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.
Accomplished: A Georgie Darcy Novel comes out July 26th, 2022.
From the very first sentence, I was hooked on this book. It was easy to immediately tell that this story was going to be a funny and wild trip with characters you can’t help but love.
Thus started the next three hours of my life, where I couldn’t find it within myself to put this book down until I reached the very last page.
This story is extremely character-driven as we focus on Georgie learning how to better herself for all the wrong reasons. It’s not necessarily a happy story–not when everyone around Georgie is against her and likes her abuser more than they like her–but there are some lighter moments here and there so the entire book doesn’t feel too depressing.
One of my favorite things about this book is the character development and how different the characters are in the start of this book versus the end, but I also really enjoyed the support system Georgie has in between. Despite the “man versus the world” plot, there are a few characters who are there for Georgie no matter what, and their support is very heartwarming to read in Georgie’s lowest moments.
While the description of this book seems to focus a lot on the matchmaking elements and maybe a possible romance for Georgie herself, this book is a lot more about Georgie learning to make friends and interact with those around her, and I appreciate this book’s story a lot.
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