a stooshie, she’s out of her mind!”
Sheep not an appetizer.
PRAISE FOR KATIE MAXWELL
"Welcome back to the sidesplitting univers of Emily Williams...[This is]a larky addition that won't disappoint teens hooked by the first book." - Booklist
"A complete blast to read." - RT BOOKClub
"Maxwell delivers a character that speaks her mind while making you laugh out loud...Maxwell's novel is a real trip." - Barnes & Noble Review
197 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2004
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About the author
Katie Maxwell
21 books179 followersKatie Maxwell is a pseudonym of
Katie MacAlister
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Katie MacAlister is a Seattle-area author of fiction and non-fiction. Her most popular titles are historical, contemporary, and paranormal romance. She also writes Young Adult books under the pseudonym Katie Maxwell and Mysteries under the pseudonym Kate Marsh.
About Katie
as long as she can remember, Katie MacAlister has loved reading. Growing up in a family where a weekly visit to the library was a given, Katie spent much of her time with her nose buried in a book. Despite her love for novels, she didn't think of writing them until she was contracted to write a non-fiction book about software. Since her editor refused to allow her to include either witty dialogue or love scenes in the software book, Katie swiftly resolved to switch to fiction, where she could indulge in world building, tormenting characters, and falling madly in love with all her heroes.
Two years after she started writing novels, Katie sold her first romance, Noble Intentions. More than thirty books later, her novels have been translated into numerous languages, been recorded as audiobooks, received several awards, and placed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. She also writes for the young adult audience as Katie Maxwell.
Katie lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and dogs, and can often be found lurking around online.
Contact Katie
You can write to Katie at katie@katiemacalister.com or via snail mail at:
Katie MacAlister
c/o Three Seas Literary Agency
PO Box 8571
Madison, WI 53708
Katie MacAlister is a Seattle-area author of fiction and non-fiction. Her most popular titles are historical, contemporary, and paranormal romance. She also writes Young Adult books under the pseudonym Katie Maxwell and Mysteries under the pseudonym Kate Marsh.
About Katie
as long as she can remember, Katie MacAlister has loved reading. Growing up in a family where a weekly visit to the library was a given, Katie spent much of her time with her nose buried in a book. Despite her love for novels, she didn't think of writing them until she was contracted to write a non-fiction book about software. Since her editor refused to allow her to include either witty dialogue or love scenes in the software book, Katie swiftly resolved to switch to fiction, where she could indulge in world building, tormenting characters, and falling madly in love with all her heroes.
Two years after she started writing novels, Katie sold her first romance, Noble Intentions. More than thirty books later, her novels have been translated into numerous languages, been recorded as audiobooks, received several awards, and placed on the New York Times, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly bestseller lists. She also writes for the young adult audience as Katie Maxwell.
Katie lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and dogs, and can often be found lurking around online.
Contact Katie
You can write to Katie at katie@katiemacalister.com or via snail mail at:
Katie MacAlister
c/o Three Seas Literary Agency
PO Box 8571
Madison, WI 53708
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February 16, 2014
This book really made my day! I love Emily, she's funny, witty, but has a golden heart.
I thought at first she was so shallow and only had fluttering butterflies inside her brain, but then she continued to be the best friend I've always secretly wanted to have.
My favorite part is when she told Aunt Tim how Holly might be making a terrible mistake by dating Ruaraidh.
She insisted on telling her best mate that she's running on a slippery slope, but then eventually let her friend live her own life. I just thought that it's somewhat wonderful to have such friend (Holly's lucky indeed).
Well, overall, a fun ride full of laughing, scoffing, and eye-rolling.
I thought at first she was so shallow and only had fluttering butterflies inside her brain, but then she continued to be the best friend I've always secretly wanted to have.
My favorite part is when she told Aunt Tim how Holly might be making a terrible mistake by dating Ruaraidh.
She insisted on telling her best mate that she's running on a slippery slope, but then eventually let her friend live her own life. I just thought that it's somewhat wonderful to have such friend (Holly's lucky indeed).
Well, overall, a fun ride full of laughing, scoffing, and eye-rolling.
November 29, 2008
Yup, still very much liking these books. Emily just gets herself in super funny situations. I laughed so hard during the whole spray painting sheep bit. And the two-headed hedgehog? Oh my Crod! Of course she's completely blind that Fang is the right guy for her, but there are still several books left (and supposedly new ones will come out) so I have hope that she'll figure it out eventually.
September 3, 2023
Bismillah.
