5/5 Stars
B&N:
"There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied by affection and habit to an Enthusiast." Julie knows from bitter experience: her best friend, Ashleigh, is an Enthusiast. Ashleigh's current fancy is also Julie's own passion, Pride and Prejudice, and the heroine's quest for True Love. And so Julie finds herself swept along with Ashleigh, dressed in vintage frocks and sneaking into a dance at the local all-boys' prep school. There they discover several likely candidates for True Love, including the handsome and sensitive Parr. And Julie begins to wonder if maybe this obsession of Ashleigh's isn't so bad after all. . .
My Review:
This book started off slow, but then it got really good. I didn't want to stop reading it. I had recently just finished re-reading Pride and Prejudice so it was a perfect book to read. The connections with Pride and Prejudice was neat. I found myself laughing the the characters and making connections because I knew what they were talking about. The characters were well developed and mostly believable. One thing I noticed though was the emails that we sent back and forth seemed a bit formal. This could be what the author wanted to show from the boys from the prep school, but it just seemed a bit formal for high school kids.
This is a young adult book and I believe the girls will enjoy it, but I think they'd like it a lot more if they have actually read Pride and Prejudice- although it's not a "have to have read" book.
While reading the book I found myself really getting into it. I would laugh out loud at some parts.
I read it in a few days- was actually mad that I had to work and wasn't able to read it.
Overall a great read.
