Review: Another hit!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
Another great addition to Jenni James' Jane Austen series.  Mansfield Ranch is a modern retelling of Mansfield Park.  Lilly Price is taken in by another family through the foster care system.  Eight years later, Lily knows her family isn't the perfect accepting family she imagined, but she has a best friend in her foster brother, Sean.  And then the Crawford family moves next door.  Suddenly Sean is spending time with the beautiful Julia, and Harrison, who was originally a jerk, is now pursuing Lilly with single-minded determination.  Is he for real?  Or is he still the selfish player he appeared to be originally?  Add to that horseback riding, community theater, mean girls, high school rumors, finding one's roots, and finally romance, with the only person who knows the real Lily Price.When I saw that the book was approximately 140 pages, I was worried, but it didn't feel rushed or incomplete.  The characters were love able, and were good counterparts to Jane Austen's originals.  I loved Sean and Lily together (the awkwardness they feel about their feelings for each other and their familial relationship reminded me of the movie Clueless).  I also loved anytime Lily fought with Harrison.  She was witty and direct, and he needed a reality check and a dose of humility! While not my favorite book in the series, Mansfield Ranch was still wonderful!Content: no swearing, some kissing