Accomplished
Books | Young Adult Fiction / Romance / Contemporary
3.6
Amanda Quain
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.
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Author
Amanda Quain
Pages
304
Publisher
St. Martin's Publishing Group
Published Date
2022-07-26
ISBN
125081782X 9781250817822
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"I was graciously included in this anthology, and I wanted to take the time after my reread to shout out some of my favorite pieces from my fellow poets!<br/><br/>- “Love” by Lane Hildebrandt <br/>- “The Forest of Life” by Emma Tautges <br/>- “Love Is a Rose” by McKenna Ritter <br/>- “Dead Butterfly” by Andrea Jarillo <br/>- “Jealousy” by Aleksandra Baran<br/>- “Untitled” by Sydney Heitzman <br/>- “A Father’s Job Description” by Lauren Stebbins <br/>- “Foreign Shores” by Rose Kruse <br/>- “The Jungle Breathes But Fire: The Cobra’s Dance” by Olivia Nye"
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Kayla Randolph
"I didn't expect much from a retelling, but this one was better than expected, because it centers around a side character, and only pops in the Pride and Prejudice references occasionally. Like most retellings, this YA romance would have been a pretty good story on its own, but I liked trying to connect it back to Pride and Prejudice, and predict what would come next in the story.<br/>Georgie Darcy is covering from "The Incident", which involved Wickham, a drug scandal, and an extremely angry older brother. She's now trying to make things right again by becoming the "perfect Darcy" to make her brother proud of her for once, and to prove to her classmates that she is worthy of their respect. She also tries to make her brother happy for the first time since their father's death by playing matchmaker between him and Lizzie Bennet. <br/>While there is a frat party with characters getting drunk, the slow-burn romance was so satisfying to read! If you love Pride and Prejudice and YA romance with great sibling dynamics, then you should give Accomplished a try!<br/>(also it takes place in autumn in the New York mountains and has amazing academia vibes, so this would be a good autumn read!!)"
Joanna Highfill