At Coral Tree Prep in Los Angeles, who your parents are can make or break you. Case in point:
As the son of Hollywood royalty, Derek Edwards is pretty much prince of the school—not that he deigns to acknowledge many of his loyal subjects.
As the daughter of the new principal, Elise Benton isn’t exactly on everyone’s must-sit-next-to-at-lunch list.
When Elise’s beautiful sister catches the eye of the prince’s best friend, Elise gets to spend a lot of time with Derek, making her the envy of every girl on campus. Except she refuses to fall for any of his rare smiles and instead warms up to his enemy, the surprisingly charming social outcast Webster Grant. But in this hilarious tale of fitting in and flirting, not all snubs are undeserved, not all celebrity brats are bratty, and pride and prejudice can get in the way of true love for only so long
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Epic
Fail the Review
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In
this new take on Pride and Prejudice
we meet Elise and Derek. AKA our new Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. I have
read Pride and Prejudice by Jane
Austen and I will say there are quite a few similarities in this book. In the
fact that the main character Heroine comes from a relatively poor family and
the main character’s hero comes from a wealthy family. Also there’s a male
antagonist who takes advantage of the male protagonist’s sister. I really loved this book and this is the
second time that I’ve read it. It probably won’t be my last. Now why is that?
Well
for one I loved the take on Pride and
Prejudice. I felt it was executed really well. There were a few
similarities but not enough that you would call it a copy cat in a new era. Epic Fail was different and fresh.
I felt that the
characters in Epic Fail had the same personalities as Jane Austen’s novel.
Elise was a sweet and caring sister just like Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice.
Elise was a very caring older and younger sister. She loved her older sister
Julie and she got along with her younger sisters too. Sure they got on their
nerves, they drove her crazy, but she loved them anyway. In my opinion Elise is
better than her sister Julie. I don’t know why I feel that way, I just do. It
is just a feeling I’ve had since I first read the book. Elise’s family was
embarrassing. Especially her mother. Her mother, in my opinion, is a hot mess.
I’m sure other people feel the same way. Elise is just like every girl in the
world, in the fact that we are all looking for someone to love.
Elise found someone
to love in Derek. Derek is the Mr. Darcy of Epic Fail. They have the same type
of personality. Derek is possessive, protective, misunderstood, and guarded. He
doesn’t trust people because when your parents are famous actors, you don’t
know who wants to be with you for you. You don’t know if they love you or who
you belong to. Derek is very protective of his friends and family. Mostly his
sister Georgia. He would do anything for his sister. He is also protective of
his friend Chase. I saw that when Julie and Chase broke up. Derek felt that it
couldn’t have been Chase’s fault because he was blind when it comes to his
friends. He wants to believe the best of them and he doesn’t want to see them
hurt. People misunderstand him because they see him as arrogant and untouchable
because of who is parents are. When in fact Derek is down to earth and nobody
deserves to touch him because they don’t see him for him. Everyone else just
sees the looks and the money that he comes from. Throughout the book Derek
learns to trust others and he learns to fall in love with someone. That someone
being Elise.
I kinda liked Julie
too. I felt that she was a strong secondary character but the love she shared
with Chase just seemed too good to be true. That’s the reason I don’t like
Chase as much too. Their love just seemed false. Julie was sweet, caring, and
confused about her love for Chase. She felt like it was too strong but she
didn’t really try to understand it. She was just go with the flow.
Lastly I did not like
Webster Grant. He befriended Elise but only so he could use her. He was a jerk
and a pervert. He took pictures of girls who were given too much to drink and
he used the pictures as blackmail to get money out of wealthy parents. Elise
didn’t know any of this until she learned from Derek about the truth about his
sister. Webster blackmailed Derek’s sister and that’s why they have this
outstanding hatred for each other. Webster deserves to be hated. He was also a
liar. I hate liars. I mean seriously is it so hard to tell the truth these
days?
Anyway for the most
part I loved the book with an exception of a few minor points, cough cough,
Webster Grant, cough cough. I will most definitely read this book again.
Probably in the near future.