A review by readwithanerd
Accomplished by Amanda Quain

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.25

4.25/5 Stars

I want to start off by saying that this book has EVERYTHING I love. My all time favorite movie is Pride and Prejudice. I was a HUGE band geek in high school, so naturally I was in my school’s marching band, and romance is the best book genre. So when I read that this book is a Marching Band romance that is inspired by Pride and Prejudice I just KNEW it was going to be good, and I was right.

What I liked:

So this book is mainly about Georgiana Darcy, but it also includes the loveable characters like Lizzie, Jane, Darcy, etc. At first I was nervous that I was going to only see the characters in one way (the way they are shown in the movie) but the way that Amanda Quain wrote these characters is so perfect that they are different but there are similarities, so it was easy to differentiate the two works. Which is usually my problem when I read an inspired story or a retelling, but not in this book. 

The second thing I love is the small little references from Pride and Prejudice that are scattered throughout the book. It was like a little game to see if I could find all the hidden things. 

While I was reading I thought this book was going to be about self-love, self-worth, independence, growth, which it is about. But as I continued reading, it was so much more, the most surprising topic was family, and love, and relationship between siblings. Which I found very refreshing. 

Lastly, this part kinda creeped me out… but Georgiana Darcy and I were so similar, I honestly thought she was me if I was created into a book character. We had the same hobbies, we love band, she was a geek who loves writing, the only difference was that she was rich… like really rich. Her character was so relatable that I think everyone has at least one thing in common. 

What I did not like:

The only thing that I had an issue was with the amount of times she would cry about how hard her life was. I understand that what she went through was hard and was difficult for anyone but I felt like it was brought up every 5 pages. It got to the point that I thought her issues were not that big of a deal. Also, I had to keep reminding myself that she is young and she makes decisions by emotion… not logic.

Overall, this think if you love all things Pride and Prejudice and/or Marching Band, this is a must read.

P.S. Wickham this sucks in all versions of Pride and Prejudice