Right before the end of summer, Julie’s best friend Ashleigh discovers the wonder that are Jane Austen’s books. As Ashleigh always completely dives into her obsessions and drags Julie with her, it looks like the start of high school is going to include a lot of Regency styled dresses, talking like Austen’s characters and seeking their True Loves. And where else would one look for their True Loves than by crashing an event held at the private boys school in town?

This was one of my favourite YA books that I’ve read this year. I was sent it by the publisher, and I couldn’t put it down from the moment it climbed to the top of my TBR pile. It was fabulously adorable and cute and everything one would expect from a YA book about girls obsessed with Austen. It was certainly predictable, but it was a good read for a couple of days (ahem, nights) on holidays.

The book had me from the first paragraph. Heck, it had me from the first sentence, which pays a bit of homage to Austen:

There is little more likely to exasperate a person of sense than finding herself tied to affection and habit to an Enthusiast. I speak from bitter experience. My best friend and next-door neighbour, Ashleigh Marie Rossi, is an Enthusiast.

This is Shulman’s first novel, and I eagerly anticipate that which she does in the future. (Also, back cover design is positively lovely!)