One thing about me, I’m always going to read an Austen inspired work, and Recommended Reading and its Emma-influenced tale did not disappoint!

After a very public, very disastrous love confession leads to losing his campus bookstore job, and almost being kicked out of the college before classes even begin, Bobby Ashton finds himself the latest hire at his uncle’s small bookstore. This is so not how his perfect pre-college summer is supposed to go. Yet as the days progress things start to look up - he’s becoming the town’s go to for book recommendations, his uncle’s letting him spruce up the shop a bit, and there just might be something happening with Luke, the anti-romantic lifeguard who keeps popping up.

Occasionally awkward, wonderfully snarky, and absolutely unashamed of who he is, Bobby made this book a complete joy to read. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, I cannot get enough of YA books that are unapologetically YA. Dramatic and emotional, just as Emma should be, this novel was a delightfully fun escape into the world of teenage romance. 

Thank you to Zando Young Readers and NetGalley for the digital ARC in exchange for an honest review.