Thank you NetGalley and St Martin’s Press for this review copy.

This book is a Pride and Prejudice retelling from the POV of Georgina (or Georgie) Darcy and I throughly enjoyed every second of it. Setting the story at an elite boarding school was a brilliant idea and I love a school story almost as much as I love a P&P retelling.

Band geeks, this is a total love letter to your kind. Being an honorary band nerd only (I may have also once been referred to as the band room “pet”) some of if flew over my head but not enough to push me out of the story.

Georgie was a likeable character who didn’t always make the smartest of choices but as mentioned in my previous reviews- I like these kinds of characters. This is a story about Georgie standing on her own two feet and it was pure fun to tag along for the ride.

The other characters deserve recognition too- especially Wickam and Fitz. The brother and sister relationship was refreshing (I feel like sisters are more common in the genre?) and the feelings Georgie experienced over Wickham were more than a single layer.

Is it the best P&P retelling out there? No. Would I still recommend it? Absolutely and I look forward to adding a hard copy to my shelves soon.

I enjoyed this P&P inspired YA fantasy. Instead of focusing on Lizzy and Darcy, this modern day retelling follows Georgie Darcy as she attends boarding school and try to get her overbearing brother off her back.

I liked that this book focused on Georgie. It brought a new dynamic to the story that I enjoyed. Many other reviewers have pointed out that Darcy could be a bit whinny at times, which is true, but she’s also a sixteen-year-old girl who’s going through a rough time. A bit of whiny-ness seems accurate to me.

Overall, I would recommend!

Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for providing me with an eARC!

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for an advanced copy to read.

I was looking forward to what I thought was going to be a light, fluffy read. While that is not what this book is, I enjoyed it all the same. I was thrilled to see Georgie getting her own story and I loved the idea of Charlie as a carefree frat boy. Overall a nice story that I will definitely recommend.

To the surprise of absolutely no one, I loved this book. I love Pride and Prejudice retellings - especially one with a twist.

Accomplished is the story of Georgiana Darcy - yep, you heard it right. She is the black sheep in her family. She is burdened by insecurities but is vigorously trying to get her reputation back after a scandal regarding Wickham. To get her brother off her back, Georgiana tries to hitch Darcy to the lovely Lizzie Bennett .

Georgiana was such a great book heroine, I adored her from page one. Accomplished is certainly not like other retellings of Pride and Prejudice, but I loved the author's idea for a secondary to actually be our dearly narrator. I highly recommend it!

DNF at 30%

As a huge Jane Austen fan I was sucked in by this premise- a modernized P&P retelling from the perspective of Georgiana Darcy! I think I was hoping for a fun, fluffy take on this that still felt fairly Austenesque. I feel a little bad DNFing this because it's a debut novel and I absolutely think there is an audience for it, it's just really not for me. While I appreciated the nods to the original and thought some of the choices for modernization were clever (like making Wickham a drug dealer who takes advantage of Georgie's naivete), in general this feels like your typical YA contemporary. Which isn't a bad thing for people who like that, I'm just not one of them.

Georgie is the kind of character I find less than enjoyable to read because she has loads of self-doubt and shame for being the black sheep of the family, failing in school, and not feeling good enough for her family name. She's lonely, bullied, and very unhappy. Darcy isn't helping in his quest to be a stand-in Dad. Now, do I think that's going to be relatable for a lot of teenagers? Definitely. This has all the teen angst that I recall experiencing years ago. Do I typically pick up this kind of YA book as someone very far removed from that part of life without interest in revisiting it? No, I really don't. Unless there's something else hooking me like maybe themes I care a lot about or queer characters, it just isn't my cup of tea anymore. The Jane Austen association caught my attention here, but this is less retelling and more loosely inspired by. I think readers who typically enjoy YA contemporary coming of age stories will find a lot to like here, but I don't want to drag down the rating by continuing with something that just isn't fun for me. I received a copy of this book for review via NetGalley. All opinions are my own.

I actually thought this book was so good! It was something so different and I loved the characters quirks and persoalities. I loved the premise and plot that the writer envisioned and will definitely be reading more from this author!

Thank you St. Martin's Press & Wednesday Books for an advanced copy of Accomplished in exchange for an honest review.
I was very excited to read a Pride & Prejudice retelling from the perspective of Georgiana Darcy.
Unfortunately the best parts of the book were the little snippets we saw of Fitz and Lizzie’s relationship.
I also had a lot of trouble reading from Georgie’s perspective. Her decisions always felt brash and the clear wrong choice. Her constant inner monologue that everyone hated her to her inability to recognize her privilege till other people point it out. She just felt very selfish overall and it was hard to want to see her succeed.
This is definitely a younger YA novel and I would recommend it to younger teens looking to get into classics through retellings. I think it could a really fun introduction into a great classic story.

