Love and Betrayal and Hold the Mayo

Victoria Martin #3

by Francine Pascal

Victoria Martin, sixteen, finds working as a camp waitress a lot harder than she thought and is upset when she falls in love with her best friend's boyfriend, a camp counselor

Genres: Young Adult, Childrens, Romance

224 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Francine Paula Pascal was an American author best known for her Sweet Valley series of young adult novels. Sweet Valley High, the backbone of the collection, was made into a television series, which led to several spin-offs, including The Unicorn Club and Sweet Valley University. Although most of these books were published in the 1980s and 1990s, they remained so popular that several titles were re-released decades later.

Reviews

[CLM]

Wendy and Betsy, here is another camp story! I really liked the first two books in this trilogy (written before Francine Pascal sold out) but never knew this one existed. I had also forgotten the heroine's name is Victoria Martin, but my niece Victoria is still too young for this sort of book.

[Sheila Read · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have read so many of these books I can't remember all of them.

[Jodie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I picked this one up at one of those library sales because I loved Francine Pascal when I was growing up. I really enjoyed this one about friends at a summer camp where they are councilers every year.

[Lina Jay · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book when I was in elementary school! Even though the cover has changed this was a great book! This is a great book for teens.
(early teens | 13-15yrs.)

[Natalie]

A typical teenager realizing that the boy she's been crushing on isn't all that he seems cracked up to be.

[Martine · Rating 2 out of 5]

I liked this better than "My First Love and Other Disasters", but I still didn't love it or anything close. I think it was just written in a time when teen fiction was only supposed to be cheesy, improbable, and full of gushy teen girls. One major complaint I have is that insta-love phenomenon. I know she said she felt chemistry, but she was saying "I love you" in her head from merely seeing him and saying, like, one word to him. Also, it mentioned that Robbie had just finished his first year at Stanford which meant he was 18 or 19. The two teenage girls, meanwhile, were sixteen and these age differences in tee fiction feel a little icky to me. Especially considering the issue of consent and such. But, oh well, it was alright.

[B. · Rating 2 out of 5]

Maybe you had to read the other books in the series - I don't know. I received this one for free and I found it to be far duller than the title suggested. Very much a fluff read. There's limited plot and almost no plot progression. It was quite a bit of a let down. The back of the book made it sound far more interesting than it actually was.

[The Girl with the Sagittarius Tattoo · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this around 8th/9th grade or so. I remember thinking the MC's friend was a super sh*tty person.

[Elida H · Rating 5 out of 5]

*reread* love a summer camp book

[Juliet]

'Love and Betrayal and Hold the Mayo' is the last Victoria Martin book. This book is much more realistic than the other two and it adds a humorous spin on summer jobs.

Victoria finds herself working as a waitress at a summer camp with her best friend, who also has a hot boyfriend. Victoria gets weird feelings around this hot boyfriend and decides she has to avoid all of them to survive. But things don't work out the way she planned...

This book relates drama between best friends and boyfriends and also adds in what it feels like to have an overwhelming summer job. A very quick book with nice, light feelings in the end.

[Lilly Bolles · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good story about a teen that falls for her best friend's hot boyfriend while she is at a summer camp. She has to deal with suppressing her feelings, along with being a waitress for the little kids at the camp and navigating teenage mean girls. She weaves a web of lies to hide her attraction for him, and it eats her alive. But it really teaches you a lot about the teenage years and friendship.

[CourtneyW_8Rdg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Steffi and Torrie are both in love with Robbie, but the problem is that they are best friends. At summer camp, Torrie has to decide if she should date Robbie and leave her best friend, or go with Steffi and leave the love of her life.

I liked this book a lot. It is very suspenseful.

[Bernice]

the first teen romance book I ever read as an 11-year old girl.