Okay, so honestly I tend to love Pride and Prejudice retellings, continuations, and adaptations.

I liked this one, but it fell flat for me in so many places and Georgie's obsession with the show Sage Hall was kind of heavy handed, and although I know that I made my entire personality based on a show/book before, but this seemed out of proportion and at odds with the musician side of her.

The obsession of trying to be perfect is also understandable, but it feels a lot more forced and contrived, not a natural development.

I liked the characters, but didn't love the story if that makes sense.

Solid book, just not my cup of tea.

3.75/5 stars

Accomplished is a retelling centered around Georgiana Darcy, the younger sister of Fitzwilliam Darcy, who is currently attending Pemberley Academy. After an incident her sophomore year with a certain Wickham Forster, Georgie is obsessed with renewing her reputation at the school and making herself worthy of the Darcy name.

Through much of this book, Georgie frustrated me because she couldn't see how much she was hurting everyone around her especially her brother. This relationship really resonated with me because I have an older brother as well and our relationship is quite similar to Georgie and Fitz which made me yell at Georgie through much of the book because she couldn't see that her brother was trying to help her.

What upped my rating from a 3 star to 4 stars was the last 1/4 of the book. Georgie had a very interesting turn of character development where she finally realized that she used/relied on her family name, influence, and money much more than she thought she ever did. It was nice to see Fitz finally open up to her and tell her how much he had been struggling.

Lizzie and Fitz's relationship as well as Georgie and Avery's both developed so organically and so real that I felt invested in them by the end. I only wish that Charlie and Jane had a bit more page time.

Overall, I would recommend this book to fans of Pride and Prejudice and would give this book 4 stars.

ARC was provided by NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

I *love* Pride & Prejudiced so I was more than excited to get this YA adaptation focusing on Mr. Darcy's younger sister, Georgiana. However, this just felt lackluster. I think if you're going to make an adaptation or build off of any sort of renowned work like Pride & Prejudiced, it has to be good. Quain does a good job of making Georgiana her own distinguished character compared to the version we get from Austen.

This would have been fine as a typical YA novel without the connections to Pride, and I hinged on that too much while reading. The dialogue is very young and overall there isn't much depth to the plot. This is definitely a younger YA novel.

Not my thing, but will certainly be good for others!

I was deep into a reading slump when I picked up Accomplished and it saved the day. I've read plenty of modern P&P retellings, but this is only the second or third one I've read that focuses on Georgiana and it was a refreshingly fun take on the oft-forgotten Darcy sibling. I'll admit, I was a little turned off initially by the dynamic between Georgie and Fitz even after a friend warned me about it, but it slowly grew on me. Canonically, Darcy is socially awkward and maybe emotionally constipated, so having him take his big brother duties too seriously to the point of becoming an overbearing helicopter parent is something I think is worth suspending my disbelief over. I loved the idea of watching Pride and Prejudice play through Georgie's eyes but wish Quain hadn't included the matchmaking side plot. I don't mind her shipping her brother and Lizzy (and maybe meddling a little bit,) but it just became this whole thing that felt unnecessary and distracted from the plot a little bit. Lastly, we need to talk about Avery. One of the big potential pitfalls when writing fan fiction is creating your own Original Character that no one cares about, but from the minute he appeared on the page, I loved Avery and thought he was a great addition to this spin on Austen's classic. As someone who has literally read over 50 modern versions of Pride and Prejudice, I thought Accomplished was a fun and original take on one of favorite books.

This was a treat to read and so nice to read Georgie’s side of the (Pride & Prejudice) story. Quain does a great job balancing the heavier topics with the more light hearted moments and writes incredibly likable characters… well except for Wickham who will always be a jerk. Oh, if you’re not familiar with P&P, don’t fret this story completely holds up on its own, I mean you’ve got marching band antics, a fanfic writer, all the boarding school vibes, and of course a sweet YA love story. I enjoyed my time with this tale and look forward to reading more from this author in the future.

I received this eARC thanks to NetGalley and Wednesday Books in exchange for an honest review

Thank you to the publishers and NetGalley for letting me have an eARC of the book to read in advance.

*sigh* Right, so this was a rather quick read but also... <i>boring</i> - TO ME at the very least, there might be people out there who think the opposite - which made it feel like ages were dragging by.

