Thank you to HarperVia for the gifted copy.

As the second oldest daughter of five, Elizabeth Chen's days are filled with taking care of her party-going younger sisters and looking for jobs to appease her mother. When her realtor mother sells the beloved Chinatown community center to Brendan Lee and Darcy Wong, two UK-educated financiers with Hong Kong money, Elizabeth fights to ensure the center will still benefit the New York Chinatown community.

Set in contemporary Chinatown, GOOD FORTUNE reimagines the cult classic PRIDE AND PREJUDICE. While there are still familiar tropes about struggling Chinese immigrants, disappointed mothers, and nosy aunties, I particularly enjoyed the exploration of class divides between the Chens and the Lee/Wong families, and the ethics of gentrifying Chinatown by other wealthy Asians from overseas.

I also really enjoyed the banter between Elizabeth and Darcy, and the chaotic energy of the younger Chen siblings. While it took me a while to get used to the writing style, I find the wit and sarcasm entertaining. Since I've never read P&P (shocker, but I'm so bad at reading classics