Author: Amanda Sellet
Publication Date: 12 May 2020
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Page Count: 384
Reading Method: Digital ARC
Synopsis:
Mary Porter-Malcolm has prepared for high school in the one way she knows how: an extensive review of classic literature to help navigate the friendships, romantic liaisons, and overall drama she has come to expect from such an “esteemed” institution. When some new friends seem in danger of falling for the same tricks employed since the days of Austen and Tolstoy, Mary swoops in to create the Scoundrel Survival Guide, using archetypes of literature’s debonair bad boys to signal red flags. But despite her best efforts, she soon finds herself unable to listen to her own good advice and falling for a supposed cad—the same one she warned her friends away from. Without a convenient rain-swept moor to flee to, Mary is forced to admit that real life doesn’t follow the same rules as fiction and that if she wants a happy ending, she’s going to have to write it herself.
Review:
this was a cute read! It had an adorable lil enemies to lovers romance but that wasn’t the main focus of the story. The main focus.. friendships! I love when authors explore friendship dynamics and thought this one was really well done. It also has a TON of references to classic literature which were amusing. All in all, a very quick, light, enjoyable read!
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