I think my main issue was the amount of lamenting Georgie does over Wickham. Insanity. Yeah, I get that she'd had a crush on him for years, she was in a relationship with him, he emotionally manupilated her, blah blah blah, I should sympathise with this poor teenager and shit. Sorry, I can't. It's likely because I'm familiar with how gross Wickham is across all the P&P version you could dig up out there but reading this book with Georgiana MOPING over him got me like girl, you're wasting your time and that is all fine and dandy, it's your time, do with it what you will. But why you gotta waste my time?

The one thing I liked here was the Lizzie-Georgie interaction bits we got. I've always thought they would have the cutest relationship - especially from the book and 2005 P&P - and I was glad that this aspect at least did not disappoint in this retelling. You gotta love what a supportive and understanding big sis Lizzie Bennet is <s>when the younger sister in question is receptive and has at least one functioning brain cell</s>.

But otherwise, nothing really engaging about the story. I wanted it to be over already the whole time and it wasn't the writing. I think the writing was great but the events were just not interesting at all. I was not invested into Georgiana's redemption at school and I don't even think there was a proper redemption arc there? Just a Mario jump towards the end and I was like ??? huh

More than anything, this book suffered from poor writing and a lack of understanding of the source material.

Honestly, I’m often all for authors taking classic lit or fairy tales as inspiration and turning into something new to fit their own ideas. But if you’re going to straight up say a character is “getting the retelling they deserve”, said character should actually share in some qualities as the original character other than the name being the same.

Georgiana in the original novel was a soft and sweet gentle-hearted girl. Georgie in this book is an obnoxious, whiny brat with absolutely no character growth.

There was so much manipulation and miscommunication all throughout the book that I started feeling like I needed roll my eyes every 20 pages or so.

Thank you NetGalley, Amaanda Quain, and St. Martin's Press for the e-ARC.

This just… really let me down.

I love P&P retellings whether they be modern, from a different point of view, or with a twist. Heck, I recently read Becoming Mary Bennet which referenced Pride and Prejudice but was very clearly not that at all, and I adored it! I say all this to make it clear that I am not one of those people who just isn’t into retellings. I love them. Which is why this was just a let down.

Georgiana is basically a blank slate compared to everyone else in Pride and Prejudice. She is mentioned very little, but what we know of her is that she is sweet, a little downtrodden, and talented in the arts. I think the downtrodden and love of the arts came across very well in Quain’s retelling, and I like how she translated these issues to the modern teen equivalents (oh band drama, how I do not miss you). I also think that her fears of everyone hating her are extremely accurate to the teenage experience, and I applaud her addressing that anxiety.

However, that’s about where my enjoyment of this book ends.

Georgiana is so unlikable in this. Wildly unlikable. I, too, would probably avoid her were I in the unfortunate position to be back in high school. She flaunts her wealth and in a bid to get people to like her and she has very minimal character development. I don’t have much more to say about her because there isn’t that much to say. Misguided teen makes poor choices in a bid to prove herself. Standard.

Darcy is also extremely unlikable. Rather than be the overprotective brother you might remember from the novel, he is the controlling brother who shows no sympathy towards Georgiana after she’s been through an emotionally abusive relationship culminating in her loss of all social connections. Not to mention he straight up abandonded her before it all went down.

Listen - there is no one way to interpret characters. That’s why discussing stories and characters is so fun! However, there is something extremely jarring about having characters you are very familiar with come off as completely different people. It’s like if Cinderella spit in her step-family’s food every morning. Deserved? Sure! But it’s just so out of line with what we know of that character that it gives pause just reading it, right?

However however, despite my personal disconnect with this book, I think it’s important to consider this book from the point of view its intended audience, which I am decidedly not. I do work with them though, and I am not so old that I have totally replaced my horrifically awkward stint as a juvenile with glittery, shiny memories, so I think I can kind of sort of put myself back into that position and honestly? I’d have loved this book as a teen. It has it all! Scandal, family and peers that just don’t get you, a broken heart, and at least one dead parent? Sign fifteen year old me up! From that perspective, this book is an absolute slapper.

However however however, I can’t give it a glowing review even with that in mind because I don’t feel that it really shows development or coping mechanism that the reader might be able to apply to themselves.
So to combine the fact that I think teens would like this and the fact that I didn’t, I’m gonna do a solid 3/5.

I loved the idea of a P&P retelling by Georgiana set in modern day, but I was a bit let down by this one. First, there wasn't nearly as much of the other P&P characters as I would have liked. But I'm willing to mostly let that go, this was exploring Georgiana who I would love to know more about.

The real reason I struggled with this is there are a lot of cringe-y moments in the first half of the novel. Things where Georgie has the best intentions, but it just went horribly wrong. I find things like that hard to read/watch. This will probably not bother others nearly as much. And I will say, the second half of the book got much better in this regard - yay character growth!