Novel teenlit ini bercerita ttg kisah pertemanan 2 gadis sekitaran anak SMA, yg sedang magang di sebuah peternakan domba di Scotland. Di sana mereka bertemu dengan seorang pemuda supertampan yg juga bekerja di peternakan tsb. Jiwa muda membawa 2 sahabat ini berada dalam kompetisi memperebutkan sang pemuda. Gadis pertama bernama Emily, karakternya agresif dan ekspresif. Sedangkan sahabatnya, Holly sangat plegmatis dan pemalu. Mereka diajarkan banyak hal ttg domba, tapi Emily sangat tidak tertarik dan akhirnya mengerjakan hal lain agar tidak bersentuhan dengan para domba.
Emily, menceritakan kisah ini melalui email2 yg dikirimkannya kepada teman dan keluarganya. Karakter Emily yg spontan dan ugal2an ini kadang lucu tapi rada menyebalkan. Di Scotland ia hobi memperhatikan para pria yg sering menggunakan Klit, yaitu pakaian tradisional Scotland yg berupa rok motif kotak2 selutut. Ia penasaran, apa sebenernya yg para pria itu kenakan di dalam Klit mereka. Tentu hal ini merupakan pertanyaan yg agak vulgar.
Sudah lama saya tidak membaca teenlit yg tentu kategori bacaan ringan ala remaja. Baca teenlit ini tuh membuat saya merasa, kok permasalah anak remaja remeh banget ya. Ngga ada tuh mikirin kerjaan, keuangan, karir, yg ada tuh cuma masalah asmara yg tak seberapa. Ya, tapi ngga semua remaja sih pikirannya begitu. Apalagi di jaman sekarang, remaja aja kadang lebih berat pikirannya daripada orang dewasa. Ya begitulah. Intinya di novel ini rasanya ringan aja. Ngga banyak beban yg harus berbelit di kepala ketika menikmatinya.
Sukses deh buat para remaja jompo di seluruh tanah air 😁
#TheyWereWhatUnderTheirKlit • #KatieMacAlister • #Gramedia • #teenlit • 2011 • 243 p
Novel teenlit ini bercerita ttg kisah pertemanan 2 gadis sekitaran anak SMA, yg sedang magang di sebuah peternakan domba di Scotland. Di sana mereka bertemu dengan seorang pemuda supertampan yg juga bekerja di peternakan tsb. Jiwa muda membawa 2 sahabat ini berada dalam kompetisi memperebutkan sang pemuda. Gadis pertama bernama Emily, karakternya agresif dan ekspresif. Sedangkan sahabatnya, Holly sangat plegmatis dan pemalu. Mereka diajarkan banyak hal ttg domba, tapi Emily sangat tidak tertarik dan akhirnya mengerjakan hal lain agar tidak bersentuhan dengan para domba.
Emily, menceritakan kisah ini melalui email2 yg dikirimkannya kepada teman dan keluarganya. Karakter Emily yg spontan dan ugal2an ini kadang lucu tapi rada menyebalkan. Di Scotland ia hobi memperhatikan para pria yg sering menggunakan Klit, yaitu pakaian tradisional Scotland yg berupa rok motif kotak2 selutut. Ia penasaran, apa sebenernya yg para pria itu kenakan di dalam Klit mereka. Tentu hal ini merupakan pertanyaan yg agak vulgar.
Sudah lama saya tidak membaca teenlit yg tentu kategori bacaan ringan ala remaja. Baca teenlit ini tuh membuat saya merasa, kok permasalah anak remaja remeh banget ya. Ngga ada tuh mikirin kerjaan, keuangan, karir, yg ada tuh cuma masalah asmara yg tak seberapa. Ya, tapi ngga semua remaja sih pikirannya begitu. Apalagi di jaman sekarang, remaja aja kadang lebih berat pikirannya daripada orang dewasa. Ya begitulah. Intinya di novel ini rasanya ringan aja. Ngga banyak beban yg harus berbelit di kepala ketika menikmatinya.
Sukses deh buat para remaja jompo di seluruh tanah air 😁
#TheyWereWhatUnderTheirKlit • #KatieMacAlister • #Gramedia • #teenlit • 2011 • 243 p
July 9, 2025
Luchtig tussendoortje dat inhoudelijk weinig om het lijf heeft - pun intended 😂 - maar wellicht behoor ik niet tot de beoogde doelgroep... Ondanks de flauwe inhoud toch meermaals luidop moeten lachen met de doldwaze fratsen van het hoofdpersonage. Voor wie interesse zou hebben in wat vederlichte vakantielectuur: ik laat het boekje weer vrij waar ik het zelf heb gevonden, in een boekenruilkast in de buurt 🔎
May 7, 2021
While I found this book funny, it felt a bit like a filler. We herein Scotland (swoon) and Emend Holly are fighting over a guy. Emily grows up a bit and finds a new bf, but that isn't until the very end. SO I felt like some of this was just to get us to that point.
