Book Description: Fanny doesn't want to be at The Jane Austen Academy. She intends to lay low until graduation when she can try out for the Olympic track team. She doesn't need friends or love. She only needs her running.
But The Academy is in danger. In an effort to save it, Fanny joins forces with the friends she never knew she wanted. Suddenly, Fanny finds herself center stage in the middle of the Academy's biggest love triangle as the lead in the school play...only this track star can't afford to break a leg.
The last thing that the girls at the elite Jane Austen Academy need is hot guys to flirt with. But over the summer the school has been sold, and like it or not, the guys are coming. And it’s about to turn the Academy—and the lives of its students—totally upside down…
The Jane Austen Academy series are modern retellings of Jane Austen classics set at a beachside California boarding school.
About The Author: Cecilia Gray lives in the San Francisco Bay Area where she reads, writes and breaks for food. She also pens her biographies in the third person. Like this. As if to trick you into thinking someone else wrote it because she is important. Alas, this is not the case.
Cecilia has been praised for “instilling a warmth and weight into her characters” (Romancing The Book Reviews) and her books have been praised for being “well-written, original, realistic and witty” (Quills & Zebras Reviews).
Her latest series of young-adult contemporary Jane Austen retellings was named a What’s Hot pick (RT Book Reviews magazine) and is a Best of 2012 pick (Kirkus Reviews) where it was praised for being a “unique twist on a classic” and offering “a compelling mix of action, drama and love.”
She’s rather enamored of being contacted by readers and hopes you’ll oblige at cecilia@ceciliagray.com or any of the following sites: WEBSITE . TWITTER . FACEBOOK . YOUTUBE . NEWSLETTER
Book Review: When I first began Suddenly You I worried about the roll that track would play in the book. I'm not an athlete by any stretch of the imagination and, for the most part, sports hold all of the excitement of watching paint dry for me. Fortunately, while running did play a part, it wasn't overwhelming. I was quickly drawn into the story and found myself liking everything about it: the strong characters, the distinct personalities, the engaging plot, even the writing style itself. It's no secret that when it comes to modern retellings of the classics that I'm more than a little weary. I don't like when someone takes a classic, adds a few minor tweaks and then calls it their own. In the case of the fourth installment of Cecilia Gray's The Jane Austen Academy Series, she does a masterful job of taking a few elements from Jane Austen's Mansfield Park and molding them into her own modern, unique story. And while this may be the fourth installment in the series, the book can easily stand on its own. It's a fast read that will leave you wanting to read more.
Jessa's Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Want to read Suddenly You by Cecilia Gray? You can get your copy from AMAZON, B&N, APPLE, or KOBO.
Note: This post originally appeared on Once Upon A Book HERE on June 20, 2013.
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