The Season

by Jonah Lisa Dyer

Megan McKnight is a soccer star with Olympic dreams, but she's not a girly girl. So when her Southern belle mother secretly enters her as a debutante for the 2016 season in their hometown of Dallas, she's furious. After Megan's attitude gets her on probation with the mother hen of the debs, she's got a month to prove she can ballroom dance, display impeccable manners, and curtsey like a proper Texas lady or she'll get the boot and disgrace her family. One perk of being a debutante, of course, is going to parties, and it's at one of these lavish affairs where Megan gets swept off her feet by the debonair and down-to-earth Hank Waterhouse. if only she didn'thave to contend with a backstabbing blonde and her handsome but surly billionaire boyfriend, Megan thinks, being a deb might not be so bad after all. But that's before she humiliates herself in front of a room full of ten-year-olds, becomes embroiled in a media-frenzy scandal, and gets punched in the face by another girl. The season has officially begun...but the drama is just getting started.

• ISBN13: 9780451476340
• Publish Date: 12 July 2016
• Publish Status: Remaindered
• Out of Print: 29 June 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Viking Juvenile
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 352
• Language: English

Reviews

[Sam@WLABB]

It is my understanding, that this is a P&P retelling. Well, I never read P&P, so I won't be comparing it to the original. What I will say, is that I enjoyed this book immensely. Megan was so fabulous. I loved that she wanted to please her parents, while still fulfilling her own desires. She was smart, sassy, and I was #TeamMegan the whole time. Debs are interesting to me, because I didn't know any where I grew up. It's always fun getting a peek into their world, and Dyer did a great job entertaining me at all their deb related events. Tons of fun, great family focus, a feisty heroine, and some drama made this a great read for me.

[mrs_mander_reads]

I really, really loved this. The parallels between Pride and Prejudice were there, but they were subtle and pleasant. The characters were lovable and relatable. This book is a keeper, and one I'll reread for sure.

[readingwithwrin]

Disappointed

1.5 stars
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I really wanted to like this book. Sadly I didn't. I'm not sure if it as trying to be YA or NA either way it didn't really work out.

[liz089]

I had a lot of fun reading this book ! Yes it is a bit predictable.. I mean the main story line follows Pride & Prejudice, so when you've established who is who, it will be clear what will happen to them.. But still, the main character was very likable and she made me laugh a lot !
The romance was not over the top, not a lost of angst, but a lot of drama and fun.. Great read for in-between and it made me smile happily at the end :)

[Ashley]

4.5 stars - I adored it!! So funny! The MC had so much sass. ♥

I wish we saw a little bit more of the main romance. It only really came up at the end and then it was insta-lovey. He was saying, "I love you" after they'd only really had a handful of conversations throughout the book (and certainly none that were particularly meaningful). I just wish we could have had a bit more time to see them in the relationship phase.