Jane Austen comes to modern-day Los Angeles in Claire LaZebnik's imaginative take on Persuasion, where seventeen-year-old Anna Eliot finds out whether there's such a thing as a second chance when it comes to first love. Fans of Polly Shulman, Maureen Johnson, Elizabeth Eulberg, Stephanie Perkins, and, of course, Jane Austen will love this irresistibly funny and romantic contemporary tale. Anna is tired of worrying about what other people think. After all, that was how she lost the only guy she ever really liked, Finn Westbrook. Now, three years after she broke his heart, the one who got away is back in her life-and he wants nothing to do with her. Anna keeps trying to persuade herself that she doesn't care about Finn either, but even though they've both changed since they first met, deep down she knows he's the guy for her. Now if only she can get him to believe that, too ...
This was a cute and fast read about second chance love and I really enjoyed it. I liked that the main character had done something that she needed to be redeemed for and I loved that she grew into her own person who didn't value what everyone else did above her own needs and wants. And I really loved that she fixed things with Finn and that Finn could finally forgive her because what she did wasn't right and she handled it the way that a normal teenager would, I think. Slowly and in her own way. I thought LaZebnik did a great job of capturing the minds of teenagers and their reactions to real life situations. This story was cute and it had everything I like in books so I definitely recommend it.
