Review: A Different Hero
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 17, 2013
As much as I enjoyed this book (despite not being a piercings and tattoo girl), I kept missing some aspects of the original characters.Fanny, the modern Fanny Price manifestation, shares some characteristics with her classic counterpart. She was hard working, dedicated, and loyal. She has a sense of right and wrong, though not as strong as the original. Attending Jane Austen Academy on a track scholarship, she shares her namesake's sense of not belonging among her more privileged classmates.Tran, the male romantic lead, shares few physical similarities to Edmund (see reference to tattoo and piercings above). He is a sharp contrast to the clean cut second son from Mansfield Park who was studying to take orders in the Church of England. He has a reputation for trouble (though, apparently unjustified). However, he does appear to share a kind and fun loving spirit with his counterpart. As well as a genuine affection for Fanny long before she notices him. I am a easy mark for an unrequited love plot. Since his introduction in a previous installment in the series, I have grown to like him in all of his quirkiness.I appreciated how Gray worked the original plot points into the over-arcing story of the series and the modern setting.There were some references to sex in this book, which were not as prevalent in the previous installments. They seemed out of place and forced, in my opinion.