Nods to Jane Austen, a modern day retelling of Pride and Prejudice, in a way. Loved it.

Such an enjoyable read…wonderful debut novel.

I adored how the author implemented so many of Austens classics and the dissertation topic that Anna wrote. She had the rare opportunity to write from personal experiences and compare them to the stark social stratus’s between the wealthy and those below their statuses in society. While in London, trying desperately to begin anew from her mundane life in Massachusetts, she set off to find herself and become more than her lifelong social standing. Tutoring the elite with their SATs, she becomes close with a very privileged family with whom she becomes increasingly connected to their friends higher on the ladder socially than she’d ever been. Taking liberties that were risky and quite bold her plan to fit in by pretending by omission she was one of them backfired, and she learns rather quickly who her true friends were and who accepted her for herself rather than her financial and social standings.