Review: How long did you say I'll have to wait for the next one?
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 27, 2013
Warning: I wouldn't call the info in this review spoilers but no guarantees that you would agree.One of the things I enjoy most about this series is that it's not just Jane Austen 's stories set in contemporary times.  Each story uses elements from Jane Austen's stories but Cecilia Gray isn't afraid to make it her own.  Suddenly You is Gray's version of Mansfield Park and I'm happy to say another successful adaption on her part.First, let me put all of your minds at ease and let you know that Fanny is NOT in love with her cousin in this adaption.  Yes, yes.  I breathed a sign of relief too.  Instead, Fanny is a track star attending Jasta, as they call it in other novels, on athletic scholarship.  She is also in several clubs that she founded (and in some cases, the only member) for the purpose of raiding school funds in order to collect enough for a year of Olympic training after graduation. Yeah, it sounded illegal to me too.  Fanny is used to being a loner but the more she gets to know her friends (all characters from the previous novels, including my personal fave, Tran), the more she begins to realize she doesn't have to be alone and she doesn't have to give up everything for her Olympic dreams.  Of course, like in Mansfield Park, Fanny will need to overcome romantic hurdles courtesy of Tran, Josh and Lucy, and like the other series novels (or at least the first two) she will work toward saving the school from its no-good owners.  And at the end, if you are anything like me, you'll be doing a Google search for the next novels' release dates (unsuccessfully, so if you hear anything....) because you just have to read more about these characters.Why then four stars instead of five you ask?  I love reading these books, I look forward to the next and they are even worth rereading in the future, but they also don't quite make my top faves list. Close, but just shy.