Review: Cute and fast story!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2012
***Copy provided by author for blog tour***I'm embarrassed to admit that as much as I love reading, I have never read any Jane Austen books. I knew this story was a modern retelling of one of her books, but honestly I have no idea what Pride and Prejudice is about. Although it was nice that instead of constantly comparing the two stories, I was able to go into this book on a clean slate instead.Lizzie attends the Jane Austen Academy, which up until recently has been an all-girls school. When the school was sold, the new owners changed a lot of things, including the admission of guys to the school. Most of the girls are excited by this new development, but not Lizzie. Lizzie's main goal is to get into Georgetown and eventually the White House with her journalisms skills. She is however excited about being able to share a dorm room with her best friend Ellie.  But a mix-up has Lizzie sharing a room with Anne, her former nemesis and Ellie sharing a room with Emma.  Lizzie marches off to the new headmistress and demands that she share a room with Ellie. But when she is offered the top journalism position she agrees to the current room arrangements. Just how far is Lizzie willing to go to get to the top?  As her friendship with Ellie starts falling apart, Lizzie starts to realize that Anne isn't such a bad person. Out of all of the guys that now attend the school, no one catches her eye (and infuriates her) like Dante. When the new owners threaten to change the school's name, Lizzie starts digging up information on the new owners. She soon realizes that some secrets are better kept hidden.At first it was a little bit hard to like Lizzie because she was very one-track minded and also a bit judgmental.  She dislikes Anne, Emma and Dante because she thinks they are snobby. But the more she gets to really know them, she realizes that she may have misjudged them and she comes off looking like the snobby one. But once she realizes that she was wrong about all these people, she really loosens up and it was easy to like her then. Dante and Lizzie had great chemistry and the story was intriguing. My only complaint was that I wish it were a little bit longer to give the story and the relationships more time to develop. At 128 pages, I would consider this more of a novella. The next book will be a retelling of another Jane Austen novel and will feature Ellie as the main character. I really want to know where this story will go and what will happen to the Jane Austen Academy and its students. Fall For You was a short and sweet story that you can read in a short amount of time.3.5 out of 5 sparkly stars!