A new take on the world of pride and prejudice. We follow Georgie Darcy, the little sister of Fitzwilliam Darcy.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book.

It takes a moment to get into this book because when you get into a retelling of a well known novel you have certain expectations of how the story line is supposed to go. In the end though, I enjoyed this book. It had tastes of the familiar characters we all know while focusing on a lesser seen character and showing that you don’t need to change for people to love you. Reading Georgie’s character arc was wonderful. Showing that the best person that you can be is yourself. Avery was a wonderful addition to this world that we know so well and was able to show Georgie that you don’t need to change yourself for people to accept you, regardless of who your family is.

Georgiana Darcy has had a bad year and she is back for another year at Perberley. She understandably feels unable tp live upto her brother stellar reputation of being great at school just like most of her Darcy ancestors. She feels their eyes judging her every move.

Once Fitz left the school and she moved onto her 10th year of school, she fell into the company of Wickham Foster and things got much worse and her relation with Fitz frayed.
Georgie is trying to make amends so that her brother of old returns to her instead of treating her like a punishment he has to fulfill.

In the new year, all that she did the prior year comes back to haunt her. No one except Avery talks to her at first.
She decides on a plan of action to improve her image and also get her brother off her back by setting him up with Elizabeth.

However, Wickham is back too and he sets a bet with her on her failing in her plans.

What I liked: the genuine feeling of letting someone go who isn't good for you.
The making of plans and the failing of plans.
Her inner monologues. Georgie and Fitz's relation.

What could have been: a couple of chapters with Fitz's viewpoint in it.
Better resolution for Georgie and Avery. It seemed like an afterthought.

All in all. It was a fair retelling of Georgiana's story as told in Pride and Prejudice.

I want to thank NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for providing this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Thank you NetGalley/St. Martin’s Press for sending me this ARC in exchange for an honest review.

As someone who is trying to get into reading more classics when I saw that A modern retelling of Pride and Prejudice was available to read I knew that I must and I could safely say that I was not disappointed. Accomplished is an adorable story that I believe many readers will absolutely enjoy.

Georgiana Darcy aka Georgie often struggles with her own insecurities. She is the black sheep of her family, often feeling like a burden to her brother Fitz who has stepped into a father role for Georgie. Georgie will do anything to make it right with Fitz including getting him off her back so he can be happy for once.

When Georgie finds herself returning back to Pemberley Academy after getting in some trouble as caused by Wickham Foster she finds herself to be the schools social pariah and just wanted to make things right, however Wickham will not make it easy for her by allowing that to happen. Will Georgie be able to get Wickham out of her life once and for all successfully without her brother finding out and upsetting him or will she be forced back into play Wickham’s underhanded games? You must read to find out.

Overall I truly enjoyed the story. I think Georgie is a character you truly root for. I know I rooted for her. I definitely recommend those readers who are fans of Jane Austen to read this story.

2.5 ⭐️ this book had so much potential to be an amazing story, but it just felt a little short. I did really like the plot, I thought it was very fun and entertaining, but my only problem was the characters. Georgie could have had it so much character development throughout the book, but instead other people just changed for her. I did like how her relationship with her brother changed, but her relationship with others in the book especially Avery were just not well written. it seemed like Avery was doing everything he can to be an amazing friend to Georgie, but Georgie couldn’t just look outside her own point of view to see what she was doing wrong. is pride and prejudice retelling would be so amazing if the characters were a little more developed!!

I have been really enjoying all the YA retelling of Jane Austen’s works that I have been reading lately and most of them are regency/Victorian au’s. I really liked the modern take of this retelling with Pemberley being the academy that they go to and that this book is focused on a side character we don’t get a lot of interaction with in the original novel Georgiana Darcy. So this starts in Georgie’s junior year at Pemberley academy after the incident with Wickham Foster that if she was anyone else but a Darcy would have gotten her expelled. She has been on lockdown all summer and Fitz her big brother transferred from Caltech to New York to watch over her better. So now she has to prove to everyone that she is more than just an embarrassment to the family name and try to fix her reputation with her peers as well as her marching band classmates that she pretty much ditched while involved with Wickham. Also she needs to distract Fitz from being so overprotective by throwing Lizzie Bennet at him with the help of his frat bro Charles Bingley. This was such a fun au to read and I loved how much growth Georgie had throughout the book and how she realized her privilege and that they need to talk more about what is bothering them and work through their grief that they just suppressed after their father died and Fitz turned into a surrogate father instead of her brother. I can’t wait to see the next book and if that will be about her senior year.

