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I had really high hopes for this book in the beginning, and since I read Epic Fail and liked it I thought this would be good as well.

3 reasons why I DON'T like this book-

1. The male leads in this book, Alex and Harry, had no charm to me (or it was too much try-hard charm that turned me off of the them completely). I did NOT like them at all. They had no appeal to me. This was a deal breaker for me, because when I read books like these I want to fall in love with the male character. I didn't.

2. There was no real connection to who Franny ended up with in the end (I won't tell you who, but I might as well should, because you should not waste 9 something dollars on this book)

3. Franny (the main character) comes off as spoiled and annoying to me. One example of this is she doesn't appreciate her aunt who's giving her a place to stay and paying her to work during the summer. This is just annoying.

OVERALL-

Don't buy this book. I don't want you to waste 9 something dollars on badly written characters and a poor like-triangle (yes, I mean like, not love).


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The Trouble with Flirting Claire LaZebnik Books Reviews

My Rating 4.5 stars

Review-
So, I read and loved Epic Fail a few months ago and then I bought this one on my when it was on sale and had it just sitting around for awhile now and I found out that this author has a new book coming out tomorrow so I figured time to read it and I am so glad I did. I started it at like 1 am and finished at about 4 this morning which lead to a massive head ache this morning but again so worth it. I loved this book, it's fun and cute and exactly what I want in a contemporary.

Likes -
- Harry - I loved Harry, he's funny and cute and I really loved his relationships not only with Franny but with Isabella who has been his best friend forever. I loved that it had that aspect of a boy and girl who are only best friends nothing more and their relationship was probably my favorite in this book. I also did really enjoy Harry and Franny's relationship even when she was a total jerk to him. He is my favorite type of male love interest, funny and goofy and never taken seriously even when he's sincere and you know just a total flirt.
- Isabella - I loved her and only wish she had been a bigger part other than Franny being jealous of her.
- Vanessa and Laurence - They might have been my favorite characters, I love love loved Franny and Laurence their scenes were my favorite.
- The theater/acting - After music my favorite theme in a contemporary book is theater and acting and while I do wish it had played a bigger part in this book I still loved it.
Dislikes -
- Franny - If there is one thing that I almost hated and that made me give this book 4.5 stars it's Franny. I didn't hate her but I didn't love her either. She was a little bit selfish and kind of a b*tch at some points. I didn't really like the way she treated her aunt or Harry for part of it, I hated when she was so caught up on Alex even though I liked him at first. She was funny and entertaining but still, I couldn't love her, at her funny moments I almost loved her but then she'd be stupid and bye bye warm feelings for her.
- Franny's aunt - I felt like towards the end there was supposed to be this kinda big revelation that her aunt actually loved and enjoyed having her or something and that's what I wanted but it wasn't really there, it was kinda implied but it was too late. Like I don't even know why her aunt would have enjoyed her, she took her for granted and walked all over her, it wasn't pretty.

Overall - I really enjoyed this book and it's more than worth the read it's just that the main character can be annoying at some points. But it's one of those books that you enjoy so much when reading it you don't even realize that your annoyed until you try and sit down and review it, it's just fun. =)

Originally Posted - [...]
Maybe 3.5 stars for entertainment value. This was a fun quick read about a summer for Franny Pearson. She's between her junior and senior year of high school and goes to work for her Aunt as a costume assistant for a summer theater program. She meets some fun new friends and reconnects with some old ones too. She has a busy and exciting summer working hard, making friends, flirting, and falling for two guys. There are a few crazy turn of events and Franny finds herself in new uncharteted places.
This was a fun read that had me laughing several times throughout. It is fun and flirty and an easy read. It drew me in and made me laugh - I enjoyed it thoroughly after I got through the first one-third. It had a bit of a slow take-off.
To date, Claire LaZebnik has published four refreshing and clever Young Adult retellings of Jane Austen’s novels – Epic Fail (Pride and Prejudice), The Trouble With Flirting (Mansfield Park), The Last Best Kiss (Persuasion) and Wrong About the Guy (Emma) – and I sincerely hope she continues to write more! In this insightful and authentic retelling of Mansfield Park, Franny Pearson is a rising high school senior from a non-wealthy, divorced family looking for a summer job. Her mom arranges for her to assist her aunt with making and altering costumes for a summer theatre program at Mansfield College.

