Whoa...this book was a lot. I initially went in because the premise sounded so interesting and I really enjoyed Austenland by the same author. However, this one was a definite miss for me. The main character was so hard to like and empathize with. Josie has moved to New York to fulfill her broadway dreams and dropped out of high school, only she doesn't make it and now she is a live in babysitter with tons of debt. The entire time of the book she continues to say that she peaked in high school and that she was somebody. Reading her inner monologue was not fun, being constantly reminded of how important she was and yet how she feels like the world is not working around her just was exhausting. My main issue with the book was the element in which Josie would read books and literally fall into the story and live through snippets of them. The separation of these snippets in the story was jaunting and hard to get into. They were scattered and really made me feel separated from the story. There was a weird attempt at a love triangle that somehow magically fixed itself in the end with her boyfriend, whom she's been constantly thinking has been cheating on her, just shows up and everything is forgiven. The other part is how badly she treats her friend and she barely takes care of her ward. Honestly this book was a mess and sadly I just could not like it. I really liked the previous work by the author but this one was a miss for me.
**Thank you so much for sending me an arc of this Netgalley and Roaring Book Press in exchange for an honest review**