Thanks to Wednesday Books and Netgalley for the complimentary copy of this book in e-book form. All opinions in this review are my own.

As more of a Sense and Sensibility fan, I can't tell you the similarities between this and Pride And Prejudice but I enjoyed the book.

You get Georgiana Darcy in a very privileged high school. She has something happen her sophomore year that seemed to turn the whole school against her. She's determined to make things right this year. Though even the safest place she ever felt at this school, being as part of the marching band, she's feeling ostracized.

I liked her friendship+ with Avery. I knew the reasons he stayed her friend from a mile away, way before she realized it.

I just love the band stuff. I wasn't in the band but was in Color Guard that does stuff with the band so it's very nostalgic for me in those scenes!

I received an ARC from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review.

Georgie Darcy is your typical filthy rich nerdy high school boarding student (mostly). She reads and writes fanfic for her favorite period drama, plays trombone in the school marching band, and is having a bit of a disaster love life. Following the scandal of her last year from the discovery of underground drug ring operating out of her dorm room by her super popular ex-boyfriend Wickham and now suffering under the watchful eye of her older brother Fitzwilliam, Georgie is socially isolated and at a loss for just how to connect to her peers. When Wickham returns to her life and challenges her to live up to the Darcy name, Georgie cannot help but step up the challenge along the way. But will she be able to get the Darcy grades, get her perfect but overbearing brother Fitz off her back, and become the school darling, or will her privilege and shortsightedness reel her right back into Wickham's arms?

I'll be honest, it took me a really long time to get into this book. The beginning setup to me felt rather over the top and the initial deal struck up with Wickham felt riddled with plot holes that could Easily have been solved before there was every truly a problem to begin with. But! I pushed on, and ended up flying through the second half of the book.

While the story of Elizabeth Bennet and Fitzwilliam Darcy is a romantic Classic, I actually really enjoyed entering this retelling from Georgie's angle. The small glimpses we did end up having of Liz and Fitz was refreshing and fun, and I always found myself looking forward to them. I loved being able to see what Georgina would have gotten up to in a modern setting especially because in the usual retellings she's the one relegated to side character and she has Such a tragic and compelling story to tell. The adaption to a boarding school setting served the book well.

While elements of the story did feel predictable within the genre of YA romance (and outside of the typical retelling elements of the story), I had a lot of fun with this book. Once I stopped reading so hard and just let Quain play in the world, the second half flew by. I particularly loved the inclusions of Charles Bingley, who stole every single scene he was in, and the original character Avery. While I could see the romance plot coming and playing out a MILE away, it was still sweet and fun and funky and enjoyable. A cute, fun, and quick read, if a bit cheesy.

I saw Pride and Prejudice retelling, and I clicked add to cart. This book was utter perfection. I have no complaints. I am hoping to use parts of this one in a compare and contrast unit along with the original P and P with my seniors.

I went in to this as a skeptic, being scarred from so many authors who habe tried and failed to capture my heart with a retelling of P&P.. This novel was super cute, and I loved it. I loved the story from the perspective of Gorgianne.

Thank you so much to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for the ARC!

Confession: I’ve never read pride and prejudice before. In fact, I haven’t read a single book by Jane Austen. The only thing I knew going into this retelling is that Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth would end up together but that’s about it. With that being said, I can wholeheartedly say that you do not have to have read pride and prejudice to love this book.

The general premise is that our MC Georgie (short for Georgiana) makes a deal with her toxic ex Wickham, vowing that she can become the perfect Darcy and gain her brothers approval. While the premise of the book is unrealistic, it’s easily forgettable once you see Georgie and her love interest, Avery, interact.

I’m convinced that everyone needs an Avery in their life. He’s kind, truly cares about Georgie’s feelings, and shows genuine interest in what she likes. Man is so down bad for her he literally watches her favourite period drama with her!! Avery is an icon, no doubt.

I also really liked Fitz and Georgie having to come to terms with their grief and figuring out how to cooperate instead of butt heads. Their relationship was complex but I loved every minute of it. Oh and speaking of relationships, Fitz and Lizzie are too cute. I absolutely love them together.

Overall I really enjoyed the book and I’d definitely recommend it to a friend. Even if you’ve never read pride and prejudice, you’re gonna wanna give this a try :)

I adored this book! It was just the Pride and Prejudice fix I needed and the Georgie story I never knew I needed. I loved the Pemberley Academy setting. I didn't want this book to end.