Accomplished is one of the most inventive Pride & Prejudice reimagining I've ever read, and I pride (ha) myself on being a collector of them.

I loved this book for its boarding school setting, meddling, and the way it put Georgie front and center within the Pride & Prejudice narrative, making her a complex character who can be a little hard to root for at times.

If you love Pride & Prejudice but find yourself wishing for justice for Georgiana and Lydia because not even Regency social customs can make up for how much Wickham sucks, then you just might enjoy this book.

I received this book as an advance reading copy via the publisher and author in exchange for an honest review. All opinions are my own.
If you’re a fan of pride and prejudice you may want to pick up this new YA novel to quench your appetite for something unique. We don’t get much on page time for minor characters in the original so a glimpse into Georgiana Darcy’s life is a welcome delight - especially in a modern boarding school setting. This was an interesting twist as we so often see retellings that too closely resemble the original. I appreciated the Easter eggs but nothing felt too on the nose. This book felt a little bit on the younger side of YA even though it’s marketed for upper high school but that may have just been how the inner dialogue and Georgie’s responses on page played out. Wickham fell a little flat for me and I didn’t feel as much urgency or resolve in what happened as not much time was given to him. I loved the sibling dynamics!! Fitz and Georgie were sweetly written together and definetly felt true to siblings in real life. Overall I enjoyed the book and would recommend it to younger high schoolers I know who like classic but are itching for a setting more relevant to them today. I look forward to reading more books by Amanda in the future.

This contemporary YA novel based on the characters of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice had all the makings of a wonderful book. I absolutely love the idea of a book from Georgiana's POV. Georgie's growth as a character was extremely compelling, particularly in the last half of the book where you really see her reflect and take ownership for her mistakes. The scene between Fitz and Georgie where they discuss their privilege was perfectly placed to give her a realistic moment of maturity. Their sibling dynamics were incredibly engaging and honestly the best part of the entire plot. I think writing Fitz as a controlling, overly protective older brother felt true to the original Mr. Darcy we all know and love. In fact, I think the rendering of the original characters in this modern way was very well done. Bingley as a frat boy, Wickham as a scam artist, and Lizzie as the smart, capable older sister were all a perfect homage to the characters we both love and hate in Pride and Prejudice.
Setting the drama amidst a boarding school felt a bit too expected but overall I think it worked well for the story that was being told. My main issue with the entire plot came from the "deal" with Wickham the Georgie suggests in the beginning. It felt like a very weak plot point. If she had decided on that aspiration on her own it would have been far more believable and relatable but the scene involving Wickham fell flat in my opinion. Additionally, the "scandal" that her dealings with him caused in the previous year, the fall out from him being expelled, and her ostracization from her peers all felt unrealistic and overblown.
Overall, this book was an enjoyable rendering of my favorite novel and I would love to read more by this author. Thank you to NetGalley and St Martin's Press for the ARC.

I was expecting something very different when I picked up this novel. I’ve always been intrigued by Georgiana Darcy. She’s present and felt in Pride & Prejudice, but also completely off page for the most part. Unfortunately, this modernization that focuses on her was messy. The plot dragged until the last fifty or so pages and it was only those pages that drew this up from a 2* to a 3*.

Georgie is painted as a victim; wrapped up in her own insecurities and problems. She’s completely oblivious to her privilege, which wouldn’t bother me in a novel about fictional characters, except she’s so goddamn whiny.

For most of the novel, she whines about not fitting in, people giving her the cold shoulder “for no reason”, because she didn’t do anything wrong. Yet, she makes little to no attempt to do anything, let alone fix it. She doesn’t change until the last fifty pages and st that point I was both over it and not exactly a believer.

Georgie gets by on kick and wealth and it’s not a good look. Sure, you could say that about the original Austen Georgie, but she was legitimately a sheltered, very naive 15 year old. Modernizing all the characters means you have to fully modernize them. This new Georgie is oblivious and sheltered.

Mr. Darcy was presented well. Charlie was a blast and even Lizzie made me excited to read about her. That wasn’t enough to hold my attention, which dragged.

I received an Advance Reader Copy from the publisher. This in no way impacted on my view.

