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Well that’s exactly how Lizzie Bennett, the protagonist of Prom & Prejudice by Elizabeth Eulberg, feels. She is a student at Longbourn Academy—but on scholarship. Her best friend, Jane, is obsessed with prom and longs to go with Charles Bingley now that he’s back from a semester in London. When Charles returns, he brings along his seemingly stuck-up friend Will Darcy, who complicates, well, everything.

A modern homage to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, this read will give you the setting of modern-day prep school life with an 18th century English story. The characters are more relatable and the dialogue is fresh and funny. Our only hang up? This latest tale seems less romantic because it’s missing the language and details Jane Austen had in her gem of a book.

If you’re a fan of Pride and Prejudice, or want to know the story without getting caught up in fancy language, check out Prom & Prejudice (available this January).