November 21, 2017
Better than the first installment, chock-full of Emily shenanigans, including some laugh-out-loud moments. Still better suited for teenage girls, but it was funny and made me want to visit Scotland.
February 12, 2019
Funny and super refreshing 😊
December 29, 2020
Another reread of a book I read years ago.
Not as good as I thought it once was.
Not as good as I thought it once was.
September 10, 2014
I enjoyed this book mostly for the humor. There were many times that Emily annoyed the living daylights out of me, but I think that is because of her teenager ways. I would love to say that her boy craziness is exaggerated, but it's really not and the shenanigans she gets into because of it are pretty funny. It's been a while since I read the first one in this series but I do feel like Emily had more character growth in this book. I really liked how she realized that she wasn't actually crushing on the same guy as Holly and took a step back when he expressed interest in Holly. However, her obliviousness towards Fang at the end REALLY bugs me, but again this is typical for teen.
Overall, I can say that I really enjoyed this book, but I think I didn't LOVE it because of the fact I am no longer a teenager so the shenanigans she gets into just seem extreme, but it also leads to a lot of hilarity.
Overall, I can say that I really enjoyed this book, but I think I didn't LOVE it because of the fact I am no longer a teenager so the shenanigans she gets into just seem extreme, but it also leads to a lot of hilarity.
June 5, 2016
I bought this at my library book sale only because of the title. I didn't realize that it was a YA book. I gave it 3 stars because parts of it were really funny, but overall it was probably only 2 stars for me.
The book is written as a series of emails written by Emily to friends while she is at her aunt's sheep farm in Scotland doing a work study. Her bungled attempts to help with the sheep chores (especially the sheep graffiti) and to impress the farm hand Rauriadh were amusing. I thought Emily was an overly spoiled drama queen who didn't care about anyone but herself. Will I pick up the next book in the series? No. But the title itself and the funny parts were worth the 50¢ I paid for the book.
The book is written as a series of emails written by Emily to friends while she is at her aunt's sheep farm in Scotland doing a work study. Her bungled attempts to help with the sheep chores (especially the sheep graffiti) and to impress the farm hand Rauriadh were amusing. I thought Emily was an overly spoiled drama queen who didn't care about anyone but herself. Will I pick up the next book in the series? No. But the title itself and the funny parts were worth the 50¢ I paid for the book.
November 19, 2016
I haven't laughed this much in a long time. Maybe it's me, or maybe it's Katie with her personal tragedy, but I find her older books much more funnier than her newer ones, newer ones seem kind of forced? to be funny, while older ones are just plain funny from confusion, from mishaps and from being so embarrassing you just want to die of shame in sympathy.
So. Typical of Emily, disaster after disaster, but roll around laughing disaster. Can we say codename sheep? Or how about when she stepped into a medieval mantrap? Or used suntan lotion to have a nice Brazilian tan? (not sure about Brazilian tho, not going to check)
Whole series is going to be fabulous, I just know it.
So. Typical of Emily, disaster after disaster, but roll around laughing disaster. Can we say codename sheep? Or how about when she stepped into a medieval mantrap? Or used suntan lotion to have a nice Brazilian tan? (not sure about Brazilian tho, not going to check)
Whole series is going to be fabulous, I just know it.
March 7, 2011
Emily and Holly are in Scotland on a sheep farm for their month long woark experience. Now Emily must survive wild sheep attacks, and old torture devices from castle dungeons. She must stay uber coolio, though, if she is to win a contest with Holly to see who will snog Ruaraidh. Scottish god of love, first. Her orange skin may not help, though.
August 1, 2012
A fun, quick read. I picked this up at a garage sale because the title and cover illustration caught my eye.
I found the main character, Emily, unlikable and annoying, but it was still entertaining. It was also delightful to find a modern epistolary novel, told in emails. Nice twist on a very old style.
I found the main character, Emily, unlikable and annoying, but it was still entertaining. It was also delightful to find a modern epistolary novel, told in emails. Nice twist on a very old style.
August 5, 2012
I have read the first and third books in the series but I can't find the second anywhere!
February 21, 2008
This was complete drivel!!!!! It was extremely hard to swallow, only got to pge 26 and quit. This is teen fiction at its' worst.
June 4, 2008
Emily Series
July 7, 2008
cute...
March 1, 2009
Katie Maxwells books crack me up! She's a good quick pick for a teen (girl).
April 5, 2011
Updating my "read" books. I reviewed this for All About Romance years ago. The review is archived HERE
August 7, 2011
Just a book about Scottish people and kilts but it was good
July 27, 2012
This girl is really annoying.
April 25, 2015
Cute idea but I felt like the author was trying too hard with the teen lingo. It was excessive and exhausting so I just couldn't get into it.
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April 12, 2018Cannot use as a intercultural gauge.
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