For Georgie Darcy, living in the shadow of her perfect brother, Fitz, and the aftermath of scandal last year at Pemberley Academy, it's a struggle to return to school. But Georgie knows she can't disappoint him again, and she needs to forget all about Wickham and the lies he spread. So, with an extremely convoluted plan, Georgie plots to get her school on side, starting with friend and bandmate Avery, and the rest of the band, and keep Fitz none the wiser by matchmaking him with his classmate, Lizzie. Can Georgie accomplish all her plans, or will Wickham's return through a spanner in the works?

When I first heard about this book, I knew I needed to read it. Retellings of Austen's classics are a soft spot for me, and Pride and Prejudice even more so, so it was inevitable that I would enjoy this book. This is a modern day retelling of P&P, told from Georgie's point of view in the aftermath of the Wickham scandal. I loved how all of my favourite parts of the original were included, but in a modern, up-to-date fashion, and we saw a side of Gerogie that's never really been explored before. She's vulnerable, and struggles being the imperfect Darcy, forever in Fitz's shadow, even though he's never wanted her to be, and loves her more than anything. Wickham is just as evil and vindictive than ever, and I really detested him here - but loved how Georgie dealt with him, and her ongoing feelings for her best friend, Avery. All in all, this was a fantastic debut and retelling of a classic novel!

Thanks to NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an egalley in exchange for an honest review

Inspired by the characters of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, this is a contemporary YA tale centered on Georgiana Darcy( sister of Fitzwilliam Darcy). Pemberley Academy is still reeling from all the drama when Georgie got caught in the arms of drug dealing Wickham Foster last spring. As a result, older brother, Fitz has become super vigilant in his little sister's life. Georgie just wishes everyone could move on and stop treating her like a social pariah. Amanda Quain provides readers with plenty of romance and bad boy banter.

What I liked:
(1) Giving a very likeable Austen secondary character( Georgie Darcy) the spotlight. Quain's Georgie was an extremely likeable teen protagonist who has her own desires and aspirations. This is not a P& P retelling.
(2) Charles Bingley as a frat boy- HILARIOUS! He NEEDS a book!
(3)Wickham- I mean, I don't think that even Jane Austen couldn't help but love this guy and I loved his contemporary rendering.
(4) The sibling relationship between Georgie and Fitz- it was absolutely golden and I loved every encounter they had in the book.

What I didn't like:
(1) Boarding school romances are not one of my favorite types and I admit they were cute but Georgie and her love interest didn't grip me.
(2) Aside from the fact they were characters from Pride and Prejudice, the rest of the novel was pretty much like any other rom-com YA book.


Overall, I do believe that the positives are enough to sway any P& P fan to give it a read.




Expected Publication Date 26/07/22
Goodreads Review Published 23/05/22

A new modern take on Pride and Prejudice but from Georgina Darcy’s perspective. The story follows Georgie right after the horrible incident with Wickham... in which they were dating and he used her room to sell adderall... and in which she got him expelled which not only made her classmates hate her for taking away their adderall dealer but her relationship with her brother Fitz has completely fizzled. Now back for her junior year she has to prove to everyone and herself that she doesn’t need Wickham and that she can do better. But it’s going to be a lot harder than she though since she only has one friend, Wickham is still contacting her and his words still haunt her, her brother is watching her like a hawk and she thinks she might be ruining his life.... and her grades are suffering and she might have more on her plate than she signed up for. But Georgie is willing to try, she starts opening herself up more to people around her, starts trying to find some semblance of happiness and tries to make her brother’s life a little better by matchmaking him with the one girl in his math class that he can’t stop arguing with... Lizzie Bennett. This was a pretty interesting take on the classic story, especially as we get it from a modern Georgie. While I wasn’t expecting this Georgie to be as destructive or as immature as she was, it overall was an good read about a girl who is just trying to get her life together and recover after a horrible relationship with a toxic person who is breaking a bit under the pressure of who she is without him and what she wants to be. Plus the Fitz and Lizzie story was super cute in this one too. Overall, as a huge fan of Pride and Prejudice, this was a cute take on it!

*Thanks Netgalley and St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*

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I live for Jane Austen, I literally breathe her novels. So when I heard about this retelling, I was all ears. I wouldn’t say it was great, but it also wasn’t. The book centers around Georgie Darcy, but the book is all school focused with frat boys and all. The beginning of the book was really slow, but I got into it as it progressed. I love Darcy, but even as the novel went on, I really didn’t enjoy this version of him. Fitz, his name in the novel, was not amazingly developed and didn’t make for a great adaptation. Regardless, the later part of the novel drew me in. I loved watching Georgie grow and following her, but this definitely wasn’t the best adaption of Pride and Prejudice I’ve read.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an eARC in exchange for my honest review.

