ISBN: 9781250817815
Editorial: Wednesday Books
Autor: Quain, Amanda
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 320
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: About the AuthorAMANDA QUAIN is a writer, indie bookseller, and general life enthusiast. When she’s not shouting about her favorite new books, she loves theatre, baking, rock climbing, marching band, and the overall pursuit of adventure. If forced to choose, Amanda’s favorite Austen hero is Edward Ferrars, though she’ll always have a soft spot for Mr. Bingley. She lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania with her husband and their cat. She is the author of Accomplished and The Ghosts are a Metaphor.Georgiana Darcy gets the Pride & Prejudice retelling she deserves in Amanda Quain's Accomplished, a sparkling contemporary YA featuring a healthy dose of marching band romance, endless banter, and Charles Bingley as a ripped frat boy.It is a truth universally acknowledged that Georgiana Darcy should have been expelled after The Incident with Wickham Foster last year – at least if you ask any of her Pemberley Academy classmates. She may have escaped expulsion because of her family name, but she didn’t escape the disappointment of her big brother Fitz, the scorn of the entire school, or, it turns out, Wickham’s influence.But she’s back for her junior year, and she needs to prove to everyone – Fitz, Wickham, her former friends, and maybe even herself – that she’s more than just an embarrassment to the family name. How hard can it be to become the Perfect Darcy? All she has to do is:- Rebuild her reputation with the marching band (even if it kills her)- Forget about Wickham and his lies (no matter how tempting they still are), and- Distract Fitz Darcy ― helicopter-sibling extraordinaire ― by getting him to fall in love with his classmate, Lizzie Bennet (this one might be difficult…)Sure, it's a complicated plan, but so is being a Darcy. With the help of her fellow bandmate, Avery, matchmaking ideas lifted straight from her favorite fanfics, and a whole lot of pancakes, Georgie is going to see every one of her plans through. But when the weight of being the Perfect Darcy comes crashing down, Georgie will have to find her own way before she loses everything permanently―including the one guy who sees her for who she really is.From School Library JournalGr 7 Up-A light boarding school YA with a light Pride and Prejudice flavor. Georgie Darcy is back at Pemberley Academy for her junior year despite The Incident with Wickham Foster that almost got her expelled. She hopes to repair her reputation and her relationship with her brother (and guardian) Fitz, but the return of manipulative drug dealer Wickham is making it difficult. The two make a deal-if she can get back in her brother's good graces, ex-boyfriend Wickham will leave her alone. She decides to play matchmaker to her overbearing brother so that she can devote her time to becoming the perfect Darcy. Charlie Bingley and Lizzie Bennet make appearances, but it's really the fleshing out of Georgie's tale that makes this contemporary retelling a fun read for non-purist Janeites. Character development isn't always consistent, and the charming tone sometimes clashes with the more serious aspects of the novel-Georgie's low self-esteem and desperate attempts to fit in her family, Wickham's sinister gaslighting of the younger girl. However, the heroine's reckoning with her own racial and class privilege is refreshing, and her complicated but loving relationship with her brother is a shining point. All the main characters are assumed white. VERDICT The novel plays fast and loose with the plot of Jane Austen's beloved classic, but for fans of boarding school dramas and rom-coms, this fits the bill.-Shelley M. Diazα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Review"In Quain’s witty debut...hard-earned character development and dynamic relationships are keenly explored. Quain uses the source material’s infrastructure to establish the narrative’s stakes and emotional gravity while skillfully
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