Upon arrival Franny recognizes some familiar thespians – Julia Braverman, a friend she lost touch with, and her brother Alex, who she had a monster-crush on several years ago. Franny hopes a little romance might finally happen between her and Alex this summer, but her hopes are dashed as he seems to be immediately attracted to the sophisticated and gorgeous Isabella Zevallos. Franny feelings of disappointment and dejection start to disappear when super-flirtatious and fun Harry Cartwright starts paying her some serious attention over the other girls, the question is are his intentions as serious…

Claire LaZebnik has a wonderful talent for adapting Jane Austen’s characters and themes into a story that is relevant, current, and accessible to Young Adult audiences today. It never feels forced or as if she is trying too hard. Her characters embody the right blend of maturity and youthfulness, sincerity and blitheness, seriousness and irresponsibility and I am overall impressed with the language and intimate understanding she revealed. Just like Amy Heckerling (Clueless) astutely understood high school students in 1995, Claire LaZebnik gets high school students of this generation.

One aspect of this story I greatly enjoyed was seeing the contemporary reincarnations of Jane Austen’s characters. I liked seeing a flirtatious Henry (Harry) with questionable sincerity, a “good-guy” Edmund (Alex) who is guilty of being indecisive and sending mixed signals, a Marie and Isabella (Maria and Mary) who are appropriately desperate for male attention, and a Julia (Julia) who is unsurprisingly insecure and selfish. Readers who haven’t read Mansfield Park may not pick up how wonderfully these modern updates emulate their Regency counterparts, but I did, and I greatly appreciate the author’s creativity. I especially loved that Harry’s character had an extra special twist to it! As with many people who exude a strong and loud persona, there is always more hidden behind their mask…

Those who cannot abide Fanny Price and find her priggish and dull will be delighted to find this representation of Fanny a little different. Franny is quirky, witty, unaffected and charmingly sarcastic. But, since she is at the theatre program as an employee and not a student, she still is an outsider looking in. While I have no issue with Jane Austen’s timid and virtuous heroine, I did find myself, for the most part, enjoying this alternate spunky version of Fanny. However, one aspect of her character that I wasn’t too fond of is her relationship with her aunt, (who is more of a complainer than a cruel shrew). Franny spoke negatively about her aunt several times and didn’t seem to appreciate anything her aunt did for her – such as her job, requests for time-off, free room and board. I know teenagers are often self-centered at this stage, but I found Franny lack of consideration and appreciation towards her aunt to be disappointing and uncalled for.

These modern-day retellings by Claire LaZebnik are very deserving of praise and attention in both the Austenesque and Young Adult communities! I love the creative and perceptive ways she updates Jane Austen’s novels and brings out a story that is captivating and real to young audiences! I cannot wait to get my hands on The Last Best Kiss and Wrong About the Guy!

Austenesque Reviews
I had really high hopes for this book in the beginning, and since I read Epic Fail and liked it I thought this would be good as well.

3 reasons why I DON'T like this book-

1. The male leads in this book, Alex and Harry, had no charm to me (or it was too much try-hard charm that turned me off of the them completely). I did NOT like them at all. They had no appeal to me. This was a deal breaker for me, because when I read books like these I want to fall in love with the male character. I didn't.

2. There was no real connection to who Franny ended up with in the end (I won't tell you who, but I might as well should, because you should not waste 9 something dollars on this book)

3. Franny (the main character) comes off as spoiled and annoying to me. One example of this is she doesn't appreciate her aunt who's giving her a place to stay and paying her to work during the summer. This is just annoying.

OVERALL-

Don't buy this book. I don't want you to waste 9 something dollars on badly written characters and a poor like-triangle (yes, I mean like, not love).