Did someone say ‘Pride & Prejudice’ retelling? In a contemporary boarding school? With band geeks? Who are obsessed with a BBC period piece (a la Sanditon)? And write fan fiction? And just happen to be told from the perspective of Fitzwilliam Darcy’s baby sister, Georgiana? Let me introduce you to ‘Accomplished’…

I loved the concept of this book! There are so many Jane Austen retellings (for good reason), but almost all focus in on our lovers—in this case Lizzie and Darcy—rather than giving us something truly new or different. And so I found tackling the story from Georgie’s point of view uniquely fun and refreshing. It essentially pushed the traditional storyline/plot arc to the periphery and allowed us to focus in on Georgie’s journey in the aftermath of the scandal with Wickham and all the ways it personally impacted her life and her sense of self in a setting wherein (unlike the original) what happened could not be kept a secret and rumours abound.

That said, while I still enjoyed this retelling, I still wished the story dug a little deeper into Darcy/Georgie sibling relationship dynamic and the question of privilege. Both of these elements received specifically focused scenes and conversations in the final chapters of the book—but in the case of the former it did not feel like quite enough (still too many little details left untouched and unresolved); and for the latter it felt like too little too late (like that discussion and awareness maybe should have started building earlier on). But this is also me being nitpicky!

Ultimately I still declare this a fun and easy read for anyone who loves the world of Jane Austen. 🌟🌟🌟🌟

Accomplished is a modern YA retelling of Georgiana Darcy's story. The novel follows Georgie after "The Incident" with Wickham. She is scorned by her classmates, has to face the disappointment of her nearly perfect older brother, and is dead set on turning herself into a perfect Darcy. However, her plans may be waylaid by a potential romance with one of her marching band friends.

Parts of this novel work well, while others miss the mark. Most Pride and Prejudice fan favorite characters, and favorite villains, make an appearance in this novel, and it's fun to see them in contemporary settings. Georgie is a well-drawn character, and readers will find themselves rooting for her. The banter between characters is also engaging and fun to read. However, parts of the plot seem far-fetched and devoted Austen fans may find themselves disagreeing with how some of the characters are portrayed.

You can view my full review here: https://teatimelit.com/?p=4274

It is a truth universally acknowledged that I love anything and everything related to Pride and Prejudice. As of late, I have been obsessively thinking about Pride and Prejudice. I just finished my millionth rewatch of The Lizzie Bennet Diaries and a reread of Pride and Prejudice. Because of my deep love for P&P/Jane Austen in general, I usually check out every retelling that I can get my hands on. I’ve always been interested in Georgiana as a character and while I understand why we didn’t learn too much about her in the original novel, I’ve always wanted to know more about her. When I heard that Accomplished was a story focused on Georgie, I just knew that I needed to add it to my TBR!

The writing was very clever and there were moments that had me laughing out loud. I thought it was great that Quain threw in some fun pop culture references (like Georgie writing fanfiction, and having her own AO3 and Tumblr accounts), Georgie’s favorite TV show Sage Hall that had some big Downton Abbey vibes, and Camp Sanditon to reference Austen’s last novel. I loved all those little details, and they brought me a lot of joy. Plus, I never thought I would hear any version of Fitzwilliam Darcy use the phrase “slide into your DMs” and it was one of the funniest things I’ve read in a while because of the sheer ridiculousness of it all. I love books that can make me laugh hysterically in one chapter, and completely break my heart in the next. It’s the duality of it all.

Overall, I think that Accomplished is an incredibly strong debut novel and I am so excited to see what Amanda Quian writes next!

A fun Jane Austen fanfiction story about Georgie Darcy who also writes fanfiction. While there was a lot of angst, I liked the eventual growth and humor in both the romantic and sibling relationships.

Georgie, as in Georgiana Darcy, finds herself back at her private school as public enemy number one. After a run in with the law and Willoughby, Georgie betrayed everyone’s trust. Now she must do whatever it takes to fit in again, finish high school, and earn back Fitz’s approval.

I’m a sucker for anything Jane Austen, so when I saw a modern rendition telling Georgiana’s story, I had to pick it up. This modern musing stays true to the main points of Georgiana and Willoughby’s story, but as it’s written over 200 years after, it’s clearly a stretch from the original (not a bad thing). I liked thinking about this fringe character in a new way, and it was fun to rethink our original Darcy, Fitz, from a whole new angle.

Georgie has a lot of growing up to do in the story, and seeing her struggle with her self worth hurt my heart a bit. The story has some cute moments that keep it heartwarming enough. This is a fun, quick read; it would be great for a beach trip.

Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for an advanced reader copy in exchange for an honest review.