Kasey StocktonRomance · Fiction
I'm Not Charlotte Lucas
I'm Not Charlotte Lucas
- Pages
- 224
- Published
- 2023
- Language
- English
Synopsis
"Northern California girl Charlotte "Charlie" Lucas has two great loves: Diet Coke and Pride and Prejudice. But her passion for Regency classics is tempered by a very real fear: Charlie is terrified of having to endure the fate of her namesake--spinsterhood.
Despite her best attempts to maintain a modern sensibility, she can't say no when an elderly neighbor asks Charlie to attend a charity ball with her grandson. Blind date or not, Charlie is powerless to resist the allure of a real-life ball. Soon it's clear that she will struggle to resist the charms of her blind date too.
Liam Connell is every bit the swoon-worthy leading man, straight out of Charlie's daydreams. But he's completely unattainable--his last girlfriend was a gorgeous actress and a far cry from Charlie's world.
So after a magical evening with Liam, Charlie is ready to get back to reality, even if her best option right now is a former boyfriend who wants to give it another shot. Unfortunately, despite imagining she'll never see Liam again, he seems to be everywhere.
How is a lady to move past a fantasy when life suddenly seems to be imitating fiction to an alarming degree?"--
- Rounded up from a 3.5 This books follows Charlotte Lucas, aka Charle, a 20something year old who recently moved in with her parents, working a job that she settled in, gets invited to be the blind date to her neighbor's grandson's charity ball. Charlotte lives in fear that she is going to become the spinster character from Pride and Prejudice who shares her name sake. Enter in Liam, her blind date, who ultimately turns her life over with his presence in her life. I have a bookish confession to make. I have not read or watched Pride and Prejudice, and this book is riddled with references. That being said, I dont think that took away from my experience with this book. I related to Charlotte as a 20something who feels stuck and doesn't know what her future holds. That being said, there were time in this book that I felt like Charlotte's insecurities were a bit too much. By the end of the book she really pulled through and sought the change that was needed. But considering how fearful she was to end up just like the P&P character, she was very content with settling. I was SO happy that Liam was able to help her pull her from that, but I wanted to see more inner work from her. I loved Liam, he was so selfless and really cared his family and Charlotte. I loved that he saw Charlotte for who she was as well as who she could be and wasn't afraid to tell her that. This was a cute and fast read that is the perfect palette cleanser. If you're a P&P Fan, you may enjoy this more than me! Thank you NetGalley and Covenant Communication and Kasey so much for the eARC in exchange for an honest review.
- Don't read unless you would enjoy hearing Charlie (FMC) cry and moan about everything! She was so insecure!!! I didn't understand her. He told her he liked her in so many ways and yet she still didn't believe him. So insecure!